XML is an international data standard, a sort of lingua franca for computing. To be formal about it, XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. Practically speaking, XML is a method to structure ...

With the proliferation of information on the Web, the need for standardization of content semantics became desirable. Readers who wanted content delivered in particular formats, and those who wanted ...

Crediting one person for the work of a group is always fraught with peril. But in the case of the XForms specification, Micah Dubinko’s name comes to the fore. Perhaps it’s because he volunteered to ...

Adobe Systems is teaching PDF documents how to speak XML to provide ties to enterprise systems. The San Jose, Calif., company is working on a new version of its Form Designer product that will allow ...

Once you have your data in XML, a world of opportunities and tools (both client side and server side) are open to you. Phillip Perkins is a contractor with Ajilon Consulting. His experience ranges ...

Lots of people, myself included, think XML is great. I have worked with markup languages for many years and was fortunate enough to participate in a small way to the creation of XML itself. I work ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an XML database? XML databases use XML to model and query data. XML is a ...

Microsoft Corp. today said it will work with the Chinese government to craft tools for translating documents between the company’s Open XML and China’s home-brewed Uniform Office Format (UOF). UOF, ...

FIBEX (Field Bus Exchange Format) is an XML format used to describe complex, message-oriented communications systems. AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) is an association whose objective it ...

If today's XML data usage trend were made into a science-fiction movie, XML could star as the new "Blob." But instead of aiming to destroy a large city, this XML blob aims to engulf the world's ...