By Leigh Dodds – Cocoon is a Java server framework that allows the dynamic publishing of XML content using XSLT (XML Stylesheet Language-Transformation) transformations. By relying on XML to describe content, and XSLT as a means of transforming that content into multiple formats, Cocoon provides a p
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Topic Maps go quantum
Nikita Ogievetsky has presented a continuation of his work for Extreme Markup 2001 showing a very concise form of RDF Topic Map representation based on a "Quantum" Topic Map model easy to constrain using DAML+OIL.
An example of dynamic SQL in PL/SQL
By Prashant Gijare – Problem: In a product table, the answer for each product inquiry is stored in a separate column. Solution: I created a temporary table with one column (prodname) where all product names are individual rows. The product name fetched from this table is fed to dynamic SQL. T
Oracle’s woes may extend beyond Asia
By Larry Dignan – The company warned earlier this month that its fiscal third-quarter results would fall short of Wall Street expectations and broke out a novel reason: Business in Asia wasn’t up to par.
XML Web GUI
This is a validating xml editor for creating, edititing an manipulating XML files by a web interface. It is based on open standards like XHTML, JavaScript, DOM and CSS for the client and JavaServlets, JSP for the server.
CenterPoint/XML
CenterPoint/XML is a class library with SAX 2 (Simple API for XML) and DOM (Document Object Model) Level 1 and Level 2 conforming interfaces for reading and writing XML files.
Integrating XML into ASP.NET Web Sites
by Dan Wahlin – Using XML for data exchange among e-business apps is a hot topic these days, but it's not all about business. Here's a way to use XML and .NET classes to retrieve an XML news document and generate headlines for a Web site.
Dependent Tables – dt.sql
Tip by Simon Clifford – This script is a quick way of determining which tables are involved in PK/FK constraints. It saves you the trouble of querying the user_cons_columns table.
XMLCities' XMLCapture Suite
by Sue Spielman – The product comprises several applications that serve different purposes depending on where you are in your document-conversion process. Using the XMLCapture Suite you can convert documents—both paper and electronic formats such as PDF, Word, RTF, HTML, and PageMaker—to XML. The in
Making Links, Breaking Entities
by John E. Simpson – February's XML Q&A column answers questions about making links with XSLT and doing without entities in XML Schemas.