Vol: 1 Iss: 4

Registering XML... My wife gave birth to a baby boy in May. When my mother called from India to congratulate us, she told me: 'We were thinking of nicknaming him 'Java,' but that sounds feminine. So we decided to call him 'XML' after your magazine.' She was kidding, of course. However, the thought of XML... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 7,960

The New Requirements of Internet Business Architecture The drive has begun for a new generation of Internet commerce architectures. The stimulus is coming from organizations building customer-oriented e-tail sites and business-to-business applications. New architectures are needed to accommodate both sets of requirements. Java's move into ... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 8,272

XML: True Collaboration Lo and behold! XML has found a home and is beginning to make an impact on the enterprise. XML used to be considered fabulously interesting (like a degree in philosophy); now it's considered an essential item in everyone's bag of tools (like a wrench). As this technology hits the next l... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 8,193

Eliminating Redundancy in XML Using ID/IDREF XML can be thought of as the 'universal serialization of data.' It provides a flexible, open approach for modeling data and sharing messages among business partners (or systems) in a consistent manner. XML provides the ideal solution to messaging in a B2B e-commerce infrastructure sinc... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 17,857  Replies: 2

XML - Friend or Foe? At Tradeum Inc. we became early adopters of XML just a few months after the publication of the XML standard in February 1998. Our reasons were compelling: we were creating a dynamic trading engine that implements auctions and true exchanges in a business-to-business environment. Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 8,554

Java, XML and the Command Patter This month's column shows the advantages of using Java and XML to implement the Command Pattern. It also provides a brief illustration of how this pattern can be used to implement transaction integrity via compensating actions. Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 10,279

Building XML Middleware Using Omnimark XML is rapidly becoming the way applications communicate. Because it isn't one language but a means to create many languages, it can play many roles in application integration and data exchange. In this article I'll explore some of the varied roles that XML can play by developing a si... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 7,487

XML DevCon 2001 I've spent the majority of my career working for software vendors in one capacity or another; this has resulted in a natural aversion to trade shows. Most technical consultants who work for vendors will tell you that trade shows are one of the most difficult aspects of the job. Sales r... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 9,267

Getting Started with XML Data Interchange As software developers, you may be receiving requests for XML support, implementing XML support or using a third-party package that supports or will soon support XML data interchange. Two good reasons to support XML are: Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 8,353  Replies: 1

Soap And The Next Generation Of XML The release of the SOAP 1.1 specification at the end of April was met by tremendous interest from the media, analysts and developers. Since IBM was a coauthor of the document (along with Microsoft, Lotus, DevelopMentor and UserLand), we were naturally pleased by the response. The SOAP4... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 6,069

Developing B2B Applications Using XML and JMS This article explains the use of XML and Java messaging technology in intra-enterprise or inter-enterprise (B2B) applications. Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 8,521

SOAP - What is this thing called SOAP? Here's the Background, Part 1 I wanted to kick off this new column on XML protocols with an introduction to the hot newcomer in this arena - Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). Trouble is, there are too many ways to go about the topic. The first version I wrote was a technical introduction to SOAP laced with refe... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 13,002

XMI: The OMG's XML MetaData Interchange Standard Over the past few years the OMG has created an architecture for managing metadata. This has resulted in the issuance of several official metadata standards. The core standard is the Meta Object Facility (MOF), and XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) is an extension of the MOF into the XML s... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 8,212

Bridging the Management Gap with XML Managing a company's IT infrastructure has become more complicated in recent years. The tools at the disposal of IT managers haven't quite figured out how to work together to deal with this complexity. Instead, to understand how the infrastructure is actually supporting the business, I... Aug. 18, 2000  Reads: 6,659