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January 05, 2000 15:28
Object Design's XML-Based eXcelon Application Platform Powers
Flashline.com's Component Registry
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000--
Pioneering developer tool utilizes the power and strength of the
industry's premier XML-based application platform for dynamic data
exchange
Object Design (TM), Inc. (Nasdaq:ODIS), a global provider of innovative eBusiness products and solutions, today
announced that its eXcelon (TM) dynamic application platform is the power behind Flashline.com's recently launched
Component Registry, the industry's first open XML-based resource for component documentation. With eXcelon at its
core, Component Registry offers a universal XML format for component vendors and developers to document and
exchange component information, eliminate long delays in development time and increase cost savings.
Flashline's Component Registry (www.componentregistry.com) is the first non-commercial, open resource to provide
critical component documentation for the industry's large and growing collection of JavaBeans(TM), Enterprise
JavaBeans(TM) (EJBs), and COM software components. By providing developers with an open environment where all
the component information is cataloged on one site, IT professionals can reduce development time and speed
time-to-market for their component-based development projects.
"With eXcelon at the core of Component Registry, we are able to offer software developers the first universal forum for
exchanging component information," said Charles M. Stack, president and CEO of Flashline.com. "Because of the
extensibility and flexibility inherent in eXcelon, we are able to dynamically change the type and format of component
information and offerings on our site. eXcelon's tools and ease of use were also crucial to getting Component Registry up
and running as quickly as possible."
Component Registry uses eXcelon to offer a universal, XML-based resource for vendors and developers to exchange
valuable component information in a common format, which can be augmented in a dynamic and flexible way. With
eXcelon's XML dynamic application platform, component vendors can make their component data readily available to
developers, without re-designing their existing documentation to fit the format of the site. In addition, XML makes the
component information fully searchable and allows developers to re-purpose the data into any format.
"Flashline's Component Registry is an example of a company taking full advantage of the power of XML," said Larry
Alston, vice president of marketing at Object Design. "By using eXcelon, companies like Flashline.com are able to build
XML-based eBusiness applications, opening up the opportunity for them to create the world's most powerful and agile
eBusiness solutions."
About eXcelon
eXcelon is the first application platform for building and deploying XML eBusiness applications. Companies use eXcelon
to develop and deploy next-generation eBusiness applications in areas such as enterprise application integration, Web
eCommerce and business-to-business. eXcelon supports XML's extensibility and flexibility, while also enabling
developers to blend structured data (information from databases) with unstructured data (all other corporate information)
for use in eBusiness applications.
About Flashline.com
Flashline.com (www.flashline.com) is a privately held company pioneering the development of the world's first true
software component marketplace. It is a leading resource to research, buy and sell reusable JavaBeans, Enterprise
JavaBeans, COM, and CORBA software components. This award-winning site is fourth in a family of successful Internet
companies created by Charles Stack, who is well known for creating the first Internet retail store.
About Object Design
Object Design, Inc. (ODI) is a provider of innovative products and solutions that enable companies to build and deploy
eBusiness applications today. Companies worldwide have gained competitive advantage by using ODI's products to
power a wide variety of business-to-business and business-to-consumer eBusiness applications, including supply-chain
management, Web eCommerce, enterprise information portals, knowledge management and Web-based marketplaces.
ODI offers specialized eBusiness application development and deployment solutions for the two most important
eBusiness standards today: Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and eXtensible Markup Language (XML). ODI sells and
supports its products through branch offices across the U.S. and international subsidiaries in the United Kingdom,
Germany, Japan and Australia, as well as a worldwide network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators
and other indirect sales partners. ODI is located on the World Wide Web at www.odi.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release
regarding Object Design's business, including statements with respect to the range of expected total revenues, expected
net loss per share and future market opportunities and prospects, which are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's
Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
NOTE: Object Design, the Object Design logo and ObjectStore are registered trademarks of Object Design, Inc. eXcelon
is a trademark of Object Design, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Flashline.com and Flashline are trademarks or registered trademarks of Flashline.com, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, Enterprise JavaBeans, JavaBeans are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
CONTACT: ODI
Deborah Vlock, 781/674-5382
dvlock@odi.com
or
Schwartz Communications
Bill Keeler/Laura Sexton
781/684-0770
billk@schwartz-pr.com
or
Flashline.com
Marti Bowman, 216/861-4680
mb@flashline.com
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