If you've been following this series on Builder.com, you already know that XML describes the structure of data and makes no assumptions about what the data it describes actually is, and whether that ...

In an earlier blog entry, I wrote about using Trang to generate XML Schema from an XML source document. In this blog entry, I will look at using Apache XMLBeans‘s tool called inst2xsd to also generate ...

XML has two main advantages: first, it offers a standard way of structuring data, and, second, we can specify the vocabulary the data uses. We can define the vocabulary (what elements and attributes ...

The Microsoft .NET Framework includes multiple tools for generating XML documents, but the tools suffer from one failing: If the XML document is at all complicated then it's difficult to write code ...

Sure, .NET's got great support for XML, but what's a VB6 programmer to do? Learn to work with MSXML2's DOM parser, that's what. The Document Object Model (DOM) is the oldest, and arguably the easiest, ...

The second-generation .NET Framework builds on the tools of the first to provide better, more standards-compliant XML data validation. Technology Toolbox: XML, .NET Framework 2.0 Version 1.x of the ...

REDMOND, Wash., April 15, 2004 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the addition of the XML schema used by Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003, DataDiagramML, to the Microsoft Open and Royalty-Free Office 2003 ...

While designing large databases, one of the most commonly done things to incorporate future additions to the data fields is, adding a number of generic fields that can later be used as additional data ...

With the proliferation of XML as a new common data format, the problem of managing XML documents has become more critical. New technologies are now available that allow organizations to better manage ...