The council is reviewing the requirements and specifications for the ICE protocol and will suggest changes to the ICE Authoring Group. Once complete, the spec will be posted in the ICE section on Vignette's Web site . Inso goes it alone. Inso , while not a member of the Authoring Group or the Advisory Council, announced what it claims to be the first ICE application. Inso claims the system is in use at five separate sites.
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Inso plans to offer a migration path to the formal ICE protocol when it is approved. ICE is on the way to becoming a hot standard for those concerned with content management for extranets. An increased role for Microsoft probably won't cause much change, but the addition of an advisory council does increase the credibility of the working group. Vignette and Inso are old adversaries, and this is just the latest round in the ongoing battle for bragging rights. In the end both vendors will support whatever the W3C blesses as the official ICE protocol.