By Cynthya Peranandam – You want to start developing with XML, and you’ve heard the buzzwords — XForms, XSLT, and various other acronyms that begin with an “X”. So where do you begin? This primer will help you explore areas within XML and XML-related technologies, and introduce you to the numerous
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Transclusion with XSLT 2.0
by Bob DuCharme – Has transclusion been implemented in any widely-used web technology? Transclusion-like capabilities are specified in the XInclude Candidate Recommendation, but this spec tells us that “Simple information item inclusion as described in this specification differs from transclusion, w
Coordinate system, can’t live without it
Excerpt from the book: Learn SVG. The SVG document provides us with a default coordinate system – the initial User Coordinate System. With this user coordinate system comes along a plane 2D-space. This canvas is theoretically infinite in both dimensions. To specify a point on the canvas, we also nee
Build Flexible, Lightweight XML-Based Images for ASP.NET Using Scalable Vector Graphics
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), a W3C graphics standard built around XML, is one of several vector graphics technologies that allows fast, lightweight drawings such as charts and graphs to be rendered on the fly in an appropriate viewer. There are many advantages to such vector graphics, including c
RealNetworks open sources SMIL 2.0 implementation
Rob Lanphier from RealNetworks writes with news that they have released their implementation of the W3C’s Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language as open source.
XML Schema Object Model (SOM)
Describes the classes used for building and manipulating XML Schemas (XSD) by providing an XmlSchema class to load and edit a schema.
Saving HTML Form Data to XML
by Michael Qualls – Usually form submissions are written to some sort of text file or database. If you need your form submission data to be more portable, however, it can be written to an XML file. This article will show you how.
The Document is the Database
by Jon Udell – When you need to store and display a modest amount of structured or semistructured data, it’s tempting to store it directly in an HTML file. I’ve used this strategy many times; undoubtedly you have too. The advantages and disadvantages of working directly with a presentation format ar
Using entity references
by Brett McLaughlin – XML is primarily a static language. However, by using entity references, you can perform a limited amount of dynamic substitution. This tip explains how to use entity references, and illustrates their usefulness.
Morphon XML-Editor now free of charge
Morphon has announced the release of the latest (3.1) version of their proprietary XML-Editor and bundled CSS-Editor as a free-of-charge/no-cost product.
