(Nicholas ChasUsing a DOM NodeFilter lets you control the contents of a set of XML data without touching the base application, but the NodeFilter itself is still a class, and needs to be recompiled in order to make any non-trivial changes. This tutorial explains how to build a system that enables a

This step-by-step article shows you how to use a DataSet object to merge two XML documents. The DataSet object is central to supporting disconnected, distributed data scenarios with ADO.NET. The DataSet is a memory-resident representation of data that provides a consistent, relational programming mo

(Edd Dumbill) Conversation in the XML world is never far away from standards. After all, it was a standard that got us to where we are today. This week the focus is particularly on the renewal of innovation in the web browser and the associated problem of supporting a large legacy user base.

A utility in the works at IBM hopes to fill the gap between XML documents and content respositories by automating what is now a time-intensive process. Code-named “Cinnamon”, the utility will shed its spicy nickname and be incorporated into IBM’s DB2 Content Manager some time next year. As part o

(Russell Butek) Import statements are easy, right? Just about every programming or interface language has them; and if you’re reading this tip, you probably know everything there is to know about imports. So, why should you read a tip about Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file imports? For

(Matthew Zager) My colleague wrote an article for XML-J two years ago about an opportunity we had to solve our data management challenges with XML. The result of our work was our XML Data Services (XDS), an XML data access language and processing engine, which allowed us to quickly and easily manage

The BizTalk Server 2004 XML Mapper Database Lookup functoid and the BizTalk Server 2004 XML Mapper Value Extractor functoid produce inconsistent results when it tests a map that contains multiple Database functoids that are fired in a random order. This problem does not occur when testing a simple m

(Jirka Kosek) These days DocBook is considered to be a standard documentation format. Good documentation should be accompanied by a good index. This article will show you how to create professional indexes in DocBook and how to deal with indexes in languages other than English.

(Donovan Cowie) In 1722, Johann Sebastian Bach published a book called the Das wohltemperierte Klavier, which translates as The Well Tuned Keyboard. The book contained twenty-four examples that made use of a new system for tuning pianos and harpsichords, laying the foundation for Western Classical m

(Norbert Fuhr and Norbert Gövert) Query languages for retrieval of XML documents allow for conditions referring both to the content and the structure of documents. In order to process these queries efficiently, inverted files must contain also structural information, thus leading to index sizes that