By vivek devarajan – The label “web services,” as broadly applied, has two levels of meaning—one specific and one conceptual: Specifically, web services are a stack of emerging standards that describe a service-oriented, component-based application architecture.Conceptually, web servi

Yaxi contains a (currently non-validating) XML parser (SAX, DOM methods, pull parser in the works), a complete XPath implementation and a (still incomplete) XSL implementation. It is implemented without objects (except for SAX), supports any encoding thanks to the Netconversion module of ocamlnet an

By Jim Creasman – Ant is a powerful tool for scripting build processes. When combined with XSLT, Ant’s power and flexibility increase dramatically. Here, Jim explains and illustrates this concept using real world examples from his previous experience.

By Chris Peltz & Mark Secrist – In this article, we will focus on four specific areas: XML Schema style, namespaces, XML and WSDL import for modularity, and use of schema types for platform interoperability. Through the use of these techniques, you will be able to achieve a higher degree of portabil

Understand the XML capabilities in InfoPath and Office 2003, and learn best practices for using InfoPath and XML with other Office 2003 applications.

by Micah Dubinko – This article offers a good starting point for XForms research. For each XForms engine, this article describes the software, system requirements, and other useful information as well as a screenshot. Keep in mind, too, there are even more XForms engines (in various stages of develo

The goal of the Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) is to transform the content of a source XML document into another document that is different in format or structure. For example, to transform XML into HTML for use on a Web site or to transform it into a document that contains onl

by Yuri Boglaev – A rule engine based on XSLT can be a simpler option to commercial engines. In the final installment of this article series, see how event triggers and XML separate business rules and application code.

More magic from James Clark: He’s announced the alpha release of nXML, a new mode for editing XML documents from within GNU Emacs. It’s a milestone in that it’s the first open-source editing application to enable context-sensitive validated editing against Relax NG schemas. It also provides a clever

by Russell Butek – This Java API allows an application to communicate with a Web service without knowing details about the SOAP messaging protocol.