- Seven Steps to XML Mastery, Step 5: Making Web Services Work for You (Part 1 of 2)
- Jun 16, 2006
- You could spend oodles of money assembling a database of info that's available in bits and pieces here and there on the Net. But why bother, when your server might be able to grab all that data for you with the help of a simple web service? In step 5, Frank Coyle gives us a tantalizing glimpse of the possibilities of rolling your own web service around an existing web service.
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- Seven Steps to XML Mastery, Step 5: Making Web Services Work for You (Part 2 of 2)
- Jul 28, 2006
- After you build your web service, you want clients to be able to connect to it and use it. In this step, Frank Coyle takes us on a tour of how the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) lets you describe a web service, so that any client computer can connect to and use the service. Don’t want to wrestle with WSDL syntax? No problem. Plenty of open source tools exist to create your WSDL automatically from simple interface descriptions.
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- Seven Steps to XML Mastery, Step 6: Employ the Semantic Web
- Aug 18, 2006
- In terms of modern technology, the Web is actually a venerated oldster. Is it time for the younger set to take over, bringing newer and more powerful ideas? In the sixth step toward XML mastery, Frank Coyle discusses the facets of the semantic web, which just may be the Web of the future.
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- Seven Steps to XML Mastery, Step 7: Ensure XML Security
- Aug 25, 2006
- We’ve come a long way since the beginning of our journey toward XML mastery. In the last article of his series, Frank Coyle examines XML-related security issues. We begin by looking at the family of XML security standards and then move on to the threat of black-hat attacks and what you can do to safeguard your XML-based applications.
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- Seven Steps to XML Mastery: About This Series
- Apr 28, 2006
- Frank Coyle leads you to a complete understanding of exactly what you need to know to build and implement your own sophisticated XML solutions, whether for your personal web site or an enterprise-level organization. This introduction to the series briefly describes the relationships among the various technologies you’ll learn as you travel the seven steps to XML mastery.
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- Simple Types
- Jan 18, 2002
- XML Schema is a rich document schema language. Get an overview of XML Schemas in this article by expert Priscilla Walmsley.
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- Site Mapping: Home Is Where the Hub Is
- Jul 22, 2005
- Traditional web site organization conventions such as hierarchical site maps and top-down navigation schemes might not be the best way to address a user's findability needs. Keith Robinson discusses this issue, offering some alternative ways to get users to the content they need.
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- SOA Project Planning Aspects
- Nov 18, 2005
- This chapter takes the next step toward execution by focusing on how to plan an SOA project. The topics in this chapter constitute the best practices the authors have uncovered for forming a project office, how to define the phases of SOA adoption, the need for and mechanisms of SOA governance, and finally, the various project roles and how they interact with each other.
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- Soapbox: Why I'm using SOAP
- Apr 12, 2002
- Benoît Marchal steps up on the soapbox to say why SOAP is winning him over.
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- Some Thoughts on XSL
- Oct 30, 2000
- XML Expert Benoit Marchal gives a crash course in XSL, including its uses for web publishing and data management, as well as where XSL is headed in the future.
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- SQL Server 2000 and the XDR Schema
- Sep 21, 2001
- Schemas, Microsoft's version of XML schemas, create XML views of relational data which can then be queried via XPath expressions. This article looks at XDR Schemas and how they work with SQL Server 2000.
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- SQL Server 2000 and XML
- Aug 8, 2003
- Discover the many different ways SQL Server 2000 supports XML with a comprehensive look at both out-of-the-box support and the SQLXML 3.0 add-on.
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- Storing XML Data in a Relational Database
- Oct 5, 2007
- Use familiar XML markup to extend the capabilities of your relational database.
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- SyncML Applications
- Dec 12, 2003
- SyncML can enable numerous applications that require data to be synchronized among various devices. This chapter takes a closer look at a few applications and explains how SyncML is beneficial for the different entities that use it.
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- The Amazing Em Unit and Other CSS Best Practices
- Jul 22, 2005
- This chapter is about writing style sheets with style. By showing you case studies and how they are constructed, we give you a sense of how CSS can encode the visual presentation you want to achieve. More importantly, if you follow the guidelines in this chapter, your documents will behave well on a wide range of Web devices.
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- The Bad Code Spotter's Guide
- Apr 14, 2006
- Old maps were marked with the phrase "Here be Dragons" to help seafarers steer away from dangerous places; in programming the best way to avoid dealing with bad code is to avoid writing it. Diomidis Spinellis points out 10 giveaways to spot bad code that you (or others) may have written.
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- The Basics of Cascading Style Sheets
- Dec 30, 2004
- CSS, if used correctly, can greatly extend your ability to create attractive Web designs. Learn how you can use styles to enhance your Dreamweaver MX 2004 web page.
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- The Cost of Free Software
- Dec 9, 2005
- Free software advocates focus on the ability to share, develop, and improve software as a community effort. But how do these freedoms affect the business community? David Chisnall takes a look.
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- The DTD Synax
- Dec 14, 2001
- The syntax for DTDs is different from the syntax for XML documents. This chapter explains how and why.
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- The EXPLICIT Mode of FOR XML
- Jan 18, 2002
- If you want to know how to customize your output using the FOR XML EXPLICIT clause, read this article by Baya Pavliashvili.
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