XLink was part of the original plan for XML, along with XSL, but has taken a long time to reach completion and has inspired few implementations. Bob DuCharme asks why.

The Apache project is well-known for the Web server software it produces that is carrying its name. In the past, many other interesting software projects were also started there, mainly in the Java and XML space. Cocoon is one of them.Cocoon is a Java Web-application for generating dynamic c

By Elizabeth Montalbano – Sun Microsystems and some of its technology partners submitted a new XML specification to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).Called XML Pipeline Definition Language, the specification is designed to define the sequence of application processes in Web services, incr

by Kip Hampton – In last month's column we began our introduction to XML::SAX::Machines, a group of modules which greatly simplifies the creation of complex SAX application with multiple filters. This month we pick up where we left off by further illustrating how XML::SAX::Machines can be used t

By Ivan Schneider – An emerging XML standard called XBRL, or eXtensible Business Reporting Language, promises to simplify the mechanics of working with financial statements. As XBRL catches on, analysts will be able to spend less time building intricate spreadsheets from scratch and more time scruti

IsaViz is a Java tool that provides a visual interface for browsing and creating RDF models represented as graphs.<br><br>The tool allows RDF models to be imported and exported from both the RDF/XML and N-triple syntaxes. Graphs can also be exported as SVG and PNG files.

by Evan Lenz – This article provides a brief tour through some of the new features in XPath 2.0. It assumes that you already have a basic understanding of XPath 1.0, and that you've most likely used it in the context of XSLT. It is by no means an exhaustive overview but merely points out some of

DataDirect has launched a set of drivers for connecting Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications to data in the major relational databases.

The Web Services Conversation Language (WSCL) aims to supplement interface definition languages, e.g. WSDL, by describing the sequences of legal interactions that can be carried out with a particular web service interface.The specification defines the following basic concepts to allow conver

by Petr Cimprich – The Sablotron open source XSLT processor has an API that enables it to process "virtual XML documents," bringing with it a flexible and efficient approach to processing both XML and non-XML data sources.