Figure 3. Big XML files. Click on thumbnail to view full-sized image. Eight years since its inception, XML has already taken off as an open, semi-structured data format for storing data as well as ...

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is certainly one of the hottest technologies at the moment. While the concept of markup languages is not new, XML seems especially attractive to Java and Internet ...

XML has become an indispensable part of IT infrastructure. As more web services applications exchange XML messages over the network, we're seeing the emergence of XML-aware network routers and ...

XML is a markup-based data description language designed to allow developers to create structured documents using descriptive custom tags. The intent of XML is to separate the description of the data ...

If you wanted to design a language for high-speed processing and transactions, you could probably do better than XML. But the question is: Could a new format or standard achieve the widespread ...

The battle for Office Open XML ISO certification is certainly shaping up like an actual battle, with corporate representatives from both sides literally jockeying for position at the table.

COMMENTARY--The rise of internetworking was fueled by the use of network-level security technologies such as SSL, IPSec and firewall filtering to create a secure perimeter around an enterprise network ...

The US patent office has granted a Microsoft patent application, 7,571,169, which "... is directed at providing a word-processing document in a native XML file format that may be understood by an ...