With regards to XML support for next major versions of BO products, there is nothing definate indicated, however they are looking at support with respect to :
- XML as a data source
- Supporting an XML query language (XQL, XML-QL, XQuery)
- Generating XML from their SDK
- Using XML internally within products to communicate between different modules
- Using XML to facilitate metadata exchange (e.g. between universes and datawarehouse managers)
Hope this helps
Maiden