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Technology News [May 2001]
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Use XSLT to Merge XML Documents [May 29]
Three types of merge operations using XSLT templates make combining data in separate XML documents simple. XML documents excel at validating, extracting, storing, and transmitting hierarchical data, but as they become more common, the need to merge data stored in different XML documents increases as well. You can use XSLT to merge data from two or more XML documents into a single document, but the process is not as intuitive as it might be.
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SOAP InterOpera [May 29]
Given SOAP's role as the underlying specification for Web services, the work being done on the SOAPBuilders discussion list regarding the state of XML, and particularly, SOAP interop has attracted a lot of attention on Web news sites, weblogs, and trade publications.
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XHTML Basic for XML [May 29]
Convergence to XHTML Basic as a common display language for mobile devices is not necessarily the end of the wireless Web wars.
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Article: Content Management [May 26]
Know what content is available and handle it efficiently.
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Abode releases XML plug-in [May 22]
Adobe Systems has shipped an XML plug-in for its Acrobat 5.0 software that allows people to view documents in their original format.
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Apache SOAP version 2.2 released [May 18]
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A simple SOAP client: A general-purpose Java SOAP client [May 16]
This article describes a simple, general purpose SOAP client in Java that uses
no specialized SOAP libraries. Instead of creating the SOAP request XML document
for you under the hood, this client lets you create your own request with any
XML editor (or text editor). Instead of merely giving you the remote method's
return values, the client shows you the actual SOAP response XML document. The
short Java program shows exactly what SOAP is all about: opening up an HTTP
connection, sending the appropriate XML to invoke a remote method, and then
reading the XML response returned by the server.
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Speeding-up Content Delivery to the Client with DHTML, XML, IE - Part I [May 16]
In today's modern web applications, there is a growing need to return larger
amounts of data, and return a response back to the client quickly. Vincent
Bedus shows us how we can make quick responses to the users, even with large
amounts of data by creating a simple html page that loads when the user submits
their request. This page will have an instance of the Microsoft XML parser.
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XML for Analysis SDK now available [May 15]
You've seen the spec, now download the SDK that provides for universal data
access to analytical data sources residing over the Web, without the need to
deploy a client component that exposes COM interfaces. msxainst.exe is a self-extracting download that contains the
Microsoft® XML for Analysis provider and sample client applications. The
Microsoft® XML for Analysis Provider supports data access to analytical data
sources (OLAP and data mining) residing on the Web. This provider implements the
XML for Analysis Specification, which provides for universal data access to
analytical data sources residing over the Web, without the need to deploy a
client component that exposes COM interfaces. The Microsoft Analysis Services
server can be accessed with the provided download, from the web, without any COM
components on the client.
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IBM announces the Web services Flow Language(WSFL) specification
 [May 15]
The Web services Flow Language (WSFL) Guide describes how Web services may be
composed into new Web services to support business processes. Composition
comes in two types: The first type allows to specify the logic of a business
process; the second type allows to define the mutual exploitation of Web
services of participants in a business process. A brief concepts of
composition sketch is provided in an introductory chapter of the document. A
detailed discussion of the metamodel behind composition follows. The
language proper is described and illustrated by code snippets, followed by
an XML schema of the language.
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XQuery prototype from Microsoft [May 14]
XQuery, a query language for XML is designed to be a small, easily implementable language in which queries are
concise and easily understood. It is also flexible enough to query a broad spectrum of XML information sources, including both databases and documents. The
Query Working Group has identified a requirement for both a human-readable query syntax and an XML-based query syntax. XQuery is designed to meet the first of
these requirements.
Microsoft recently announced a prototype to showcase XQuery, click here to visit the prototype Web site.
The site allows you to formulate XQueries and a subset of a proposed XQuery-compatible data manipulation language and parse and execute the former, but currently only parse the later. Since it is provided via a
Web site, Microsoft provides a set of predefined XML documents and disallow the use of user-specified documents for security reasons.
In addition the site offers a set of compliance tests that can be used to check the syntax for the XQuery parser.
Since the tests are automatically generated based on the syntax, some of the statements may not have meaningful semantics.
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XML Information Set Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation [May 14]
XML Information Set (Infoset) provides a consistent set of definitions for use in other specifications that
need to refer to the information in a well-formed XML document. This specification was upgraded as a Candidate recommendation on 14th May 2001.
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XBRL: The Extensible Business Reporting Language [May 10]
XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language),
formerly code named XFRML, is a freely available electronic language for
financial reporting. It is an XML-based framework that provides the financial
community a standards-based method to prepare, publish in a variety of formats,
reliably extract and automatically exchange financial statements of publicly
held companies and the information they contain. XBRL is not about establishing
new accounting standards but enhancing the usability of the ones that we have
through the digital language of business. XBRL will not require additional
disclosure from companies to outside audiences.
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Export a Word Document to XML [May 08]
This solution allows you to export a Word document to an XML file.
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Creating an XML-Based Online Help [May 04]
In this article Budi Kurniawan shows us how to create the structure for an
Online Help facility - or indeed any application which uses a Table Of Contents
based on an XML document.
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XML for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Web Release 2 Beta 1 announced [May 04]
SQL Server 2000 introduced several new features for querying
database tables and receiving the results as an XML document. Web release 1 of
XML for SQL Server added Updategrams and Bulk load functionality as well as a
host of other features to the SQL Server 2000 base. Continuing the Web Release
strategy, Web Release 2 Beta 1 adds support for XSD mapping schemas, Client-Side
"For XML" functionality and a new SQLXML OLEDB provider. The client-side "For
XML" functionality means that some of the XML for SQL Server 2000 features will
be available to SQL Server 7.0 users.
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Sun XML Datatypes Library is now available [May 03]
The Sun XML Datatypes Library, Sun's JavaTM technology implementation of XML Schema Part 2, is intended for use with applications that incorporate XML Schema Part 2.
This preview version implements the proposed recommendation version of the W3C XML Schema Part 2 Datatype. Being a proposed recommendation means that it is subject to change. In fact, many important changes were made after the October 24, 2000 version, and many changes may be made before it becomes a recommendation. So developers should be forewarned about possible future changes, including (but of course not limited to):
- Change/addition/removal of type names
- Change/addition/removal of facets
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Microsoft, IBM Go Live With Full-Production UDDI Registries [May 03]
The first full implementation of Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) registries from Microsoft and IBM are going live Wednesday, accompanied by changes to Ariba's role in the project and the addition of Hewlett-Packard as a registry sponsor, says a Microsoft executive.
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XML Schema is now a W3C Recommendation [May 02]
XML Schema is now a official W3C Recommendation. Check following links for more details:
World Wide Web Consortium Issues XML Schema as a W3C Recommendation: Two Years of Development Produces Comprehensive Solution for XML Vocabularies
Testimonials for XML Schema Recommendation
XML Schema Part 0: Primer
XML Schema Part 1: Structures
XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes
Web consortium adopts specification for XML definitions
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