One of the things that I see very rarely is script headers and comments. This is baffling. Almost every development project I have ever worked on has had very elaborate version control systems, coding standards, commenting guidelines, and even templates. For some reason, this was never carried th
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Combining Stylesheets with Include and Import
The xsl:include and xsl:import instructions give you ways to incorporate XSLT stylesheets programmatically. There are two situations where this is useful.
Hands-on XSL
This article presents a simple, hands-on exercise that demonstrates the principles of the Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT). It takes about an hour to complete the concept exercises and about 15 minutes at a computer to try out the results with a real XSLT processor.
Working with the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit
The Simple Object Access Protocol continues to gather more and more keen supporters. As more developers embrace SOAP, the greater the need for common libraries and tools – this is especially important, as different SOAP implementations must be able to co–exist in harmony. The Microsoft SOAP Toolkit
Access 2000 – Useful Changes
The main difference you will notice when you open Access 2000 is the Objects Bar (see the next section for more details on this feature). Additionally, there are several welcome enhancements to the database window. A set of New Object shortcuts let you quickly create a new object or use the appropri
Configuring and Managing SQL Mail
Perhaps one of the more compelling hands-off administration abilities of SQL Server is the SQL Mail capability. SQL Mail lets you send, receive and process mail from within SQL Server. The most common use of this is setting up the SQL Agent process to alert you to server conditions. Since many wirel
Getting Started with XSL
An XSL transformation results in the creation of a new XML tree. This clear separation between the source document and the result trees fulfills the goal of XML to separate content from presentation by allowing both the grammar and the structure of the XML source to be independent of the presentatio
XML Protocol Technology Reference
The use of XML for loosely-coupled application integration has become a high profile topic, crucial as it is for the future conduct of electronic business transactions. This area has seen a proliferation of activity from both consortia and individual vendors. This article gives an overview and es
The Semantic Web: A Primer
The Semantic Web lies at the heart of Tim Berners-Lee's vision for the future of the World Wide Web. Along with others at the W3C Berners-Lee is working on the infrastructure for this next stage of the Web's life. But the question "What is the Semantic Web?" is being asked with incre
CORBA and XML: Hit or Myth
Is XML a potential competitor to CORBA? Does it represent CORBA's nemesis? Or is it, on the contrary, too lightweight for use in distributed systems? Much heated debate has centered recently on the question of the possible combination of CORBA and XML… Since opinions on the topic diverge wi