<br><font size=2><tt>Dear Colleagues:<br>
<br>
There are two sessions on the topic of XML and modeling on Sunday<br>
morning, October 24, at the Denver INFORMS. The second session,<br>
"XML and Web Services in Optimization," is from 10:00 - 11:30
AM.<br>
The first afternoon session is not until 1:30 PM. For those<br>
interested, I suggest we meet immediately after (at 11:30 AM) the<br>
"XML and Web Services in Optimization," in the same session
room<br>
and discuss the issue of establishing an XML standard for<br>
representing linear programming instances. Ideally, I would like<br>
to draft a proposal for an OASIS Technical Committee.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Kipp Martin<br>
Professor of Operations Research<br>
and Computing Technology<br>
University of Chicago<br>
Graduate School of Business<br>
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue<br>
Chicago IL 60637<br>
773-702-7456</tt></font>
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