(Uche Ogbuji) The XML declaration is optional in XML files, and defaults determine most of the information in the file. However, problems are common when these defaults do not match reality — for example, the document could use an encoding other than one of the defaults. It’s always safer to make t

(Bosco Wilfred) This article covers the basics of using the SOAP Client software included with Microsoft Windows XP Professional to access Web Services using SOAP. It begins with a brief introduction to SOAP and WSDL standards and then discusses how to implement a client that can communicate with a

(Karthik Ravindran) Instrumenting and tracing XSLT transformations by treating XSLT as a regular programming language can provide very useful diagnostic data to help analyze and troubleshoot problems.

(Nicholas Chase and Jason Bell) In part 4 of this series on analyzing data with XSLT, the MindMap Research Team realized that the cognitive data they’re analyzing might be easier to understand if represented in the 3D space for which it is intended. The team decides to use XSLT to transform it i

(Minh Nguyen) One of the most overlooked features of ASP.NET 2.0, part of Visual Studio 2005 or "Whidbey", is the Client Callback feature. This feature allows you to programmatically call server-side methods through client-side JavaScript code without the need for posting back the page. This art

(H. Peter Alesso) The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, is also the originator of the next generation of Web architecture, the Semantic Web. Currently, his World Wide Web consortium (W3C) team works to develop, extend, and standardize the Web’s markup languages and tools.

(John E. Simpson) This month, I found two questions from two different people on essentially the same subject: Q1: Can I use XSLT to parse a string of characters?

(Brett McLaughlin) Data binding, although commonplace in today’s world of Java technology and XML programming, is still largely misunderstood. This column throws out all the theoretical claptrap and focuses on the concepts you need to get started with data binding. You will understand the difference

(David Linthicum) Application integration brings a combination of problems. Each organization and trading community has its own set of integration issues that must be addressed. Because of this, it is next to impossible to find a single technological solution set and/or standard that can be applied

(Edd Dumbill) It is four years since I first presumed to summarize the state of the world of XML, for the closing keynote of XML Europe in 2000. In preparation for this speech I read back through that earlier summary and was startled at its continuing relevancy, despite the ongoing development of th