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By Donald Chamberlin – In IBM Systems Journal Volume 41, Number 4 (2002), pages 597-615 (with 20 references). “The World Wide Web Consortium has convened a working group to design a query language for Extensible Markup Language (XML) data sources. This new query language, called XQuery, is still evo

A specification considered a key factor in securing Web services has been ratified as a standard by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).

by Michael Denny – As the hype of past decades fades, the current heir to the artificial intelligence legacy may well be ontologies. Evolving from semantic network notions, modern ontologies are proving quite useful. And they are doing so without relying on the jumble of rule-based techniques common

Notepad for XML Files

By David Marston – This article introduces XML namespaces, explores their practical benefits, and shows you how they are used in the standard XML formats and tools defined by the W3C. Several W3C specifications are mentioned, notably XML Schema and XSLT, which offer useful ideas for using namespaces

by Brian C. Reed – XML is often promoted as the standard format for exchanging data. But dig into how XML is actually being implemented by the database and tools vendors, and you will often find that XML is not necessarily being delivered in the interoperable way they might expect.

Corel announced the upcoming availability of Corel XMetal-Central, a Windows and Solaris server-based application that works with Corel’s XMetal XML content creator to manage and maintain customized XML applications across the enterprise.

Will be building on “the core protocol of the Jabber Instant Messaging and Presence technology”, “an open, XML-based protocol for near real-time extensible messaging and presence.”

by Alan Kotok – The ability to create and capture text and images in electronic form creates the potential to create learning materials more quickly and easily than before. Ken Pittman’s review of Digital Talking Book (DTB) technology in XML.com (16 October 2002, The Digital Talking Book) outlined t