The W3C has published XML Information Set as a recommendation, providing "a set of definitions for use in other specifications that need to refer to the information in an XML document."
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XML Import/Export for the Masses
Most data is still created and consumed by humans, and XML is no exception. Adoption of XML therefore depends largely on the availability of tools for reading, writing, and editing XML data.
Introduction to Native XML Databases
by Kimbro Staken – The need to process and store XML has spawned several new types of software tool, one of which is the "native XML database." This article explains the principles behind such databases.
Aerospace group backs new EDI-to-XML bridge
By MICHAEL MEEHAN – As technical standards bodies attempt to harmonize data-sharing specifications in the Balkanized world of XML, an aerospace industry group is adopting a new approach that converts existing electronic data interchange (EDI) data formats and definitions into XML.
Microsoft debuts tools, Web services specs
By Wylie Wong and Mike Ricciuti – Microsoft on Tuesday took a stab at bolstering the Web-based tools and specifications needed to make Web services built using its .Net tools more secure, and more attractive to businesses. Microsoft also announced several new tools and distributed near-final
HR-XML Consortium Approves New Standards for Human Resources E-commerce
A posting from Chuck Allen (Director, HR-XML Consortium, Inc.) announces the publication of six (6) new approved specifications from the HR-XML Consortium. The 128-member HR-XML Consortium held its quarterly meeting on October 15-16, 2001 at London's Copthorne Tara Hotel, ratifying the new draft
Ipedo XML Database 2.0 Tackles XML Content Logjam
Responding to the growing importance of XML content in e-business applications, Ipedo(tm), Inc., a leading provider of software products that manage and deliver dynamic content over the Internet, released the latest version of the Ipedo XML Database(tm) featuring advanced capabilities to make it eas
xsbrowser
XML Schema browser (xsbrowser) is a Java applet that generates a human-readable model from a DTD or XML Schema enabling a user to visualize the data model of a document without requiring knowledge of DTD or XML Schema syntax.
XML: You'd think it couldn't get worse
There is an old saying about things having to get worse before they get better. And the news that yet more XML standards are being proposed is at least an indication that things are still getting worse.The first new standard is VCML and the second, which doesn't have a name yet, is to be
SQL Server Outperforms Java with Oracle
See how the Microsoft .NET platform outperformed Sun on its blueprint application, the Java Pet Store, running 28 times faster than previously published J2EE benchmarks.