Struggling with XML? Can't figure out the difference between an entity and a namespace? Fear not – our XML series has all the answers. This introductory article discusses the origins and design goals of XML, the basic rules of XML markup, and how to use elements and attributes in an XML document

by Edd Dumbill – Earlier this month, the W3C's XML Protocol Working Group released a Working Draft of SOAP 1.2. This specification is notable for several reasons. First, it's the first version of the protocol produced inside the W3C, rather than being a submission from member companies. Seco

By Natalie Walker Whitlock – Learn about W3C XML Schema Recommendation support in new versions of the Apache XML Project's Xerces parsers.

by Leigh Dodds – Now more than three years old, SAX (Simple API for XML) is the oldest and most stable XML API in widespread use today. Yet despite its obvious utility it can be quite daunting to programmers making their first foray into manipulating XML documents. It's no surprise, then, than m

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By David Mertz, Ph.D. – As XML document storage formats become popular, especially for prose-oriented documents, the task of locating contents within XML document collections becomes more difficult. This column extends the generic full text indexer presented in David's Charming Python #15 column

By Benoit Marchal – I had some difficulty building this list because there are so many XML resources. Therefore, I have chosen to include only those books that I keep within easy reach and consistently turn to when looking for answers, as well as the web sites that I regularly visit for updates on X

Baltimore Technologies and its industry partners recently published a working draft XML Key Management Specification Bulk Operation (X-BULK). The new specification "extends the XKMS [XML Key Management Specification] protocol to encompass the bulk registration operations necessary for interfacin

Alpine™ – The XML Test Tool – is the leverage you need for a quality XML application. Alpine allows developers to generate or consume XML document instances delivered via multiple transport interfaces for verification and validation.

By Brett McLaughlin – XLink, an XML-related specification, lets you achieve dramatic linking effects in your XML documents. In this short tip learn how to include parts of other XML documents in your own XML through XLink. The code example demonstrates the technique.