(Coach Wei) XML is a simple, flexible text format initially designed for large-scale electronic publishing. It is flexible, open, and human-readable, and can be learned easily. XML can also be generated, parsed, analyzed, and transformed easily. It’s no wonder that XML has been widely used for serve

(Cynthia Carolina) XML Stylesheet Transformations (XSLT) is defined as a language for transforming source XML documents into another document formats using XML Path Language (XPath) as a query language. This is particularly useful when incoming or outgoing XML documents do not match the document typ

(Bob DuCharme) While coding for a large, complex stylesheet project at work last year, I wanted to reuse code that I had already written elsewhere in the same template rule. Like a good little programmer, I resisted the temptation to copy the old code and paste it in the location I was working on; i

(Reinhardt Botha and Jan Eloff) In the computing world every once in a while a new buzzword comes along, with the promise of making dramatic changes to our computing tasks. The eXtensible Markup Language (XML)has been heralded as such. It promises to change the way that information is shared. Howev

(Heath Stewart) At some point in most developers’ lives, application licensing becomes a problem. Many solutions exist but are often expensive and difficult to implement. Few offer seamless integration with an existing code base. In such a case, writing an in-house licensing mechanism may be desired

(Paul Glavich) XML and the schemas associated with describing the XML, play an important role within .Net and Microsofts vision overall. This article will detail the usage, with some tips and tricks for using Strongly Typed datasets from an XML Schema that can be utilised by a .Net developer.

(Aaron Skonnard) Q What is blogging all about? A First, “blog” is short for Web log. It’s a medium in which an author writes a journal-style Web site with provisions for readers to respond. These Web logs are becoming quite valuable in the software community for sharing ideas.

(Benoît Marchal) This article examines how an XSLT processor works. To demonstrate his point, the author codes a special stylesheet that makes some aspects of the processing more visible. He pays special attention to the recursive nature of XSLT coding. A good understanding of the XSLT processor wil

(Seth Juarez) Hey, I wrote the “A Couple of ASP Functions for XML Data Transfer” functions and, as any self-respecting programmer, was unhappy with its stiffness. I decided enough is enough and created an actual class that handles more things. clsXML.asp is the actual class and objXML.asp is an impl

(Adam Kolawa) Garbage in, garbage out – it’s an axiom that applies to many aspects of enterprise development, but none more so than building reliable and robust Web applications and integration projects with XML. Since its inception, XML has been seen as the cure-all for every problem related to Web