REST & Pneumatic Tube
Systems It's often said that
history repeats itself -
and by studying history
we gain better insight
into our current (and
future) society. In the
late 1800s the telegraph
was immensely popular,
but telegraphs only
connected telegraph
off... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 9,122 |
The Object The object is certainly
not a new concept, but
Web services are
considered new,
difficult, and
intimidating. Since a Web
service can be thought of
as a glorified object
with standard interfaces,
why isn't this old hat?
Many of the... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 8,271 Replies: 1 |
The Standards Democracy There's been much recent
controversy about the
role of Microsoft and IBM
in the evolution of Web
services standards. At a
conference I attended not
so long ago a pundit
talked about the
'standard setting
duopoly.' Several
articles... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 11,999 |
That's Classified
Information With the advent of
computer storage,
business has become
increasingly more reliant
on electronic information
as a major source for
maintenance and continued
growth. The information
we store electronically
tells us what customers
l... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 10,161 |
Web Services Startups You must have seen them -
they're everywhere.
Despite the market
climate, Web services
startups are popping up
like mushrooms after
rain. With no time to
lose, these companies are
readying themselves to
take on the industry
gorill... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 11,829 |
Introducing Topic Maps Topic maps are a standard
way of representing the
complex relationships
that often exist between
the pieces of information
that we use in day-to-day
business processes. This
article begins by
discussing what topic
maps are, what the... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 8,100 |
Introduction to CCXML When building interactive
voice recognition
applications, we are
inevitably faced with the
challenge of providing
advanced telephony
call-control
capabilities. In some
scenarios we'd like to
bridge two calls for a
conferencing app... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 8,950 |
XML and the Semantic Web XML-based formats are now
becoming the dominant way
of marking up data on the
Web. There are standard
XML languages for
hypertext (XHTML),
graphics (SVG),
syndication (RSS),
multimedia (SMIL),
service description and
discovery (WS... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 11,948 |
Using FOP for Industrial
Needs The Web has given us an
easy-to-use,
easy-to-market, and
easy-to-navigate medium
for conducting business.
We've come to a stage
where mainstream people
are comfortable shopping
on the Web. What it lacks
is the ability to ensure
th... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 8,553 Replies: 3 |
Combining the Power of
XQUERY & XSLT People communicate with
each other online.
People buy goods and
services from online
stores. People pay bills,
file insurance claims,
and book travel and
flights online. Each of
these online activities
generates digital
informati... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 7,694 |
Managing Juniper
Networks' Routers Using
XML XML is the ideal platform
for network management.
XML's self-describing,
text-based syntax is able
to encapsulate the
complex, hierarchical,
and volatile
configuration of any
networked device.
Controlling a network
full of devices... Sep. 27, 2002 Reads: 10,293 |