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ConciseXML.org - Open language-independent markup syntax compatible with XML 1.0, but handles all data types: non-hierarchial, program logic, document markup, binary. Concise and precise to eliminate 2 major limits of XML, extends its use.
http://www.concisexml.org/

Start-up Aims to Simplify XML - Clear Methods says XML programming must be simplified, so it created Water, a general-purpose language that can replace the many languages programmers need to master to produce Web services. [CNET News.com] <small>(July 24, 2003)</small>
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1013_3-5053623.html

Yahoo Groups: Water Language - Mail list archive.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/waterlanguage/

Water Language Conference 1.0 - First such event, one page announcement of place (MIT), time. To become full website. <small>(June 21, 2004)</small>
http://www.waterlanguageconference.org/

Water Code - For practicing developers: event announcements (user group meetings, workshops, conferences), book link.
http://www.watercode.com/

XML: Add Water, get Steam? - Agencies that move to Web services and XML with no thorough understanding are building a house of cards. The Steam run-time engine and Water radically simplify XML; its core statements fit on 3 pages. [Government Computer News]
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/22933-1.html?topic=daily-updates

Clear Methods, Inc. - Sells Steam IDE, interactive development environment, a Water runtime engine, and development environment with tools, including powerful expression stepper. [Commercial]
http://www.clearmethods.com/

Water: Simplified Web Services and XML Programming - By Mike Plusch; John Wiley and Sons, 2002, ISBN 0764525360. In-depth introductory guide, hands-on tutorials, over 1,000 examples include source code, output; organized in 6 parts; author is Water co-creator. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764525360

Startup Unveils New Web-Services Language - Startup called Clear Methods has produced Water XML programming language, and a run-time environment for its code, called Steam Engine, being offered as part of 'pure Web-services platform.' [InformationWeek] <small>(July 15, 2003)</small>
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12800605

BostonWater.org - New England Water Language user group. Water originates in the Boston-Cambridge-MIT area.
http://www.bostonwater.org/