(Scott Robinson) It’s hard to argue against the convenience, robustness and flexibility of XML data transport in extended application systems. The people behind BizTalk Server 2004 have made it BizTalk’s lifeblood and it serves well. It’s possible to do some pretty intricate, even convoluted, de

(Robert Barta and Oliver Leimig) There are several software packages for Java developers when they need to develop applications using XML Topic Maps. There are some proprietary software vendors and also open source packages like TM4j, tinyTIM, and a few others.

(Jack Herrington) Learn to use the cutting-edge features of XSLT 2.0 and generate PHP code from an abstract data model. In Part 1 of this two-part series, the author uses a robust multilevel transform technique to show you how to take a simple model of a target database and generate the SQL for the

Visually Impaired Students No Longer Have to Wait Six Months or Longer for Accessible Textbooks, Thanks to XML and Data Conversion Laboratory.

(Dan Dube) Before the information age, car manufacturers only made cars, libraries only stored books, and newspapers only printed the news. Now, however, companies from all industries are realizing that in addition to what they do, they are also publishers, and there is a learning curve.

(Ingo Rammer) How to use Web Services Enhancements 2.0 SP1 for Microsoft .NET (WSE 2.0) to integrate X.509-based WS-Security authentication with role-based security features in the Microsoft .NET Framework. Highlights the use of WS-Policy in WSE 2.0 to greatly simplify tasks.

Securities regulators want to see whether a new approach to identifying bits of electronic information will make life easier for investors and public companies.

(John E. Simpson) Like many hearing-impaired movie fans (and more than a few with normal hearing), I’ve gotten used to seeking out movies whose packaging displays the little National Captioning Institute logo (a registered trademark).

When you use the CheckSignature method of the SignedXml class, the method may return false results. However, the provided signature is valid. This problem occurs if the signed XML contains namespace attributes on elements other than the root element.

(Rick Hightower) For such an indispensable technology, Java Server Faces (JSF) has generated an undue amount of FUD. Hearsay has it that JSF development is difficult, more demanding than some mainstream approaches, and dependent on WYSIWYG tools to work at all. In this new four-part series, the auth