Microsoft is replacing proprietary database protocols with the XML standard to better position its SQL Server database for next-generation Internet applications. The company is adding new interfaces based on XML to its OLE DB for OLAP protocol from next spring, taking effect when Microsoft relea

by Eric van der Vlist-In the first part of this series we examined the default content type behavior, modeled after data-oriented documents, where complex type elements are element and attribute only, and simple type elements are character data without attributes. The W3C XML Schema Definition La

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the completion of BizTalk Server 2000, its XML-enabled Business-to-Business (B2B) solution for companies of all sizes, and the final 2.0 release of the BizTalk Framework, which specifies how businesses should implement XML and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) in th

E-commerce vendors are feeling the need for speed, hence the flood of new specs being introduced leading up to this week's XML2000 conference. Another week, another proposed XML specification. Such has been the momentum for the Extensible Markup Language recently, with new coalitions of vendors

Information and business go hand in hand. Successful businesses know how to leverage the power of their information, and Net-savvy corporations have done just that. They have set up intranets, extranets, and corporate Web sites, all in an effort to help employees and customers tap into the company&#

Topicmaps.org has delivered a stable set of core deliverables, along with a draft of XML Topic Maps 1.0 and the XML Topic Maps Processing Model.

Use this form to check an XML document for well-formedness and (optionally) validity. External entity references are included, even when not validating. If the document is well-formed, the parser outputs the corresponding canonical XML.

by Eric van der Vlist-This is the first of a two-part introduction to the W3C's XML Schema technology. XML Schemas are an XML language for describing and constraining the content of XML documents. XML Schemas are currently in the Candidate Recommendation phase of the W3C development process.