I am happy to announce the first release of XMLfr (http://xmlfr.org), the first XML portal for worldwide French readers.

• XMLfr in 5 points :
  • Address : http://xmlfr.org
  • First XML portal in French.
  • Content built by a team of XML expert volunteers.
  • Content published under the Open Content License available for use by other sites and information channels while protecting the rights of its authors.
  • Uses the Open Directory Project (http://dmoz.org).
• Why XML ?

  I won't take the risk of offending you by explaining why XML is important !

• Why fr ?

  AltaVista knows about 471 340 English pages with the word XML and only 7 650 French pages.

  It's to compensate a part of this gap that we are launching XMLfr.

• What do we find on the site ?
  • Technical and business news available both online and through mailing lists.
    links : http://xmlfr.org/actualites/decid/, http://xmlfr.org/actualites/tech/
  • Discussion lists.
    links : http://xmlfr.org/listes/xml-decid/, http://xmlfr.org/listes/xml-tech/
  • Job postings and requests.
    links : http://xmlfr.org/emplois/demandes/, http://xmlfr.org/emplois/offres/
  • Other french sites about XML
    link : http://xmlfr.org/liens/
• You are welcome to participate !
  • join our writers team if you are an XML expert (fluent in French).
    link : http://xmlfr.org/infos/redacteurs.
  • become a sponsor or advertise on our site.
    links : http://xmlfr.org/infos/sponsors, http://xmlfr.org/infos/bandeaux
  • we are also looking for partners interested by developing (or having developed) a similar concept in other languages.
    links : http://xmlfr.org/infos/english

I hope you'll enjoy this site and eventually see it as a new motivation to learn French !