(Balaji B) Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a format of graphic that can be generated on the fly by using the data extracted from XML files or a database. Creating images on the fly in the other formats like GIF, JPEG, and BMP are not easy since they cannot be created dynamically by extracting data

(Selim Mimaroglu) In this article I am going to introduce you to the latest version of the Berkeley DB XML, version 2.2.8. Berkeley DB XML (BDB XML) is built on top of the well-known Berkeley Database (BDB). BDB XML is an open source, native XML database. Like its ancestor, BDB, it’s an embedded dat

(Ed Tittel) In November 2005, XML tool and technology vendor Altova announced support for Visual Studio 2005 in its XMLSpy 2006 product offerings. XMLSpy is a well-liked and widely-used XML development environment that includes advanced features to model, edit, debug and transform XML-related markup

(Stephen Swoyer) Common Business Oriented Language and Assembler rule today’s mainframe shops, but enterprise codejockeys have more application development options than ever. Even programmers who have little or no mainframe experience can write C, C++ or Java code on Windows and Linux systems and re

(Don Box and Dharma Shukla) WinFX includes a technology called Windows Workflow Foundation that allows programs to be expressed as declarative, long-running processes called workflows. Unlike traditional Microsoft .NET Framework programs, workflow-based programs are typically specified in a declarat

(Bruce Silver) Not so long ago, information could be neatly separated into data and content. Data was “structured” and stored in relational databases, OLTP and other hierarchical systems. Content was “unstructured” and consisted of, well, everything else. Data was what made the company go, so databa

(Russell Butek) xsd:any is a popular feature for people designing XML schema. But it’s often more trouble than it’s worth. Explore some of the shortcomings of xsd:any, both in XML itself and in the JAX-RPC Java language binding, so that, even if you decide to use xsd:any, you will be more prepared t

(Bob Watson) Electronic documents have changed the way people publish and exchange information. But while convenient, the process isn’t flawless. With current software, documents often appear one way when viewed on the screen and another when printed. To make matters worse, many documents depend

(Kris Hadlock) Quite a few new applications out on the web—Backpack, Blinksale, and Gmail, for example—integrate databases with AJAX. The integration can have a very powerful effect on the web application and the user experience by providing the power to communicate with the database without refresh

(Dethe Elza) VRML came about in the heady days when HTML was taking off like wildfire. It was an attempt to join the concepts of View Source and virtual reality with the rapidly expanding Web. As a concept it was great, but it faced too many limitations: The hardware wasn’t really ready, OpenGL was