By Michael Classen – New language specs can be both a blessing and a curse for Web developers. While new, easier to use elements provide the blessings, the removal of elements you already know can be a curse. Find out what the next XHTML version has in store in this quick overview.
Author: SSWUG Research
Support online communities with FOAF
By Edd Dumbill – In his previous installment, Edd introduced Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF). FOAF is an XML/RDF vocabulary for describing, in computer-readable form, the sort of personal information that you might normally put on a home Web page. In this installment, he explores more deeply some of the i
XML, Part 2: XML Schemas
By Heath Stewart – This tutorial will be short and will present how a namespace is defined. Defining a namespace with a schema is important when your XML document must be not only well-formed but must match a particular namespace exactly. In some applications of XML, if the document is well-formed b
Database study puts Oracle on top — for now
By James Niccolai – A recent analyst report on the relational database market puts Oracle Corp. in pole position, though Microsoft Corp. will quickly gain ground as customers become more confident about its software and seek new ways to reduce their IT budgets, according to the report’s author.
Database administration 101
By Tim DiChiara – On Friday, August 16 Craig Mullins, one of the world’s top database experts, examined each of the components that comprise the discipline of database administration. Whether you’re a newbie or guru-level database administrator, analyst, architect, or application engineer, this webc
What is the best way for maintaining a standby SQL Server?
Since SQL Server provides so many options for copying data between different databases and servers, novice/inexperienced DBAs often get confused, as to which option to go with, for maintaining a standby server. Some of those options include Data Transformation Services (DTS), BCP, Replication, Clust
SQL Server 2000 Developer Series
LearnKey’s SQL Server 2000 for Developers offers developers, programmers, webmasters, and managers an in-depth look at this powerful product. Experts Mary Chipman and Andy Baron show you the essentials of using the Transact-SQL language and SQL Server’s graphical tools to perform all the tasks neces
Transposing a Table into a Summary Matrix
(Fred Mayer) I needed a PL/SQL routine to summarize and transpose, and I came up short. So I decided to see if I could get it accomplished myself. The resulting procedure, TRANSPOSE, accomplishes this task for me.Here’s how it works: Pass the Source User, Source Table Name, Destination Table
Business Maps: Topic Maps Go B2B!
by Marc de Graauw – Interoperability between ontologies is a big, if not the single biggest issue in B2B data exchange. For the foreseeable future there will not be a single, widely accepted B2B vocabulary. Therefore we will need mappings between different ontologies.
Topologi Collaborative Markup Editor 1.0 released
Topologi builds a variety of novel features and emphases into this editor, including strong support for non-well-formed and non-valid documents, and SGML modes.