HOWTO: Include XML in Another XML File
It is a common programming tool to include code from a separate file. Sometimes, this code is required to be included at a separate spot, and other times it can be included anywhere.

Date: 2010-07-20

To Parse or Not to Parse: CDATA Explained
To parse, or not to parse: that is the problem when your XML element values have characters that would otherwise be interpreted by an XML parser as syntax.

Date: 2010-07-02

The Mystique of XSLT: Changing XML to Other Usable Formats
With the use of XML as prevalent as finding an X-gene at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, it is vital to know how to change XML to a different data format. With XSLT, this can be done easily.

Date: 2010-06-15

XSLTransforming Society
I previously wrote about how XPath can ease the pains of working with large XML files. The example used there revolved around a storage/retrieval type of situation, and thus XPath handled the job nicely.

Date: 2010-06-04

The (X)Path to Happiness
XML has steadily maintained its grip as one of the main standards for transmission of data. Depending on the programming language used, various options on how to handle XML files exist. However, XPath provides the ability to normalize how we handle XML data across various platforms.

Date: 2010-05-18

New Partners Aim To Improve XML Content Management
Enterprises that have to deal with XML content may now have an easier time of things thanks to JustSystems and Stilo International.  The two companies recently announced a partnership precisely for the sake of enabling enterprises to manage such content.

Date: 2010-05-03

Using XML Sitemaps To Find Important Content
I don't know about you, but I stopped worrying about using XML sitemaps on most of the websites I manage a long time ago. Frankly, I felt It was a complete waste of my time trying to keep them updated regularly.

Date: 2010-04-21

Microsoft Denied Review Of Word/XML Case
This may not come as a surprise to anyone not living in Redmond, but Microsoft has suffered another defeat in its intellectual property battle with a company called i4i.

Date: 2010-04-06

Microsoft Loses Appeal In Word/XML Case
A case involving Word, XML, and a company called i4i still isn't going in Microsoft's favor.  The large corporation recently lost an appeal, meaning it isn't allowed to sell certain versions of Word and is supposed to pay i4i $240 million.

Date: 2010-03-23

HR-XML Consortium Gets New Board Members
The HR-XML Consortium has brought two new people aboard in positions of authority.  Talent Technology Director of Product Development Andrew Cunsolo and Questionmark CEO Eric Shepherd have been named to the Consortium's 2010 Board of Directors.

Date: 2010-03-09

Open XML and OpenDocument Ballot Screen Head To Office 2010
Microsoft is all about ballot screens and options these days, at least in Europe.  Even as individuals there are about to get the chance to try out different Web browsers (the European Commission was concerned the bundling of...

Date: 2010-02-23

Taking Your XML From Visualization To Reality
I've spent today working on a reasonably complex build.xml file, refactoring it to reduce duplication by using the ant-contrib foreach task so that similar targets can be reduced to loops over a list of properties (I'll blog on that later since it includes some fancy nested loops to run Selenium tests across multiple applications on a server).

Date: 2010-02-09

XML Used To Exploit Twitter Flaw
It looks like XML is going to become a hot (or at least warm) topic at the upcoming Black Hat Technical Security Conference. Apparently a researcher’s discovered a problem affecting Twitter and a number of other sites, and he’s been able to exploit it using an XML file.

Date: 2010-01-26

Microsoft to Remove XML Support from Word
In a previous patch for MS Office, Microsoft removed support for custom XML according to an article from Computerworld.

Date: 2010-01-12