(Uche Ugbuji) 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

(Lachlan Cannon) I like XML. I really do. Still, my eyes glaze over just as much as the next person’s when I hear about how wonderful it is. Wonderful it may be, but as a Web developer, how does XML help me?

(Bilal Siddiqui) In the first column of this series, we presented a high-level WSS4J API, which we wish to implement in this series of columns. In the second column, we discussed the various Java components we are going to use in implementing the WSS4J API. The most important component is XML Securi

(Martin LaMonica) There is a clear demand from customers for products that work together based on widely used standards. But Glushko contends that the standards process is stacked to favor large tech companies, which can control and ultimately benefit most from specifications that are ratified as in

(Richard A. Sitze) In this article, the author examines how JAX-RPC SOAP handlers process SOAP message headers. Specifically, he shows how a handler adds a SOAP header to an outgoing message and how a corresponding handler removes the SOAP header from an incoming message. In addition, he presents th

(Dale Waldt) The Universal Business Language ( UBL) is a language for capturing business information for use in integrating business systems and sharing data with trading partners. UBL was designed from the beginning to leverage the many vocabularies and experiences available in existing systems usi

(Bhavish Sood) Largely used until now for representing data, XML is now being adopted for data interchange. XML messaging technologies such as SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL will facilitate inter-enterprise cooperation on the Internet. This article is a brief look at what’s brewing in the XML messaging space.

(Itamar Shtull-Trauring) Protocols use syntax, the way the data they send is formatted and organized, to send and receive structured information. A POP3 server knows that the bytes in the message RETR 1 followed by a CRLF should be parsed by splitting, based on the space character. The first par

(Matthew Hazlett) Hello again, I decided to take a break from graphics and do some XML. I created an XML Pager, what it does is read an XML file and apply an XSL translation and send params to it to create a paged document. Important, you need to have ASP.NET 1.1 running on your server! ASP.NET 1

(David Mertz) Over time, XML has permeated many niches. One area where XML is used increasingly is in the configuration of graphical user interfaces, especially in elements that are persistent but should not be fixed at compile-time. In this installment, David looks at the use of XML in Mac OS X