(Tony Marston) This tutorial is intended for developers who wish to extract data from a database and insert it into XML files so that it can be processed in some way, usually by transforming it into HTML using an XSL file.

(Uche Ogbuji) XML repositories are a simple extension of the idea of XML documents, and they call for a simple API for access and manipulation. The likes of DOM and XPath are too granular, while XQuery may be too elaborate for some needs. A group of XML repository implementers (named XML:DB) have co

(Kristine Hansen) The engine provides an extra tool for publishing quality XML presentations by essentially creating the “missing link” between XML technology and traditional publishing formats and platforms. XEP, the company’s flagship product, is a formatting engine that takes XML data and parses

(Michael Klaene) When creating software, it is a wise decision to separate business logic from information used to configure that software. Over the years, developers have used a number of techniques to externalize configuration. The goal is to make it possible to customize the functionality of a pr

Washington Publishing Company (WPC), publisher of electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction implementation guides adopted under HIPAA, has announced the release of W3C compliant XSD, Open Source Schemas, under the GNU license. Created directly from the same database as the federally mandated

(Jason Levitt) Amazon.com has been exposing itself again, much to the delight of developers, entrepreneurs, and media junkies. This time, they’ve revealed Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), a basic message queue service with a web services interface. Originally developed and used in-house by interna

(Vance McCarthy) The stars are aligning for 2005 to be the “breakout year” for XML’s next wave technologies, including XQuery, according to ISVs and toolsmakers watching the XML space.

(Marcus Zarra) Want a great timesaver when working with EJB development? With XDoclet you can create EJBs, SessionBeans, and MessageBeans without having to create interfaces, XML descriptors, or server-specific files. Go step by step with Marcus Zarra through the basic implementation of XDoclet.

(Deepak Vohra) XMLBeans is an open source XML-Java binding tool used to generate Java classes and interfaces from an XML Schema. The generated Java classes may be used to parse or generate an XML document that conforms to the Schema. Some of the advantages of XMLBeans over JAXB are the ability t

(Manish Verma) Gain a basic understanding of what Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) is and how it works. After an explanation of SPML’s role in the management of the identity lifecycle, this article guides you through an actual working SPML scenario, using OpenSPML. Along the way, the