(Tom Duffy) fter writing the Build an Object-Oriented Tree Control Using JavaScript article, it occurred to me that using XML as the data source for the tree would be a natural fit. I wanted to create a solution that was both maintainable and extensible. That is, I wanted to create an automated syst

(Mikhail Garber) In this article, the author looks at how to address an old problem—provide simple persistence to basic JavaBeans—with a new twist. He shows you how to achieve this goal without the complexity of a full-blown database- or XML-driven solution. At the same time, he doesn’t over-sim

(Dan Mabbutt) In an About Visual Basic interview with Keith Franklin, President and Chief Software Architect at Empowered Software Solutions, we asked, “What is the single most important innovation in VB .NET?” Without skipping a beat, Keith said, “Attributes and serialization. This gives VB .NET th

(Clive Finkelstein) I have previously discussed enterprise architecture methods, as well as technologies for rapid delivery into production of priority business processes. These technologies have included XML, enterprise portals and Web services. In this and the next few months I will cover the conc

(Vinod Kumar) In this article we will see the way to read the data from CData section of an XML file. The CData sections are used to quote or escape blocks of text to keep that text from being interpreted as markup language.

There is a new Top 5 threats list for web services. Prepared by web services researcher Spire Security LLC and Forum Systems, a web service security provider. Many of the threats will sound familiar to long-time web-based developers, but have a new web services wrinkle to take advantage of new l

(David Webber) The ebXML specifications have matured rapidly over the past year. New components and capabilities have extended the architecture for service oriented architectures (SOA). Learn about this new comprehensive release of ebXML that is available from OASIS.

(Edward J. Correia) Rarely can an enterprise define all of its dealings with a single vocabulary; there are different terms used for communicating with employees, others for vendors, and still others for customers.

(John E. Simpson) In Part 1 of this “XML Tourist” feature, I discussed some basic ingredients of a Geographic Information System (GIS) and introduced you to an XML-based, web-delivered application for representing GIS data: the Geography Markup Language, or GML. This month, we’ll delve deeper in

(Sean Dillon) XML has quickly become the de facto mechanism for sharing data between disparate information systems. IT departments are deciding between purchasing native XML databases and converting existing data from relational and object-based storage to an XML model that can be shared with busine