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XSP Emerges from Cocoon
by Sue Spielman – XSP is one of the new technologies coming out of the Cocoon project, and Cocoon is the Web publishing framework of the Apache XML project. XSP allows for dynamic content and a clear separation of business logic from presentation display. Let's dive into the new realm of Extensi
U.S. Businesses Join International XML Debate
By Jim Wagner – OASIS, a non-profit organization made up big-league names in the U.S. business world, has been invited to join an international standards body to determine the fate and shape of XML.
OASIS Expands Topic Maps Development
OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium, announced its members have formed two new technical committees to advance the XML Topic Maps specification (ISO/IEC 13250:2000) for organizing, retrieving and navigating information resources. The OASIS Vocabulary for XML Standards and Technologies (XMLvoc
Web Services Interoperability Organization (WSIO)
Developers now have yet another organization to watch for Web Services information – though the relationship between the new WSIO and the W3C is yet to be determined.
Managing Change in Legacy Data Using XML
There is an accelerating trend to migrate electronic documents and data into XML. This has many advantages in terms of the ability to achieve results more quickly through the use of standard software tools. Many databases now support XML as a known data type and there is a growing number of database
W3C Advances XML-based Digital Signature Spec
By Thor Olavsrud – The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Thursday advanced a major recommendation in the realm of Web services: XML Signature Syntax and Processing.The recommendation represents a cross-industry agreement on an XML-based language for digital signatures, and is the foundation up
Introducing XML::SAX::Machines, Part One
by Kip Hampton – In recent columns we have seen that SAX provides a modular way to generate and filter XML content. For those just learning how SAX works, though, the task of hooking up to the correct parser-generator-driver and building chains of filters can be tricky. More experienced SAX users ma
A Quantum Leap in Browser Graphics Capabilities
by Vikas Pandya – You are no longer limited to raster-based images. Finally, you can draw vector images dynamically inside a browser using the new Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) technology.
Message Patterns and Interoperability
by Leigh Dodds – Web services have been the major topic of conversation on XML-DEV this week following a discussion on types of messaging patterns and some wary initial reactions to WS-I, the "standards integrator" organization.