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Belated Holiday Gift From Vasont to XML Developers
Pennsylvania based Vasont Systems has published two new white papers containing information relating to the implementation of a CCMS (component content management system) as well as tips to help technical communications teams and publishing groups strategize successfully.
By Trevor BolandRead More
January 13, 2012 -
Introduction to XML Namespaces
The flexibility of XML allows for you to automatically create ways to represent data in a meaningful way. If there is a particular organization or structure of a group of objects or set of data you are trying to represent, you can create the appropriate elements to represent these structures. …
By Michael MarrRead More
December 15, 2011 -
Open Xml Gateway Released To The Public For Free
Corisecio, a corporate information security firm, has recently released the Open Xml Gateway, which is built to protect IT infrastructure from specific types of outside attacks. According the the Corisecio website, the software “provides e.g. protection methods against SQL injection and XXE attacks and enables realization of scheme validation …
By Qushawn ClarkRead More
November 30, 2011 -
Major Flaw In XML Encryption Standard Comes To Light
It looks like its time to really tighten up your XML implementations to stop all other types of attacks, because researchers say “there is no simple patch for this problem.”
By Qushawn ClarkRead More
November 1, 2011 -
Popular XML Editors To Choose From
For those of you out there looking for a professional XML editor, here a short list of some of the most popular ones at the moment.
By Qushawn ClarkRead More
October 13, 2011 -
Open Office XML: Formatting Text in WordprocessingML
Building a plain text document is something we can do via the wonderful .txt file. However, if we’re taking the time to use the Open Office XML format, specifically the WordprocessinML format, we want to be able to format our generated document. In this article, we’ll examine WordprocessingML closer so …
By Michael MarrRead More
September 27, 2011 -
Open Office XML: Introduction to WordprocessingML
Previously, we were introduced to Open Office XML. The ability to leverage OOXML in our applications will allow us to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations easily opened and usable in the most popular office applications. The most common of these applications is the word processor, and we’ll introduce ourselves to …
By Michael MarrRead More
September 26, 2011 -
Open Office XML: An Introduction
Since Microsoft’s introduction of the Open Office XML format, it has slowly become an industry accepted standard. Those nifty little “.[file-type]x” formats, i.e. .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, are openable by the standard selection of office application suites. Because of this standard, we can programmatically create documents, spreadsheets, or even presentations via …
By Michael MarrRead More
September 25, 2011 -
i4i Wins Again In XML Patent Infringement Case
A patent infringement case against Microsoft continues to go well for a Canadian company called i4i. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of an XML-related patent i4i was granted in 1998. To provide a little background information: the patent covers custom XML technology, and in …
By Doug CaverlyRead More
September 24, 2011 -
In Favor of XML Over JSON
Over the past few years, JSON has shed its Javascript beginnings and has become a popularly preferred method of data exchange in many scenarios over XML because it typically uses less characters than XML for its encoding and because of JavaScript’s native ability to interpret the strings into proper objects.
By Taylor GillespieRead More
August 2, 2010
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