The XML:DB API is an attempt to bring an ODBC or JDBC style access API to native XML databases. The goal being to bring interoperability to native XML database applications and to lower the learning curve for XML database development. The first public release of the reference Java implementati

By Michael Sedge – One of the primary technical problems faced by high-tech sectors like government, aerospace and defense has been how to apply a set of operating or business rules that could be shared using web technologies. This problem was resolved with the recent release of ILOG JRulesTM 3.5, t

by Ken Pittman – With over 90 million cases filed each year in the United States, electronic filing is emerging as a proven alternative to conventional case filing for courts and litigants alike. Increasingly, court clerks, judges, and attorneys are trying out the services in a growing number of pil

IDEAlliance recently announced the release of first XML version of PROSE, the Production Order Specification/EDI. PROSE XML 1.0 is said to allow "complete standardization of all production and distribution orders for printers and print buyers, ensuring unprecedented reliability and accuracy of p

By Mohamed Najeeb – This article assumes that you are familiar with ASP, XML and HTML. Using this OnLine Exam system, we can conduct any type of objective type examinations on line. Eventhough I implemented most of the conventional things, the reader is highly appreciated to incorporate all o

Steve Ball recently announced the release of version 1.0 of the open-source XSLT Standard Library (xsltsl), a set of reusable XSLT templates that developers can use to perform tasks common to many applications. Those distribution includes modules with templates for:

The WS-Inspection specification defines how an application can discover an XML Web service description on a Web server, enabling developers to browse Web servers for XML Web services. WS-Inspection complements the IBM- and Microsoft-pioneered Universal Description, Discovery and Integration global d

The W3C has acknowledged receipt of a submission from Republica Corp. for a 'Data Extraction Language' intended to provide a basis for furthering work on any-to-XML transformations. As outlined in the Note, DEL is "an XML format for describing data conversion processes from other data fo

An XML document's information set consists of a number of information items; the information set for any well-formed XML document will contain at least a document information item and several others. An information item is an abstract description of some part of an XML document: each information

This manuscript is an abridged version of a chapter from the Manning Publications book XML Programming with VB and ASP. This chapter looks at the Microsoft DOM objects.