The problem is XML interoperability – the proliferation of XML languages with overlapping meanings but different structures, and the need to inter-operate between them.If you develop applications for several XML languages, you need to know their structures – DTDs or schemas – and how those s

Henry Thompson has announced the first public release of the W3C XML Schema Test Collection, enabled substantially by a donation of tests from Microsoft.

In this article we introduce a method that eases the burden of providing dynamic data and integrating it in your Web site.

This column discusses the public-domain sql2dtd and sql2xml utilities that allow RDBMS-independent generation of portable XML result sets. SQL queries that extract data from relational databases can provide very practical ad hoc document-type information for the representation of query results in XM

This specification defines the features and syntax for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), a language for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML.

by Micah Dubinko – Think about how many times a day you use forms, electronic or otherwise. On the Web, forms have truly become commonplace for search engines, polls, surveys, electronic commerce, and even on-line applications. Nearly all user interaction on the Web is through forms of some sort. Th

With the introduction of smart tags in Microsoft Office XP, you can enhance hyperlinking by associating text with not only multiple resources but also information provided by custom applications as well. Or so they say.

An earlier column explored the generation of XML documents from SQL queries. Now David Mertz shows that the reverse direction of translating an XML document and DTD back into an RDBMS storage format is equally possible, but with its own set of constraints and complications. The Python public-domain

The RDF Core working group at the W3C has released the first Working Draft of Refactoring RDF/XML Syntax. The document describes the updates made to the formal grammar for the XML syntax for RDF after amendments and clarifications made by the working group. In particular, containers (Alt, Seq

This article previews the W3C's XML Document Object Model Level 3, due to be released toward the end of 2001 or early in 2002. Java developer and author Brett McLaughlin gives an overview of key features in the forthcoming version of the DOM, which will offer better access to pieces of informati