The Mozilla open-source Web browser, which has probably been the most sharply scrutinized software development project in history, has reached version 1.0. Standards compliance has always been a primary goal of Mozilla, and XML standards have taken no back seat in the feature set.
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Tip: Namespaces and versioning
By Uche Ogbuji – You can use several techniques for versioning XML schemas, such as defining special root attributes or using the DTD. This tip discusses how to use XML namespaces to version formats.
Oracle Support to Boost Linux
By Matt Hicks – Oracle Corp.’s push toward more extensive support for Linux may help propel the open-source operating system into broader enterprise use, although some Oracle customers may be slow to commit to running the company’s database on Linux.
W3C: Put XML to the test
By Paul Festa – The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Wednesday launched the XML Conformance Test Suite. Offered free of charge, the suite consists of 2000 files, each of which tests for a specific feature or combination of features in the second edition of the W3C’s published XML 1.0 recommendatio
Government seeks accord on XML
By Margaret Kane – The federal government isn’t known as a pioneering early adopter. But growing support within U.S. agencies for the popular XML data exchange format has raised concerns that, for once, things might be moving too fast.
Two Oracle Flaws Put Machines at Risk
By Dennis Fisher – Security researchers have found two serious buffer overruns in Oracle Corp. products, both of which give an attacker complete control of a vulnerable machine.One flaw affects Windows machines running any version of Oracle9i, while the other affects any machine running the
Editing XML Data Using XUpdate and HTML Forms
by Chimezie Ogbuji – In this article I will discuss how XUpdate can be used in conjunction with XSLT to write tools for authors of web-based applications that will automatically generate HTML forms for editing various kinds of data. Forms are the primary means that web-based applications collect inf
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The Shape of T-SQL
By Itzik Ben-Gan – Next time someone tells you to think outside the box, try this rectangular technique.
The database socket is deserializing: How to tell if your developers are lying to you
By Shelley Doll – A nontechnical development manager puts a huge amount of trust in his or her team. When the team misses a deadline, or functionality doesn’t work as expected, it can be hard to know why if you don’t understand the lingo. How can you tell if your trust is being taken advantage of, w