Internet revolution has dramatically changed the way of conducting global business. Enterprises nowadays are constantly transacting business across boarders and time zones where each party involved has its own notion of time. To help Oracle’s customers conducting global E-Business, Oracle9i provide
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Comparing XML Schema Languages
by Eric van der Vlist – This article explains what an XML schema language is and which features the different schema languages possess. It also documents the development of the major schema language families — DTDs, W3C XML Schema, and RELAX NG — and compares the features of DTDs, W3C XML Schema,
Using Emacs for XML documents
By Brian Gillan – Emacs, best known as a powerful text editor for UNIX developers, can be an ideal XML editor for MS-DOS, Windows, and MacOS. The author describes how to install the right add-on packages and modify settings to create a powerful XML/SGML editing-and-validation environment in Emacs wi
Compressing XML—Part I, Writing WBXML
by Bilal Siddiqui – Wireless Binary XML (WBXML) is a compact representation of XML and is part of the presentation logic in Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). WBXML significantly improves the efficiency of transmitting XML over narrow bandwidth networks, where data size is of paramount importance.
Oracle unveils secret XML project
By Jan Stafford – At Oracle OpenWorld 2001 in San Francisco, Oracle Corp. offered a sneak preview of a new “top-secret” XML database support initiative. Code-named Project XDB, the initiative is creating technologies that will enable native storage, indexing, querying, and manipulation of XML conten
Dell to bundle Oracle9i with servers
Dell is to begin offering pre-tuned and tested Oracle software for Dell servers as part of Oracle’s certified configurations programme.
Reduce Support Costs With Oracle(R) iSupport
Oracle iSupport is a comprehensive web-based customer service product that allows users to receive self-service and assisted service over the internet.
Official RELAX NG specification, tutorial arrive
RELAX NG is an XML schema language developed by the RELAX NG technical committee at OASIS and designed to be an easy-to-learn and easy-to-implement alternative to the W3C's XML schema language. After several months of development and refinement, the RELAX NG TC has released an official committee
Business Explorer for Web Services
Business Explorer for Web Services (BE4WS) is an XML-based UDDI exploring engine that provides developers with standard interfaces for efficiently searching business and service information in single or multiple UDDI registries.
A Look at MSXML 4.0 RTM
By John Peterson – While I'm sure many of you know that Microsoft has released version 4.0 of their XML parser, for those of you who don't, well you do now… and this should serve as your wake up call!