This sample application demonstrates how to modify an XML schema using the XmlSchema and supporting classes found in the System.Xml.Schema namespace to create a simpleType facet for an element named ShippedDate. After running the sample, you will see the modifications in the Modified Schema textbox.

By Nicholas Chase – Extensible Stylesheet Langauage Transformations provide the ability to perform sophisticated manipulation of data as it is transformed from one form to another. You can increase their capabilites even further through the use of parameters that can be specified at runtime. This ti

by Kendall Grant Clark – If the Semantic Web means anything, it means changing the Web’s infrastructure just enough so that inter-machine exchanges become as ubiquitous, cheap, and easy as inter-human exchanges already are. One vital goal, however, is to make inter-machine exchanges possible without

by Jeannine Hall Gailey – Catch a glimpse of the rich, message-based XML interface for .Net My Services and the HSDL that describes how services are accessed.

In the last installment we discussed the different approaches to schema definition put forward by the W3C and OASIS. More specifically, we followed the criticism surrounding XML Schema, and looked at some improvements offered in the alternative, RELAX NG. Today we’ll explain the basics of RELAX NG b

By Eric Lundquist – When Sun’s Jon Bosak led the team that developed the first XML spec in 1996, I doubt he envisioned a day when competitors Oracle and Microsoft would become two of the standard’s champions. In Redmond, nearly every phrase heard in the hallways includes XML used as a noun, verb, ad

Addison-Wesley has released ‘XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web’, described as a complete introduction and application guide to the world of topic maps. Edited by Jack Park and Sam Hunting, the book introduces the topic maps paradigm, global federated knowledge interchange, to

In this column, Kevin Williams takes a look at the latest working draft for XSLT 2.0 and provides some code samples that show just how useful the new version of the XML styling language can be.

by Bob DuCharme – Sometimes you want to know which element or record is first or last in a given set, or you want to know which element or record has a value that is the greatest or smallest among the corresponding values in that set — for example, which employee element has the lowest value for a

by Brenda Coulson – Historically, digital signatures have handled the job of data validation and encryption in Web services. But new developments in XML specifications are improving security in SOAP messaging. Get the details on the specification changes and find out how to use them to enhance Web s