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Technology News [July 2001]
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Sun Releases Free Java-Based ebXML Registry/Repository [July 25]
Sun Microsystems Monday made good on a promise from last month's JavaOne show and released a Java-based reference implementation of the ebXML registry and repository. Developers and solution providers can begin experimenting with Web services using ebXML on Sun's ebXML Registry/Repository 1.0 Implementation, which is available for free download from Sun's Web site at http://www.sun.com/software/xml/developers/regrep/, says Susan Struble, program manager in Sun's XML Technology Center.
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Using MS Biztalk Server Messaging and Mapping Function [July 22]
Biztalk Server 2000 (BTS) is an exciting new player in Microsoft’s suite of .NET
servers. It, being designed to allow systems either in the home Organization, or
External “Trading Partner(s)”, to integrate and communicate with one another. In
this article Salim Naim illustrates the use of the Biztalk messaging services,
with a travelling salesman application.
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Using XML to Configure Groove [July 21]
Groove is a peer-to-peer groupware solution, launched early in 2001. Brian
Buehling investigates how XML is used to support the creation of custom Groove
applications.
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Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) 4.0 July 2001 Technology Preview now available to download! [July 19]
The July 2001 release of the Microsoft® XML Parser (MSXML) 4.0 Technology Preview is a preliminary release of MSXML 4.0. This technology preview has a number of improvements compared to the April release.
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SOAP::Lite v0.51 released [July 19]
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0 Becomes a W3C Proposed Recommendation [July 19]
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HOWTO: Create an Generic ASP Page to Test XSL Transformations [July 19]
This article demonstrates how to create a generic ASP page that allows you to
evaluate the outcome of using different XSLT documents to transform an XML
document without adding or modifying an <?xml-stylesheet?> processing
instruction in the XML document.
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Using XML to Extend Stored Procedures [July 18]
This article will illustrate a possible end to the database redesign nightmare by using the Extensible Markup Language (XML) to design a data-mapping language that will drive any stored procedure.
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Gates touts XML Web services as key to productivity [July 18]
Wrapping up the company's business partner show here Monday, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates said that the productivity the business world has seen to date is only the beginning, and Web services will deliver new enhancements.
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SpeechWorks Unveils VoiceXML-Based Speech App [July 18]
SpeechWorks International Inc. took a risk when it decided to build a speech-recognition engine based on VoiceXML, an open voice standard, and allow developers to host speech applications on Web servers instead of proprietary hardware they once had to buy from SpeechWorks.
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Business users committing to XML [July 17]
US firms are increasingly using XML in projects, according to the Cutter Consortium. Of those firms polled, 26 percent were using XML in a major project, 24 percent were using it in a test project, 33 percent were studying XML, and 17 percent were committed to extensive use of XML.
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IBM updates XML Parser for Java [July 15]
This release leads the industry in implementation support for the W3C XML Schema Recommendation. XML4J version 3.2.0 incorporates W3C XML Schema Recommendation 1.0 support, SAX 1.0 and SAX 2.0 support, Support for DOM Level 1, DOM Level 2, some features of DOM Level 3 Core Working Draft, and JAXP 1.1 support.
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Building Secure Web Services with Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 2.0 [July 14]
Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 2.0 provides a flexible framework to build scalable Web services for various intranet and Internet solutions. Security is an important aspect of building reliable services in both scenarios. SOAP Toolkit 2.0 provides support for Internet security based on the IIS security infrastructure. This article describes how to build secure solutions with the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 2.0.
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Information about perfectxml.com media sponsored events:[July 12]
VoiceXML and Voice Technology September 12-14, London, UK.
XMLTech Summit 2001 October 22-24, 2001, Washington, D.C.
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JDOM Beta 7 Released [July 12]
JDOM Beta 7 is here, and it's the best JDOM yet. JDOM now includes built-in support for XSLT, a much improved entity model, a vastly more robust SAXBuilder (with a public SAXHandler,
pluggable factories, and createXXX() methods to simplify subclassing), more reliable building and outputting, a convenient detach() method for all tree
objects, the long-desired setName() and setNamespace() methods on Element, machine-readable version information in META-INF, several significant performance improvements, and many bugs fixed.
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Using XML to build a website in HTML and flash 5 [July 11]
Nirav Patel shows us that with the introduction of Macromedia Flash 5 with XML support, combined with the Microsoft .NET Framework, it is now possible to create HTML and Flash versions of a single web site or page that are feature identical with great ease in development and manageability.
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SOAP spec for Web services progresses [July 10]
The W3C (WORLD Wide Web Consortium), in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday published a working draft for the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) 1.2 standard. SOAP, a key standard embraced by vendors pushing Web services, is a data transfer protocol for sending and receiving XML information. The new working draft of SOAP 1.2 operates under a refined processing model, and major enhancements include compliance with the W3C Schema Recommendation and the use of XML Namespaces. Furthermore, the draft includes recommendations for error messages for mandatory extensions. The W3C said the recommendations provide developers with more pertinent information to help them build more interoperable and extensible applications.
Reference Links: SOAP 1.2 XML Protocol Abstract Model
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Defining a Web Service for UDDI [July 09]
The Web services initiative can be divided into three categories: registering a service, accessing a service, and creating a service. In this article, Peter Vogel walks you though registering your service in UDDI using WSDL.
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Defining a Web Service for UDDI [July 09]
The Web services initiative can be divided into three categories: registering a service, accessing a service, and creating a service. In this article, Peter Vogel walks you though registering your service in UDDI using WSDL.
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Can Microsoft weather its HailStorm? [July 09]
A partial outage of Microsoft's MSN Messenger service, now in its seventh
day, is casting a shadow over a wide-ranging services strategy that Microsoft
hopes will be its future.
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XML@Work [July 06]
Forget the hype. XML is a simple solution to the complex problem of data and
document exchange. But it only represents the message itself, not the delivery
system.
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Microsoft and Web Services [July 05]
Microsoft has arguably the most coherent and finely tuned Web Services strategy of any of the large technology companies. In this article, I'll explain what I think Microsoft is doing, why they're doing it, and how they intend to pull it off.
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EDI, ebXML groups agree to cooperate [July 04]
Though the two electronic trading formats have been cast as mortal foes, the standards bodies behind them have agreed to create a set of shared business processes that could ultimately create standards harmony in the world of e-commerce.
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Web Services Simplified! [July 03]
Web Services Architect, a journal and a Web site dedicated to Web Services, is a very useful resource for Web Services developers.
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Two new useful KB Articles: [July 02]
Send a Binary Stream by Using XMLHTTP: In some cases you may want to send a binary stream to a server. One way to do so is to use the IXMLHTTPRequest object. This article demonstrates how to retrieve an ADO recordset from a server, modify it, and send it back as a stream of binary data.
Identify HTTP Errors When You Use the ServerXMLHTTP Object: When you use the Microsoft XML (MSXML) 3.0 ServerXMLHTTP object to run an HTTP operation (such as POST, GET, and PUT) that is unsuccessful, a trappable run-time error is not raised. Instead, if a problem is encountered while trying to run an HTTP operation, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) returns a response code and description that indicates an error. To access the response code and description that IIS returns, examine the Status and StatusText properties of the ServerXMLHTTP object. In application code that uses the MSXML 3.0 ServerXMLHTTP object to run HTTP operations, you must examine the value of its Status and StatusText properties to determine whether the operation was successful.
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The Vector Markup Language (VML) - Part I [July 02]
Microsoft's Vector Markup Language (VML) is an XML application for vector graphics that can be embedded in Web pages in place of the bitmapped GIF and JPEG images loaded by HTML's IMG element. Vector graphics take up less space and thus display much faster over slow network connections than traditional GIF and JPEG bitmap images. VML is supported by the various components of Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), as well as by Internet Explorer 5.0 and later. When you save a Word 2000, PowerPoint 2000, or Excel 2000 document as HTML, graphics created in those programs are converted to VML.
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.NET Interop: Get Ready for Microsoft .NET by Using Wrappers to Interact with COM-based Applications [July 01]
Very soon, the development of Microsoft .NET applications will require interaction between those apps and existing COM components on both the client and the server. The .NET Framework has made provisions for this interaction by implementing various wrappers for COM objects to allow exposure of their properties and methods to .NET components. These wrappers will make it easy to make the connection between COM and .NET.
After discussing wrappers, this article discusses other ways for .NET components to take part in COM+ transactions. To top off the tutorial on the interoperation of COM and .NET, the article discusses how ActiveX containers can host .NET controls, and how .NET containers can host ActiveX controls.
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Write an XML banner rotator [July 01]
XML may soon become the most common mark-up language on the Web. As a result, even banner ads will eventually be written it. Here's how.
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Indexing engine translates XML [July 01]
An eXtensible Markup Language indexing engine is due in May that will be able to catalog XML-based business documents even when you don't know where it was stored.
The indexing engine, Sequoia Software's Xdex, will be shrink-wrapped software for use on corporate intranets and by business partners over the Internet. It will be capable of finding XML documents on a file server or Web server and tabulating them.
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Go Beyond Data Islands: Use element behaviors to simplify XSLT transforms. [July 01]
Element behaviors, also called HTML behaviors, are a powerful concept. They encapsulate functionality in a simple tag form, eliminating script code from your files and letting you provide HTML developers with the power to perform complex actions that otherwise would require extensive client-side programming. In this column, I'll show you how to build an element behavior that—with a single tag—lets you retrieve an XML document and an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) transform from the server and display the transform's results in an HTML page.
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