By Qusay H. Mahmoud – Businesses can describe their Web services on the Internet using an XML-based language, such as the Web Services Description Language (WSDL), or simple plain text, and list them in an XML-based registry such as Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI), or the el
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XML Events, XHTML in W3C XML Schema
The W3C HTML Working Group has released two new working drafts, XML Events and Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema, along with the jointly produced XHTML+MathML+SVG Profile.
Data Types Undefined in XML Schema?
The XML Schema Working Group was tasked with adding the two most important pieces to the XML puzzle: Schema Definitions and a Data Type Libary. Criticism rises now as more and more people work with the resulting specifications, including XML Schema part 2: Datatypes.
Top Ten Tips to Using XPath and XPointer
by John E. Simpson – XPath and XPointer allow XML developers and document authors to find and manipulate specific needles of content in an XML document’s haystack. From mindful use of predicates, to processor efficiency, to exploring both the standards themselves and extensions to them, this article
Get Smart with BI
By Michael Otey – BI–and the OLAP and data-mining technologies that comprise it–are aimed squarely at delivering strategic business advantages.
Operating System Performance Checklist
by Brad M. McGehee – This third part of the SQL Server Performance Audit series covers the operating system.
Count Replication Errors in def$_error table
by Johnny Ayanda Tshepo Moleleki – This script pertains to Oracle’s Multi-Master (MM)Replication environment. All the DML errors encountered by a site in MM replication are stored locally on a table DEF$_ERROR (and other tables) until the cause of the error has been resolved. The script gives the DB
Building Oracle XML Applications
Book By Steve Muench – This rich and detailed look at the many Oracle tools that support XML development shows Java and PL/SQL developers how to combine the power of XML and XSLT with the speed, functionality, and reliability of the Oracle database.
Office Bets On XML Odds
By Ed Scannell – The next generation Office 11, scheduled to ship in 2003, will leverage XML so that it runs on a diverse collection of client devices from Tablet PCs, to PDAs, notebooks, and PCs. These devices in turn will facilitate user collaboration courtesy of a single Microsoft data sto
Using UTL_FILE to find files on the OS
By Steve Montgomerie – Here is how to use UTL_FILE to detect a file on the OS insead of writing a UNIX or DOS script. The procedure can be scheduled through DBA_JOBS to check for the existence of a file that has been FTP’ed, for example. Once the file has been detected, it calls another procedure to