You’ve probably already heard of RSS, the XML-based format which allows Web sites to publish and syndicate the latest content on their site to all interested parties. RSS is a boon to the lazy Webmaster, because (s)he no longer has to manually update his or her Web site with new content.

(Bob DuCharme) “Telnet” usually refers to a terminal emulation program that uses the telnet protocol to talk to a server. It’s been most popular for gaining shell access to remote computers, especially over dial-up lines in the old days, but you can also use it to submit commands to a web server if

(Colette Burrus) In Building Applications with IBM WebSphere Studio and JavaBeans, Steph Parkin and I take you on a guided tour to building applications with the WebSphere Studio Visual Editor for Java and JavaBeans. We show you how to quickly and easily construct GUIs with the new WebSphere Studio

(Kristine Hansen) Calling itself the first company in the world to do so, RenderX has rolled out a commercial-grade XML rendering engine called XEP. The engine provides an extra tool for publishing quality XML presentations by essentially creating the “missing link” between XML technology and tradit

(Narinder Makin, Ritchie Schacher, Daniel Berg and Daimar Hernandez) This article series presents a solution that accelerates presentation development for XML-based Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications. This solution includes an Eclipse feature that enables the generation of statically t

(Nick Kew) The Apache 2 filter architecture serves to transform Apache from a mere web server into a powerful application platform. Applications that previously required a dedicated backend, typically Java-based, can now easily be implemented within the web server itself, with very substantial impro

(Eric McMullen) In all the excitement about SQL Server 2005 (formerly codenamed Yukon), most people tend to focus on the .NET integration. But the native support for XML might turn out to have even more of an impact on the everyday working lives of DBAs. Native XML makes SQL Server an ideal knowledg

(Benoît Marchal) In this final article in his series on UML and XML, the author wraps up the technique. He discusses the need to simplify the model by burying some of the logic in the XSLT stylesheet. He also points out several common pitfalls.

(Deepak Vohra) An XML Schema represents the structure of an XML document in XML syntax. J2EE developers may require an XML document to conform to an XML Schema. The Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) provides a binding compiler, xjc, to generate Java classes from an XML Schema. The Java cl

This document describes the properties we desire of the Web and the design choices that have been made to achieve them. It promotes the reuse of existing standards when suitable, and gives guidance on how to innovate in a manner consistent with Web architecture.