(Tony Marston) It is a feature of my software that I produce HTML output from XML documents with server-side XSL transformations. This means that as well as producing the XML document I transform it into HTML on the server before I send the result to the client.

(Mellonfire) The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), is a wonderful place, packed to the brim with all manner of goodies for Perl programmers. A little rummaging around, and you’ll uncover ready-made widgets for everything from text processing to socket programming. And one category CPAN is p

(Mark Nottingham) One of the oft-repeated requirements stated for XML Protocol is the ability to interpose intermediaries into the message chain. This document discusses the motivations for this requirement, explores the nature of intermediaries in XML Protocol, and relates it to the requirements st

(Doug Cook) Avalon provides a number of options to achieve complex layouts. The framework supports an integrated set of layout elements as part of a single, flexible layout model that has been optimized for content presentation.

(Joe Gregorio) The Atom Syndication Format is now also known as RFC 4287. Atom is an internet standard in the same way that little things like SMTP and HTTP — also known as “email” and “the Web,” respectively — are internet standards.

Learn about the design and architecture of a native XML database, how it gives developers great flexibility storing and indexing XML documents, and how specific design choices drive performance, scalability and features. (R,pdf)

(Kris Hadlock) Imagine using a simple HTML file to send a request to a server-side script, receive a custom XML file based on that request, and then display it to the user without ever refreshing the browser! Kris Hadlock explains how to use a combination of PHP and AJAX to create real-time data tra

(Norbert Ehreke) An unwritten consensus in the IT industry is that data shared between object-oriented software and relational databases is best exchanged with object/relational (O/R) mapping frameworks where the entity relationship (ER) model follows the object-oriented model. This article prop

(Uche Ogbuji) The Atom Syndication Format (RFC 4287) came about in part for social reasons and in part for technical reasons. The social reasons came down to difficulties reconciling factions of existing web feed formats. One of the key technical reasons is that existing web feed formats were not cl

(Edd Dumbill) HTML isn’t a very good language for making Web pages. However, it has been a very good language for making the Web.