(Ed Tittel) In this third installment of our eight-part series on XSLT we’ll tackle how XSLT processing works and the kinds of processors used for that job. We’ll also describe how an XSLT processor internalizes and represents input documents, how a results tree is created, and then how XSLT output

(Elliotte Rusty Harold) Separating content from presentation is a major goal of XML — a goal it meets quite well. A single document isn’t limited to a single stylesheet: One document can have many different stylesheets tuned for different readers and environments. This tip shows you how to include

(John E. Simpson) The mantra of Web development used to be, “Content is king.” Don’t waste time prettying things up, we were advised (and we ourselves advised others); people are too busy, and download speeds are too slow, to crud your pages up with big images, Flash presentations, and other media t

The lack of readily-available devs skilled in web services design and production continues to impede web services projects, according to the latest survey from Evans Data Corp.

(Omar Al Zabir) .NET 2.0 introduces a lot of new features in Windows Forms and deployment technologies which takes Smart Client development to the next level. Previously we had to worry about too many issues including rich controls (owner drawn controls), multithreading, auto update and various othe

(Neil Graham and Khaled Noaman) Use Xerces-C++ to validate documents more efficiently. XML plays an increasingly important role in C and C++ applications. To ensure successful interpretation of a document’s contents, many of these applications require W3C XML Schemas to validate the documents they p

(Ian Shields) If you can’t find a validating XML editor you like, or prefer not to take the time now to learn how to use one, you can edit the XML for your developerWorks articles and tutorials using your preferred text editor. The author has created some great tools to help you validate, transform,

(Uche Ogbuji) EaseXML is an XML data-binding tool for Python, available under the Python Software Foundation License. The package used to be called “XMLObject,” but that generic name led to the situation I mentioned in Location, Location, Location.

(Prasadarao K. Vithanala) This white paper provides an introduction to various features of XQuery implemented in SQL Server 2005 such as the FLWOR statement, operators in XQuery, if-then-else construct, XML constructors, built-in XQuery functions, type casting operators, and examples of how to use e

(Raghu Donepudi) Many experienced developers loathe changing their DTDs (Document Type Definitions) because of their cumbersome syntax and semantics. For newcomers, DTD syntax just looks like Greek. A brand new addition to the DSDL (Document Schema Definition Languages) called Regular Language Descr