A developer who might need to extract only the names and addresses from a large collection of XML-based customer files filled with hundreds of fields of data can now find a demonstration model on the Web to facilitate that effort. Microsoft Corp. earlier this month released updated Web-based

by Dan Wahlin – XML Serialization presents an excellent mechanism for working with XML documents in an object-oriented manner. In the June/July issue I discussed how using XML serialization in the IBuySpy Portal site (www.ibuyspy.com) simplified working with configuration files (see Links). Now I&#3

A design team at Charteris plc has developed a 'Meaning Definition Language' (MDL) as a "bridge between XML structure and meaning, expressed precisely in XML. MDL defines how the structures of an XML document (elements, attributes and XPaths) convey meanings (about objects, properties an

By Michael Smith – If Kimbro Staken's announcement of the 1.0 beta release of the Java-based dbXML Core XML database is any indication, a production release may be just around the corner for this open-source native XML database server, which is being developed by the dbXML project under sponsors

This document specifies XML digital signature processing rules and syntax. XML Signatures provide integrity, message authentication, and/or signer authentication services for data of any type, whether located within the XML that includes the signature or elsewhere.

Have you ever woken up one morning and suddenly realized that your cute little personal development Web site isn't really that great? If so, you're in good company. In this series, Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he redesigns the Gentoo Linux Web site using technologies like XML, XS

NeoCore Inc. announced the general availability of NeoCore XML Management System Version 2.0, a high-performance native XML database that provides the flexibility and scalability required for rapid development of adaptive business applications. Based on the company's patented Digital Patt

By Paul Rubens – There's little argument that XML Web services are the future of computing, which explains why Microsoft is promoting .Net — its XML Web services platform — as heavily as it is. However, .Net is not the only player to offer a platform for Web services. Sun Microsystems wil

By Kurt Cagle – We're not so far removed from the databases of old. Most databases still have a specified length applied to field entries, although the exact relationship between that length and the way the database stores that information is considerably more complex than it was when databases

by Donald Smith – Are W3C XML Schema complex types so difficult to understand that you shouldn't even bother trying? Kohsuke Kawaguchi thinks so; or so he claimed in his recent XML.com article, in which he offered assurances that you can write complex types without understanding them. My