(Eliot Kimber) Richard Hamilton has presented a thoughtful analysis of when to choose DocBook or DITA, published on the Content Wrangler blog here: http://www.thecontentwrangler.com/article_comments/ choosing_an_xml_schema_docbook_or_dita/

(Nikhil Kothari) In the past, I’ve written about behaviors and control extenders in the context of Ajax and HTML-based UI. This post introduces a similar behavior semantics for Silverlight and XAML-based UI as well.

(Oleg Tkachenko) A very little known fact is that Visual Studio 2008 does support real XSLT intellisense – not a static XSLT schema-based one, but real dynamic intellisense enabling autocompletion of template names, modes, parameter/variable names, attribute set names, namespace prefixes, etc.

(Satya Komatineni) Three technologies, (Objects, XML, Databases) that have evolved independently seem to be flowing toward a synergistic union. An Object is about behavior. An XML is about structure. A Database is about collections. A Program is like a golden braid that weaves through these aspects.

(Derik Whittaker) For the first time in a long time I needed to update values inside an XML document. I have done this type of action many times in the past and have always hated it. The syntax is clunky and the process is simply painful.

(Brett D. McLaughlin, Sr.) XML data format can be hard to search, but with the fairly recent introduction of the XQuery API, XML searches are now flexible and easy to perform. For Java programmers who work with XML documents using SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and more, the XQuery API for Java is a welcome

The simplest way to create an XMLType storage structure in Oracle XML DB is by registering an appropriate XML schema against the database. As a part of the registration process, Oracle automatically creates the storage for a particular set of XML documents, based on the information provided by the s

(Peter Mikhalenko) Web application developers must deal with a number of distributed registries, each with its own API or protocol. Sometimes specifications overlap; this is the case with Electronic Business using Extensible Markup Language (ebXML), eCo Framework, and Universal Description, Discover

(Nicholas Chase) The ability to instant message (IM) co-workers and friends is a great convenience, but some environments prohibit the use of instant messaging clients in the workplace due to security concerns. The exercise in this tutorial resolves any security concerns by showing you how to use Aj

(Miroslav Kadera) ASP.NET includes a variety of tools for displaying and editing XML documents. A previous article, Working with XML Data Using LINQ, a TreeView, and a ListView :: Displaying Data, showed how with a TreeView control, a ListView control, an XmlDataSource control, a LinqDataSource cont