The first news story, "Universal Business Language: Checkup Time for an XML Vision," reports on the current and future status of UBL, an open standard for business documents. The second news story, "Multitouch Technology: Software Development at Your Fingertips?" looks at touch screens that can read multiple finger functions at once, and their possible impact on software development.
Index Terms:
multitouch, touch screens, software development, iPhone, DiamondTouch, DiamondSpin, human-computer interaction, Universal Business Language, UBL, XML, ebXML, service-oriented architecture
Citation:
Laurianne McLaughlin, Meg Shannon, "Currents," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 113-117, May/June 2007, doi:10.1109/MS.2007.69