by Leigh Dodds – The finish line is now in sight for the members of the W3C XML Schemas Working Group. The XML Schema specifications are an important step closer to completion with their promotion to Proposed Recommendation status. All that remains now is for Tim Berners-Lee, as Director of the W3C,
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DTS Grows Up
By Brian Knight – Since its introduction in SQL Server 7.0, Data Transformation Services (DTS) has helped many SQL Server professionals migrate data from OLE DB-compliant data sources to any compliant destination. But in SQL Server 2000, DTS has really grown up.
XML: 11 best practices
These XML guidelines are not solely for technical staff. Enterprise business leaders from the CEO down should understand the many dimensions at work. These guidelines will set expectations, guide spending, establish policy, and determine where the enterprise will realize top- and bottom-line revenue
XML RAD platform commences beta test
By Edd Dumbill – Wizen Software have commenced a public beta-testing program for PowerXML, an XML-centric rapid application development platform.
Schemantix XMLForms
XMLForms dynamically generates a graphical user interface from any valid XML document or schema. The technology therefore instantly creates a dynamic and interactive front-end to any application using XML at its core. The applications for this type of flexible technology are numerous and include any
Tip: Aliasing Server Names
By Tom Moreau – On a recent contract, the client was a large financial institution with thousands of machines—servers and workstations. They had a somewhat standardized naming convention for machines, involving some letters, followed by a W or S for workstation or server, followed by a five-digit nu
Web Farm Installation
This article covers the deployment of various Duwamish Online components on a multi-computer server farm. The configuration of the server farm should be set up according to the needs and requirements of the Web site.
XML e-Business Standards Agreement in Final Stages
By Chris Preimesberger – Hallelujah! It looks as though agreement on international e-business standards is near at hand, and we have good old-fashioned business cooperation to thank for it. As the old gospel song says, "There will be peace in the valley, for me, some day." It certainly appea
XSLT Benchmark Results
by Eugene Kuznetsov, Cyrus Dolph – XSLTMark gauges the capabilities of XSLT processing engines by testing them on a common platform with a variety of stylesheets and inputs that sample the gamut of possible applications. See the XSLTMark overview for more information about the benchmark itself and h
Sesame RDF Schema querying and storing service
Jeen Broekstra has announced Sesame , an RDF Schema-based Repository and Querying facility. Part of the European IST project On-To-Knowledge, Sesame supports querying of both RDF data and Schema information, using an OQL-style query language, called RQL.