(John deVadoss) Many business applications require the user interface (UI) to be extensible as the requirements vary from one customer to another and from one end user to another. Client-side business logic for the UI may also need customization based on individual user need. A screen layout for
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An XML-based information architecture for learning content, Part 1: A DITA specialization design
(John P. Hunt and Robert Bernard) Can topic-based DITA XML provide the basis for developing an information architecture for single-sourced XML learning content? This article builds directly on the rich background about reusable content and e-learning delivery in the learning and training fields. Her
Recreate optimizer access plans using db2look
(Samir Kapoor and Kaarel Truuvert) The db2look tool gives you a way to recreate the same access plan for your test environment that DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) is using for your production environment. Here are all the details for setting it up.
Semantic search in WebSphere II OmniFind Edition: Deploy a semantic search solution
(Thomas Hampp and Alexander Lang) Learn how to configure and deploy a semantic search solution using WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition 8.2.2. This tutorial includes some pre-built text analysis steps, based on the Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) SDK. Based
Apache releases adult Derby
(James Niccolai) An update to Apache’s Derby database has been released, shoving the project into the limelight for the first time.
Intelligent Applications Powered by SQL Server 2005 Data Mining
Jamie MacLennan shows some of the advanced data mining technology in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. See examples of data mining-powered applications, plus an overview of how to use the tools provided with SQL Server 2005 to create and explore the data mining models used by those applications.
Five-Step UML: OOAD for Short Attention Spans – Design, Repeat
(Martin L. Shoemaker) This article continues our introduction to the concepts of Five-Step UML, working from beginning to end. It introduces UML notation and goes into great detail. This article covers the final two steps of a five-step process.
Introducing Contract First
(Christian Weyer) Today’s use of Web services in solutions doesn’t really realize the true potential of Web services. Oh yes. Web services programming is easy. Who likes those crazy angle brackets crossing their networks, anyway? Who is interested in all the fancy details of those elaborate speci
Just SQL Part III – Where is it?
(James Koopmann) In the previous Part of this series we looked at the ‘simple SELECT’ statement. This involved the four required pieces of a SQL statement. Namely the key word SELECT, a select list or columns we wanted to return from the table, the FROM key word to specify the table information was
Maintenance checks for SQL Server
(Kevin Kline and Baya Pavliashvili) SQL Server has become more self-maintaining with each new release, but the principle “better safe than sorry” still stands: Solid database administration involves performing regular maintenance on system and user databases so that you fix problems before your user