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Web services programming tips and tricks: Roundtrip issues: the mapping meta-data file
5/20/2004
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This final tip in the roundtrip series discusses how to use the mapping meta-data file to work around roundtripping issues. This final roundtrip tip will show you how to use the mapping meta-data file to work around the roundtrip issues, which we encountered in the first two tips of this series.
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WS-I Releases Draft of Basic Security Profile
5/20/2004
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The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) on Tuesday announced the release of the working-group draft of the WS-I Basic Security Profile. WS-I officials made the announcement at the Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit in Los Angeles. The draft is now available so that users and developers can assess the profile and send feedback to the organization, officials said.
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XML Networking Leader Sarvega’s XML Speedway Accelerator Selected to Power a Leading UK Online Legal Content Site
5/20/2004
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Sarvega™, Inc., the leading provider of high-performance XML networking solutions, announced today that its industry-leading XML Speedway™ Accelerator has been selected to speed XSLT processing in support of one of the UK’s leading online legal content providers. The Practical Law Company (www.practicallaw.com), a leading business law publisher in the UK, has deployed the Sarvega XML Speedway Accelerator to meet the mission-critical acceleration, scalability, and reliability demands of its web-based legal know-how subscription services.
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XML for Web Designers
5/20/2004
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No doubt, you have heard about XML. XML is everywhere. For Web designers, that can add to the confusion. If something is everywhere, it's nowhere. If only you heard "XML is the new HTML," then maybe you could wrap your mind around it as a markup language. But chances are, you've heard much more than that about XML.
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At Gartner Summit: Tibco unveils new BAM tool
5/19/2004
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Tibco Software Inc. unveiled a new Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) offering for both IT managers and business analysts at the Gartner Application Integration and Web Service Summit this week. Combining open source and open standards, Tibco OpsFactor was written in Java with 'XML at the core,' said Scott Fingerhut, general manager of business optimization products at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based integration software vendor.
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Gartner Says Web Services Ready for Prime Time
5/18/2004
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Web services have matured to the point that they are ready to become mainstream in business application development, not just an experimental "Skunk Works" project, according to industry analysts speaking at an applications integration conference here Monday. Enterprises can expect to productively implement Web services in live applications if they are prepared to make the significant investments, along with the cultural changes that the effort requires, said David Smith, vice president and research fellow at Gartner Inc.
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SAP Steers Customers to SOAs
5/17/2004
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SAP AG wants customers to begin moving to a service-oriented architecture, and to help them along, the enterprise software developer is developing the tools that will make it all possible. SAP's Enterprise Services Architecture will help users rapidly respond to changing business needs and innovate quickly without changing core processes, said SAP CEO Henning Kagermann at the company's Sapphire user conference here last week.
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Web Services Internationalization Usage Scenarios Working Draft Published
5/13/2004
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The Web Services Task Force of the Internationalization Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Web Services Internationalization Usage Scenarios with additional guidance for implementers of Web service technologies. The document examines how language, culture and related issues interact with Web services architecture and technology.
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Fabio Arciniegas on handling special characters in SVG.
5/12/2004
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In the second part of our discussion of SVG and typography we explore some time-honored practices of typographic excellence; as we go along, each “type issue” will lead to the discussion of relevant technical aspects of SVG. The typography issues covered are listed below.
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Kendall Clark on Bob Glushko's controversial CNET interview.
5/12/2004
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Late last month CNET's news.com published an interview with Robert Glushko, one of the earliest movers in the use of XML in e-commerce. Glushko is no stranger to the technical standards game, having been involved with both OASIS and the UN's CEFACT, as well as with ebXML.
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Eric Gropp puts XML at the heart of his .NET programming.
5/12/2004
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The principle "program to an interface, not an implementation" helps control the complexity and enhance the flexibility of systems. XML interfaces are a natural extension of this principle that bring a number of new benefits in terms of flexibility, reusability, simplified code, and readiness for enterprise environments.
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Accessing Web Services in Excel Using Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System
5/12/2004
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Demonstrates how to integrate a stock information Web service into an Excel 2003 worksheet using Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System.
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DataPower First To Break Gigabit Barrier For XML Processing With Its XG4 XML Chip
5/12/2004
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DataPower, the leader in XML-aware networking, today announced the XG4™ (XML Generation 4) product family of XML chips and modules. The XG4 family, unveiled at Networld+Interop [Booth #2559], is the first XML networking security and acceleration solution to deliver gigabit performance necessary for today's high-speed network and server infrastructure.
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Smarten Up Your DataSets with XML Schema
5/12/2004
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Go beyond Visual Studio’s graphical tools to bring increased power and flexibility to your data layer. Learn how to modify your XML Schema and live in peace with your DBA.
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DataPower's XG4 XML Chip Named A Finalist In The BEST OF INTEROP Awards For NETWORLD+INTEROP 2004 Las Vegas
5/11/2004
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DataPower, the creator and leader in intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) infrastructure, was named a Finalist in the Performance Enhancement category of the Best of Interop Awards competition by CMP Media's CRN, Network Computing, VARBusiness and Network Magazine. The winners will be selected at NetWorld+Interop 2004 Las Vegas, to be held May 11, 2004. Previous winners include Cisco, 3Com and Computer Associates.
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UML, XMI, and code generation, Part 2: The inner workings of UML
5/11/2004
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In the second part of this series on UML and XML, Benoît introduces the UML metamodel. He proceeds to XMI, the XML-based specification for the exchange of models. He then shows how to map from the metamodel to XML schema. As an illustration, he includes two stylesheets that provide simple round-trip engineering between UML and XML.
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Get started with XPath
5/11/2004
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This tutorial introduces XPath and covers most aspects of it. It is aimed at people who do not know XPath or want a refresher. If you plan to use XSLT, you should take this tutorial first. You will learn: What XPath is, the syntax and semantics of the XPath language, how to use XPath location paths, how to use XPath expressions, how to use XPath functions, and how XPath relates to XSLT. XPath is a W3C standard. This tutorial covers version 1.0.
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Secure Web services: Encryption
5/11/2004
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to create secure communications between cross-platform and cross-language Web services. It shows a scenario of a .NET client that connects to a Java Web service using XML encryption. Along the way, you'll see how to create a service and configure its security certificates and how to create and configure the client. You'll also learn some of the interoperability pitfalls of working with .NET.
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SAP Sets Its Sights on SOAP
5/11/2004
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SAP touts its service-oriented architecture to persuade R/3 users to upgrade. SAP AG is working on a common application base that it hopes will serve as a beacon to the future for legacy R/3 enterprise application customers. The Walldorf, Germany, company at its Sapphire user conference in New Orleans this week will spell out its claim that the SAP Enterprise Services Architecture will provide a more flexible and integrated application platform that can be more responsive to changing business needs.
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Authoring Techniques for XHTML and HTML Internationalization Working Drafts Published
5/10/2004
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The GEO (Guidelines, Education and Outreach) Task Force of the Internationalization Working Group has published three First Public Working Drafts. The drafts cover Specifying the Language of Content, Characters and Encodings and Handling Bidirectional Text. Designed for content authors, the documents are aids to ensuring that HTML and XHTML are written for an international audience.
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 Working Draft Published
5/10/2004
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The SVG Working Group has released the seventh public Working Draft of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2. The SVG language delivers accessible, dynamic, and reusable vector graphics, text, and images to the Web in XML.
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Ch 9: Storing XML Data (available in BetaBook format) from the book Oracle Database 10g XML & SQL: Design, Build, & Manage XML Applications in Java, C, C++, & PL/SQL
5/10/2004
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Written by members of the Oracle XML Development Team, Oracle Database 10g XML & SQL: Design, Build & Manage XML Applications in Java, C, C++ & PL/SQL is a must-have reference for all DBAs and developers who want to learn the best practices for using XML with Oracle's XML-enabled products. Includes real-world case studies based on the authors' experience managing Oracle Technology Network's XML Discussion Forum, a community of 20,000+ XML component users.
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An Accidental Web Services Tourist
5/10/2004
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My involvement in Web services was a mistake. I don't mean that I regret it, just that I got involved in Web services because of a mistake I made. It actually started when I was preparing an executive presentation on the current trends in security. I came across one of those juicy statistics that security people (like me) love to use.
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The Best of Both Worlds: Combining XPath with the XmlReader
5/8/2004
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Dare Obasanjo discusses the XPathReader, which provides the ability to filter and process large XML documents in an efficient manner using an XPath-aware XmlReader. With the XPathReader, one can sequentially process a large document and extract an identified sub-tree matched by an XPath expression.
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Tarari Lays Out Roadmap For XML Silicon Products
5/6/2004
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Tarari, Inc., the award-winning acceleration company and the first company to design and build core XML functions into silicon, announced today its XML Silicon roadmap to enable OEMs, ISVs, VARs, Fortune 500 corporations as well as small-to-medium enterprises to take advantage of XML hardware acceleration. The roadmap advances Tarari’s XML Silicon and extends the current generation of PCI boards—in use by customers today—to include dedicated ASICs as well as other form factors and inter-connects, including PCI-X, PMC and Compact PCI boards.
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