by Dan Wahlin – Much of the talk about XML nowadays tends to focus on using it for data exchange among e-business applications. While it is true that XML is well suited for this purpose because of its ability to describe data and maintain its structure while being transferred among distributed syste
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Using RDF with SOAP
By Uche Ogbuji – This article examines ways that SOAP can be used to communicate information in RDF models. It discusses ways of translating the fundamental data in RDF models to the SOAP encoding for PC-like exchange, or for directly passing parts of the model in RDF/XML serialized form.
XSLT and ASP.NET
During the development of the XML specification, the W3C working group realized that for XML to reach its full potential, a method of transforming XML documents into different formats needed to exist. At some time or another, an application that has the capability to work with XML documents will nee
How Valuable Are Benchmark Scores?
By Brian Moran – You can’t judge a book by its cover, and you can’t judge a benchmark by its raw score. On behalf of PC Magazine and eWeek, eTesting Labs recently conducted database- and application-server benchmark tests.PC Magazine conducted a Nile-based benchmark test to compare the perfo
Linux Maximus, Part 1: Gladiator-like Oracle Performance
by Bert Scalzo – As with any scientific endeavor, in this article we will attempt to evaluate different tuning techniques by establishing a controlled environment where we can ascertain a baseline, identify all the changeable relevant variables, modify one variable at a time and obtain a reliable me
Oracle Upgrades For Small Biz
Enterprise software behemoth Oracle Corp. announced the launch of version 7.6 of Oracle Small Business Suite, its online platform powered by NetLedger designed to help companies manage their business processes.
W3C Backs XML-based Signatures
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has recommended a new standard for digital signatures, but it may be inappropriate for some uses because of its complexity. XML Signature has been proposed as an XML-based language for digital signatures by the W3C, following collaboration with the Internet
XML Strengths & Weakness' with DOM, ASP & XSL
By Nakul Goyal – This article explains in a very simple manner how you can use XML in ASP and VB. Since the inception of XML people many developers have wondered why we need XML… How is it better than HTML? For starters, XML is far more powerful than HTML, and that power resides in the "X"
First JDBC 3.0 drivers link XML to SQL
By Peter Judge – DataDirect has launched JDBC 3.0 drivers for major databases to link SQL with XML. And the company is working on a database tool for Microsoft's .Net too
E-mail Group Setup and Use
by Don Beeler – Problem: We need group for e-mail to go to and we do not want to go set up a new group on the e-mail server every time we need to.Solution: 3 Steps.