XML is one of the most widely hyped technologies of our time. As the
hype/hope pendulum swings back to the center, an objective look suggests that
the promise of XML has not yet been realized. Until the benefits of the
technology become undeniably apparent to senior management, the rate of
adoption will continue to be sluggish.
This four-part series will discuss the concerns of the CEO and XML's role in
mitigating them. Part 1 examines why the need for visibility is a business
driver that's coming to the forefront and how leveraging XML in various
analytic systems can positively impact the way companies do business. We'll
discuss the issues associated with today's characteristics for visibility -
accuracy, immediacy, and alerting - and how XML provides the attributes
necessary to fulfill these characteristics.
Over the past year, the noise around XML has risen to a ... (more)
Datawatch recently released version 3.0 of VorteXML Designer. In addition to
schema support, this new version includes several updates and features that
further simplify the process of generating XML by enriching any text
document.
Overview
In my consulting practice, most of the solutions I recommend and build for
clients require contextual variations that justify the use of XML. The
ability to have attributes and metadata associated with specific documents
becomes critical to processing instance-specific variations. While the actual
solutions are straightforward, the challenges... (more)
This session will use practical use-cases where the use of XML allowed
customers to realize a spectrum of solutions from Business Analytics, Partner
Data Collection, Regulatory Compliance, Billing Services, and Content
Management.
Ketan talks from experience as he discusses the lessons learned from specific
consulting projects where the business requirements warranted the use of XML
as an enabling technology. Each use-case describes a specific business
problem where the capabilities of XML were integral to the solution. By
focusing on a practical use of XML focused on the busines... (more)
Although XML defines each data element in a given transaction (the
semantics), there's no mechanism to also communicate the business context.
This represents the difference between reading XML and understanding the
business impact of the transaction. The use of namespaces, numeric values,
and time stamps all create some context when looking across transactions or
business entities. In this article we'll discuss the difference between
semantics and context and the challenges this difference creates relative to
performance and scalability.
One of the core tenets of XML is its exte... (more)
The single most significant factor in the performance and scalability of XML
may be the runtime engine that processes it. Parsers are the key component of
that runtime engine and present a unique set of issues. By looking at the
current capabilities and limitations of parsers, we can assess the
performance and scalability constraints of a given XML application.
The processing of an XML document by an application must begin with the
parsing of the document's various elements and attributes. This processing
communicates both data and metadata to the calling application. With XML, th... (more)
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