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<h1>Testimonials for Efficient XML Interchange Recommendation</h1>
<p>These testimonials are in support of the W3C Press Release "<a
href="exi-pr.html.en">W3C Extends Reach of XML to New Devices, Applications</a>."</p>
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<a href="#agiledelta">Agile Delta</a> |
<a href="#canon">Canon (English)</a> |
<a href="#canon-jp">Canon (Japanese)</a> |
<a href="#flwor">FLWOR Foundation</a> |
<a href="#fujitsu">Fujitsu (English)</a> |
<a href="#fujitsu-jp">Fujitsu (Japanese)</a> |
<a href="#siemens">Siemens</a> |
<a href="#stanford">Stanford University</a> |
<a href="#web3d">Web3D Consortium</a>
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<h2 class="org">Agile Delta</h2>
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<p id="agiledelta">AgileDelta is extremely pleased with the W3C EXI Recommendation. EXI
will accelerate and expand the reach of the web, web-services and XML
technologies to an unprecedented new range of applications and devices.
We've been providing EXI products for over 7 years and have helped our
customers deploy high-performance XML solutions to mobile devices,
sensor networks, aircraft, vehicles, ships, satellite systems and
performance-critical applications. Our Efficient XML 4.0 product line
includes very high-performance, reliable, secure EXI processors; rapid
EXI integration solutions and advanced EXI features for web-services,
mobile devices, embedded systems and applications running Java, Java ME,
DotNET, DotNET CF and C/C++.
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- John Schneider, CTO, AgileDelta, Inc.
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<h2 class="org">Canon (English)</h2>
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<p id="canon">While XML has widely been used for data exchange among Web services and
devices, the use of XML on resource constrained devices has always been
an issue due to its processing overhead. Canon is very pleased by the
release of W3C EXI Format 1.0 Recommendation as a standard interoperable
compact form of XML. We expect EXI will enable us to provide compelling
Web services on consumer devices like printers and digital cameras.
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<address class="QuoteAttr">
- Shigeki Shibayama, Deputy Group Executive of Digital Platform
Technology Development Headquarters, Canon Inc Inc.
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<h2 class="org">Canon (Japanese)</h2>
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<p id="canon-jp">
XMLはこれまでWebサービスと機器間のデータ交換に広く使われてきましたが、
XMLの処理オーバーヘッドはリソースの制限された機器では常に問題になってき
ました。キヤノンはW3C EXI Format 1.0勧告が相互運用可能なコンパクトなXML
の標準形式としてリリースされたことを心より歓迎するとともに、EXIによって
プリンタやカメラなどのコンシューマ機器において魅力的なWebサービスを提供
できるようになることを期待しています。
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- 柴山茂樹、デジタルプラットフォーム開発本部副本部長、キヤノン株式会社
</address>
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<h2 class="org">Fujitsu (English)</h2>
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<p id="fujitsu">EXI is a key technology that brings unparalleled efficiency to XML data exchanges. This is a monumental achievement for W3C. Fujitsu believes EXI will serve to greatly accelerate efforts underway across industries to convert legacy business documents into XML without loss of efficiency. We intend to embrace EXI in our Interstage product line to empower users with the full potential of XML technology that EXI unleashes. Finally, EXI is here to become the lingua franca of efficient exchanges of business XML data. We are very excited to work in this direction.</p>
<address class="QuoteAttr">
— Masato Nitta, President of Middleware Business Unit, Fujitsu Limited
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<h2 class="org">Fujitsu (Japanese)</h2>
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<p id="fujitsu-jp">
EXIは、XMLデータの転送効率を飛躍的に向上させるものであり、
W3Cにとって記念すべき成功の一つです。この技術の普及により、
さまざまな業界で既存ビジネス文書のXML化がより一層推進される
ことでしょう。当社は、お客様がXMLの特長を最大限に活用できる
ように、当社製品InterstageにEXIを取り込んでいきたいと考えております。
今後、EXIがXMLデータの効率的な交換技術のリンガ・フランカと
なることを期待するとともに、当社がこのような技術の発展に
貢献できることをうれしく思います。
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— 新田将人、ミドルウェア事業本部本部長、富士通株式会社
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<h2 class="org">FLWOR Foundation</h2>
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<p id="flwor">EXI is particularly important for client software and mobile
platforms, that require compressed data transfers and rapid parsing.</p>
<address class="QuoteAttr">
— Daniela Florescu, FLWOR Foundation
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<h2 class="org">Siemens</h2>
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<p id="siemens">Siemens is committed to support the broad adoption of EXI, and launched for that purpose the open EXIficient implementation in addition to
contributing to the standardisation process. We believe that the
Efficient XML Interchange format will open the scope of XML to
restricted domains such as embedded networks of micro controllers and
brings the key attributes of XML such as openness, flexibility and
continuity to the embedded domain. By means of EXI embedded controller
networks will become a new citizen of the Web.</p>
<address class="QuoteAttr">
— Jörg Heuer, Program Manager, Corporate Technology, GTF
Communication and Control Networks, Siemens AG
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<h2 class="org">Stanford University</h2>
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<p id="stanford">
EXI will be important in big physics projects (like those undertaken by
SLAC and other laboratories at Stanford) for two main reasons. First,
increasingly the scientific data that large instruments deal in, is
structured. Second, we are beginning to integrate scientific services
like mathematical modelling, instrument configuration control,
historical archive data, and various control optimization systems like
global feedback, into the basic controls platforms. That means the
high-level structured data, must also be communicated very quickly. This
specification facilitates such exchange.</p>
<address class="QuoteAttr">
- Natasha Noy, Stanford University
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<h2 class="org">Web3d Consortium</h2>
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<p id="web3d">
Web3D Consortium enthusiastically supports the advancement of EXI to W3C
Recommendation. We have contributed since the beginning of this
effort and applaud the working group for an exceptionally thorough
effort. EXI has demonstrated, through thousands of examples and multiple
implementations, that it meets the original requirements set by W3C.
This includes the compression and performance requirements relating to
3D graphics. Web3D Consortium members intend to integrate EXI in the
next version of the X3D Compressed Binary Encoding specification. We
look forward to EXI further helping grow the scope of the Web.
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- Don Brutzman, Web3D Consortium
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<h2>About the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)</h2>
<p>The W3C was created to lead the Web to its full potential by developing
common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability. It
is an international industry consortium jointly run by the <a
href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/">MIT Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory</a> (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the <a
href="http://www.ercim.org/">European Research Consortium for Informatics and
Mathematics</a> (ERCIM) headquartered in France and <a
href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio University</a> in Japan. Services provided
by the Consortium include: a repository of information about the World Wide Web
for developers and users, and various prototype and sample applications to
demonstrate use of new technology. To date, nearly 350 organizations are <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List">Members</a> of the Consortium.
For more information see <a href="http://www.w3.org/">http://www.w3.org/</a></p>
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