(Tom White) XML documents often refer to other documents that an XML processor has to retrieve in order to make sense of the main document. These external resources, typically referred to by URIs, may be local files; or they may be remote, distributed across the web. In an ideal world the difference

(Mike Plusch) XML originated with the document-markup world of SGML and has become the leading syntax of the Internet. Its use has been for documents and data – not for programming logic. S-Expressions, or symbolic expressions, is the syntax behind Lisp-like languages, including Scheme. Basicall

(Mark Johnson) Jon Bosak, considered by many to be “the father of XML,” remains one of XML’s guiding lights. In this interview with JavaOne Today reporter and JavaWorld XML columnist Mark Johnson, Bosak expresses his hopes and concerns about the future of XML, discusses his views on the creation of

The Simple XML Based Content Management Application (referred to as CMSXDB from here on) provides users with an easy to use interface to interact with the Oracle XML DB Repository and perform various content management operations. This tutorial gives an overview of the CMSXDB, describes how to insta

(Benoît Marchal) SOAP 1.2 brings changes that help to weave Web services more into the fabric of the Internet. One of these changes is the introduction of the GET method. GET is important because it enables various optimizations. This has been demonstrated by the Web itself, which uses GET extensive

(Rick Jelliffe) Wikis are nice for typing. XML is nice for processing. SGML is a standard compiler compiler language for specifying conversions from one to the other.

(Brian Schaffner) When working with Java-based XML parsers, you are often faced with handling exceptions. Some exceptions are simple to handle, while others are more difficult. In this article, we’ll look at some common exceptions seen while working with XML documents and explore how to manage them.

(Dan Chiba) When text is stored, transferred or processed, it is essential that the character encoding be known. This principle also applies to XML, because XML is text based. Despite the fact that XML may be encoded in various ways, there are no guidelines about which encoding to use and how to

(Jonathan Robie) Despite a shortage of sophisticated XML query tools, Internet demands have forced companies to present their data in various formats. In one sense little has changed, as SQL queries have long been used to combine data for different purposes and audiences. Now however, the output is

(Doug Kaye) Most non-programmers think of transactions as associated with buying and selling, credit-card authorizations, and the like. But in the jargon of computer science, the word transaction has a very specific meaning: the interaction and managed outcome of a well-defined set of tasks. If that