Celebrate XML's 5th
Birthday in Boston On February 10, 1998, a
revolutionary Internet
technology child was born
into this world and given
an acronym that has since
become synonymous with
i-technology itself. Even
though it enters only its
sixth year this month,
XML has h... Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 7,625 |
Introduction to SOAP
Serialization Rules SOAP defines a set of
serialization rules for
encoding datatypes in
XML. All data is
serialized as elements
rather than attributes.
Attributes are only used
for structural metadata;
for example, when
references are needed. Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 11,678 |
The Adoption: Hype Ratio Even today, I'm
frequently faced with
those who are
disappointed at the
progress of XML and Web
services. My stock answer
to skeptical questions
about XML adoption is to
talk instead about the
'Adoption:Hype' ratio and
agree that ... Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 8,353 |
Collecting Business
Critical Information Since their inception in
1993, HTML forms have
come to be the
underpinnings of user
interaction on the World
Wide Web. The convenience
afforded by the ability
to provide consistent
end-user access to
information and
application se... Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 7,413 |
XML, Ontologies, and the
Semantic Web If [computer networking]
were a traditional
science, Berners-Lee
would win a Nobel Prize,'
Eric Schmidt, CEO of
Novell, once commented.
Indeed, Tim Berners-Lee
revolutionized the world
when he created the Web
in 1991. Now, he is
t... Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 15,310 Replies: 3 |
The Trouble with Tables When the content of an
XML document is intended
for human eyes, rather
than software digestion,
it's necessary to
consider the possible
limitations of rendering
applications, including
typesetting systems, DTP
packages, and on-scree... Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 6,948 |
Business Systems with Web
Services Today Web services is
still an evolving and
emerging technology. This
article covers a number
of use models, from the
perspective of both the
developers building
systems that incorporate
Web services, and the
user's experience with
these systems. Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 6,258 |
Building a Real-World Web
Service - Part 1 The answer is yes; Web
services can be used to
conduct real business,
and this series of
articles will show you
how. In this installment,
the first in a three-part
series, I'll show you how
to conduct an e-business
dialogue, explain... Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 7,866 |
Discovery of Complex
Datatypes Web services promises to
change the landscape of
distributed computing
forever. Soon computer
systems will freely
exchange data independent
of their language,
architecture, or
platform. Applications
will be available on a
per-use ... Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 7,549 |
Behind the Firewall Questions about Web
services and their uptake
in financial services
create a very black/white
answer set. Some claim
there's no usage; others
say critical mass has
been reached. The answer
is somewhere in the
middle. Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 8,439 |
XML in 2002 and Beyond We're all hoping for a
revolutionary year for
the economy and the world
of i-technology in
particular. The New Year
also marks an important
phenomenon: all of us try
to have a New Year's
resolution (mine is to
gain fame and riches i... Jan. 31, 2003 Reads: 7,533 |