DeveloperWorks XML Technical library: Februar 2008

Inheriting Web sites: Getting a Web site to a maintainable state

In a perfect world, you'd create every Web site you
were ever assigned to maintain, improve, and redesign. Unfortunately, in
the real world, you're often forced to take on a site someone else
designed or constructed.

Inheriting Web sites: Getting a Web site to a maintainable state

In a perfect world, you'd create every Web site you
were ever assigned to maintain, improve, and redesign. Unfortunately, in
the real world, you're often forced to take on a site someone else
designed or constructed.

Inheriting Web sites: Getting a Web site to a maintainable state

In a perfect world, you'd create every Web site you
were ever assigned to maintain, improve, and redesign. Unfortunately, in
the real world, you're often forced to take on a site someone else
designed or constructed.

Inheriting Web sites: Getting a Web site to a maintainable state

In a perfect world, you'd create every Web site you
were ever assigned to maintain, improve, and redesign. Unfortunately, in
the real world, you're often forced to take on a site someone else
designed or constructed.

Inheriting Web sites: Getting a Web site to a maintainable state

In a perfect world, you'd create every Web site you
were ever assigned to maintain, improve, and redesign. Unfortunately, in
the real world, you're often forced to take on a site someone else
designed or constructed.

Inheriting Web sites: Getting a Web site to a maintainable state

In a perfect world, you'd create every Web site you
were ever assigned to maintain, improve, and redesign. Unfortunately, in
the real world, you're often forced to take on a site someone else
designed or constructed.

DITA topic specialization

Many resources are available to explain what Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) topic specialization is and the syntax to implement it, but you still might wonder "I have some content that might be a candidate for topic specialization. What's next?" In this tutorial, walk through a series of steps to evaluate your content's suitability for different DITA topic types, specialize one of those types, and test your specialization using the DITA Open Toolkit.

Create your own information space with Ajax and del.icio.us

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking Web site that allows users to create and
share browser-independent bookmarks, accessible directly over the Internet, in ways
your browser won't allow. The traditional hierarchical organization of browser bookmarks is overhauled, allowing users to instead associate each and every bookmark with any number of descriptive tags. Imagine a single page where you and your friends can surf the Web and have your del.icio.us tags, links, and functions handy, or a single page where you can save the site you're browsing directly into your del.icio.us account, along with comments and chosen tags. This tutorial shows you how to use Ajax to build just such a page using a PHP script as the server-side proxy.

DITA topic specialization

Many resources are available to explain what Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) topic specialization is and the syntax to implement it, but you still might wonder "I have some content that might be a candidate for topic specialization. What's next?" In this tutorial, walk through a series of steps to evaluate your content's suitability for different DITA topic types, specialize one of those types, and test your specialization using the DITA Open Toolkit.

Create your own information space with Ajax and del.icio.us

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking Web site that allows users to create and
share browser-independent bookmarks, accessible directly over the Internet, in ways
your browser won't allow. The traditional hierarchical organization of browser bookmarks is overhauled, allowing users to instead associate each and every bookmark with any number of descriptive tags. Imagine a single page where you and your friends can surf the Web and have your del.icio.us tags, links, and functions handy, or a single page where you can save the site you're browsing directly into your del.icio.us account, along with comments and chosen tags. This tutorial shows you how to use Ajax to build just such a page using a PHP script as the server-side proxy.

DITA topic specialization

Many resources are available to explain what Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) topic specialization is and the syntax to implement it, but you still might wonder "I have some content that might be a candidate for topic specialization. What's next?" In this tutorial, walk through a series of steps to evaluate your content's suitability for different DITA topic types, specialize one of those types, and test your specialization using the DITA Open Toolkit.

Create your own information space with Ajax and del.icio.us

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking Web site that allows users to create and
share browser-independent bookmarks, accessible directly over the Internet, in ways
your browser won't allow. The traditional hierarchical organization of browser bookmarks is overhauled, allowing users to instead associate each and every bookmark with any number of descriptive tags. Imagine a single page where you and your friends can surf the Web and have your del.icio.us tags, links, and functions handy, or a single page where you can save the site you're browsing directly into your del.icio.us account, along with comments and chosen tags. This tutorial shows you how to use Ajax to build just such a page using a PHP script as the server-side proxy.

DITA topic specialization

Many resources are available to explain what Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) topic specialization is and the syntax to implement it, but you still might wonder "I have some content that might be a candidate for topic specialization. What's next?" In this tutorial, walk through a series of steps to evaluate your content's suitability for different DITA topic types, specialize one of those types, and test your specialization using the DITA Open Toolkit.

Create your own information space with Ajax and del.icio.us

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking Web site that allows users to create and
share browser-independent bookmarks, accessible directly over the Internet, in ways
your browser won't allow. The traditional hierarchical organization of browser bookmarks is overhauled, allowing users to instead associate each and every bookmark with any number of descriptive tags. Imagine a single page where you and your friends can surf the Web and have your del.icio.us tags, links, and functions handy, or a single page where you can save the site you're browsing directly into your del.icio.us account, along with comments and chosen tags. This tutorial shows you how to use Ajax to build just such a page using a PHP script as the server-side proxy.

DITA topic specialization

Many resources are available to explain what Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) topic specialization is and the syntax to implement it, but you still might wonder "I have some content that might be a candidate for topic specialization. What's next?" In this tutorial, walk through a series of steps to evaluate your content's suitability for different DITA topic types, specialize one of those types, and test your specialization using the DITA Open Toolkit.

Create your own information space with Ajax and del.icio.us

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking Web site that allows users to create and
share browser-independent bookmarks, accessible directly over the Internet, in ways
your browser won't allow. The traditional hierarchical organization of browser bookmarks is overhauled, allowing users to instead associate each and every bookmark with any number of descriptive tags. Imagine a single page where you and your friends can surf the Web and have your del.icio.us tags, links, and functions handy, or a single page where you can save the site you're browsing directly into your del.icio.us account, along with comments and chosen tags. This tutorial shows you how to use Ajax to build just such a page using a PHP script as the server-side proxy.

DITA topic specialization

Many resources are available to explain what Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) topic specialization is and the syntax to implement it, but you still might wonder "I have some content that might be a candidate for topic specialization. What's next?" In this tutorial, walk through a series of steps to evaluate your content's suitability for different DITA topic types, specialize one of those types, and test your specialization using the DITA Open Toolkit.

Create your own information space with Ajax and del.icio.us

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking Web site that allows users to create and
share browser-independent bookmarks, accessible directly over the Internet, in ways
your browser won't allow. The traditional hierarchical organization of browser bookmarks is overhauled, allowing users to instead associate each and every bookmark with any number of descriptive tags. Imagine a single page where you and your friends can surf the Web and have your del.icio.us tags, links, and functions handy, or a single page where you can save the site you're browsing directly into your del.icio.us account, along with comments and chosen tags. This tutorial shows you how to use Ajax to build just such a page using a PHP script as the server-side proxy.

DITA topic specialization

Many resources are available to explain what Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) topic specialization is and the syntax to implement it, but you still might wonder "I have some content that might be a candidate for topic specialization. What's next?" In this tutorial, walk through a series of steps to evaluate your content's suitability for different DITA topic types, specialize one of those types, and test your specialization using the DITA Open Toolkit.

Create your own information space with Ajax and del.icio.us

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking Web site that allows users to create and
share browser-independent bookmarks, accessible directly over the Internet, in ways
your browser won't allow. The traditional hierarchical organization of browser bookmarks is overhauled, allowing users to instead associate each and every bookmark with any number of descriptive tags. Imagine a single page where you and your friends can surf the Web and have your del.icio.us tags, links, and functions handy, or a single page where you can save the site you're browsing directly into your del.icio.us account, along with comments and chosen tags. This tutorial shows you how to use Ajax to build just such a page using a PHP script as the server-side proxy.

Build Web services with transport-level security using Rational Application Developer V7, Part 3: Configure HTTPS

Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part tutorial series showed you how to
develop Web services and clients, and configure HTTP basic authentication. In this
final installment, you create a self-signed certificate, keystore, trust store, and
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration using the IBM WebSphere Administrative
Console. Then you configure HTTPS for your Web services and Web services client, and
test HTTPS Web services from both a Java EE client and a stand-alone Java client.

XForms

XForms, a specification of Web forms for XML data
processing, allows you to separate a form's purpose from its look. Find
out how XML technologies make it easy to create Web applications with
user input.

Build Web services with transport-level security using Rational Application Developer V7, Part 3: Configure HTTPS

Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part tutorial series showed you how to
develop Web services and clients, and configure HTTP basic authentication. In this
final installment, you create a self-signed certificate, keystore, trust store, and
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration using the IBM WebSphere Administrative
Console. Then you configure HTTPS for your Web services and Web services client, and
test HTTPS Web services from both a Java EE client and a stand-alone Java client.

XForms

XForms, a specification of Web forms for XML data
processing, allows you to separate a form's purpose from its look. Find
out how XML technologies make it easy to create Web applications with
user input.

Build Web services with transport-level security using Rational Application Developer V7, Part 3: Configure HTTPS

Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part tutorial series showed you how to
develop Web services and clients, and configure HTTP basic authentication. In this
final installment, you create a self-signed certificate, keystore, trust store, and
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration using the IBM WebSphere Administrative
Console. Then you configure HTTPS for your Web services and Web services client, and
test HTTPS Web services from both a Java EE client and a stand-alone Java client.

XForms

XForms, a specification of Web forms for XML data
processing, allows you to separate a form's purpose from its look. Find
out how XML technologies make it easy to create Web applications with
user input.

Build Web services with transport-level security using Rational Application Developer V7, Part 3: Configure HTTPS

Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part tutorial series showed you how to
develop Web services and clients, and configure HTTP basic authentication. In this
final installment, you create a self-signed certificate, keystore, trust store, and
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration using the IBM WebSphere Administrative
Console. Then you configure HTTPS for your Web services and Web services client, and
test HTTPS Web services from both a Java EE client and a stand-alone Java client.

XForms

XForms, a specification of Web forms for XML data
processing, allows you to separate a form's purpose from its look. Find
out how XML technologies make it easy to create Web applications with
user input.

XForms

XForms, a specification of Web forms for XML data
processing, allows you to separate a form's purpose from its look. Find
out how XML technologies make it easy to create Web applications with
user input.

Build Web services with transport-level security using Rational Application Developer V7, Part 3: Configure HTTPS

Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part tutorial series showed you how to
develop Web services and clients, and configure HTTP basic authentication. In this
final installment, you create a self-signed certificate, keystore, trust store, and
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration using the IBM WebSphere Administrative
Console. Then you configure HTTPS for your Web services and Web services client, and
test HTTPS Web services from both a Java EE client and a stand-alone Java client.

XForms

XForms, a specification of Web forms for XML data
processing, allows you to separate a form's purpose from its look. Find
out how XML technologies make it easy to create Web applications with
user input.

Build Web services with transport-level security using Rational Application Developer V7, Part 3: Configure HTTPS

Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part tutorial series showed you how to
develop Web services and clients, and configure HTTP basic authentication. In this
final installment, you create a self-signed certificate, keystore, trust store, and
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration using the IBM WebSphere Administrative
Console. Then you configure HTTPS for your Web services and Web services client, and
test HTTPS Web services from both a Java EE client and a stand-alone Java client.

XForms

XForms, a specification of Web forms for XML data
processing, allows you to separate a form's purpose from its look. Find
out how XML technologies make it easy to create Web applications with
user input.

Build Web services with transport-level security using Rational Application Developer V7, Part 3: Configure HTTPS

Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part tutorial series showed you how to
develop Web services and clients, and configure HTTP basic authentication. In this
final installment, you create a self-signed certificate, keystore, trust store, and
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration using the IBM WebSphere Administrative
Console. Then you configure HTTPS for your Web services and Web services client, and
test HTTPS Web services from both a Java EE client and a stand-alone Java client.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 2: Make the mindreader smarter

In this two-part article series, you learn to use both ECMAScript for XML
(E4X) and the Prototype JavaScript library to create a simple Ajax mindreader
application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes
along. In Part 1, you learned to create a system that takes an existing
knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user might be thinking. Now in
Part 2, you'll learn to add new information to the knowledge base, and to use the
Prototype JavaScript library to integrate the Twenty Questions application with an
external database so training by one user is usable by others who play the game.

OOXML: What's the big deal?

The OOXML specification has been both criticized and defended by a number of people, leading many to wonder what the big deal is. This article illustrates the basis of technical, rather than political, objections to treating OOXML as a standard.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 2: Make the mindreader smarter

In this two-part article series, you learn to use both ECMAScript for XML
(E4X) and the Prototype JavaScript library to create a simple Ajax mindreader
application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes
along. In Part 1, you learned to create a system that takes an existing
knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user might be thinking. Now in
Part 2, you'll learn to add new information to the knowledge base, and to use the
Prototype JavaScript library to integrate the Twenty Questions application with an
external database so training by one user is usable by others who play the game.

OOXML: What's the big deal?

The OOXML specification has been both criticized and defended by a number of people, leading many to wonder what the big deal is. This article illustrates the basis of technical, rather than political, objections to treating OOXML as a standard.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 2: Make the mindreader smarter

In this two-part article series, you learn to use both ECMAScript for XML
(E4X) and the Prototype JavaScript library to create a simple Ajax mindreader
application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes
along. In Part 1, you learned to create a system that takes an existing
knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user might be thinking. Now in
Part 2, you'll learn to add new information to the knowledge base, and to use the
Prototype JavaScript library to integrate the Twenty Questions application with an
external database so training by one user is usable by others who play the game.

OOXML: What's the big deal?

The OOXML specification has been both criticized and defended by a number of people, leading many to wonder what the big deal is. This article illustrates the basis of technical, rather than political, objections to treating OOXML as a standard.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 2: Make the mindreader smarter

In this two-part article series, you learn to use both ECMAScript for XML
(E4X) and the Prototype JavaScript library to create a simple Ajax mindreader
application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes
along. In Part 1, you learned to create a system that takes an existing
knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user might be thinking. Now in
Part 2, you'll learn to add new information to the knowledge base, and to use the
Prototype JavaScript library to integrate the Twenty Questions application with an
external database so training by one user is usable by others who play the game.

OOXML: What's the big deal?

The OOXML specification has been both criticized and defended by a number of people, leading many to wonder what the big deal is. This article illustrates the basis of technical, rather than political, objections to treating OOXML as a standard.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 2: Make the mindreader smarter

In this two-part article series, you learn to use both ECMAScript for XML
(E4X) and the Prototype JavaScript library to create a simple Ajax mindreader
application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes
along. In Part 1, you learned to create a system that takes an existing
knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user might be thinking. Now in
Part 2, you'll learn to add new information to the knowledge base, and to use the
Prototype JavaScript library to integrate the Twenty Questions application with an
external database so training by one user is usable by others who play the game.

OOXML: What's the big deal?

The OOXML specification has been both criticized and defended by a number of people, leading many to wonder what the big deal is. This article illustrates the basis of technical, rather than political, objections to treating OOXML as a standard.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 2: Make the mindreader smarter

In this two-part article series, you learn to use both ECMAScript for XML
(E4X) and the Prototype JavaScript library to create a simple Ajax mindreader
application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes
along. In Part 1, you learned to create a system that takes an existing
knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user might be thinking. Now in
Part 2, you'll learn to add new information to the knowledge base, and to use the
Prototype JavaScript library to integrate the Twenty Questions application with an
external database so training by one user is usable by others who play the game.

OOXML: What's the big deal?

The OOXML specification has been both criticized and defended by a number of people, leading many to wonder what the big deal is. This article illustrates the basis of technical, rather than political, objections to treating OOXML as a standard.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 2: Make the mindreader smarter

In this two-part article series, you learn to use both ECMAScript for XML
(E4X) and the Prototype JavaScript library to create a simple Ajax mindreader
application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes
along. In Part 1, you learned to create a system that takes an existing
knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user might be thinking. Now in
Part 2, you'll learn to add new information to the knowledge base, and to use the
Prototype JavaScript library to integrate the Twenty Questions application with an
external database so training by one user is usable by others who play the game.

OOXML: What's the big deal?

The OOXML specification has been both criticized and defended by a number of people, leading many to wonder what the big deal is. This article illustrates the basis of technical, rather than political, objections to treating OOXML as a standard.

Faceted navigation for document discovery

While there are several different ways for a user to specify metadata
conditions, this article discusses one that has special advantages: faceted
navigation. Follow the faceted navigation system described in this article, a technology demonstrator based on IBM Omnifind Discovery Edition
that exploits the XML capabilities of IBM DB2, to explore the advantages of faceted
navigation, and see how to
get the maximum benefit from metadata creation.

Faceted navigation for document discovery

While there are several different ways for a user to specify metadata
conditions, this article discusses one that has special advantages: faceted
navigation. Follow the faceted navigation system described in this article, a technology demonstrator based on IBM Omnifind Discovery Edition
that exploits the XML capabilities of IBM DB2, to explore the advantages of faceted
navigation, and see how to
get the maximum benefit from metadata creation.

Faceted navigation for document discovery

While there are several different ways for a user to specify metadata
conditions, this article discusses one that has special advantages: faceted
navigation. Follow the faceted navigation system described in this article, a technology demonstrator based on IBM Omnifind Discovery Edition
that exploits the XML capabilities of IBM DB2, to explore the advantages of faceted
navigation, and see how to
get the maximum benefit from metadata creation.

Faceted navigation for document discovery

While there are several different ways for a user to specify metadata
conditions, this article discusses one that has special advantages: faceted
navigation. Follow the faceted navigation system described in this article, a technology demonstrator based on IBM Omnifind Discovery Edition
that exploits the XML capabilities of IBM DB2, to explore the advantages of faceted
navigation, and see how to
get the maximum benefit from metadata creation.

Faceted navigation for document discovery

While there are several different ways for a user to specify metadata
conditions, this article discusses one that has special advantages: faceted
navigation. Follow the faceted navigation system described in this article, a technology demonstrator based on IBM Omnifind Discovery Edition
that exploits the XML capabilities of IBM DB2, to explore the advantages of faceted
navigation, and see how to
get the maximum benefit from metadata creation.

Faceted navigation for document discovery

While there are several different ways for a user to specify metadata
conditions, this article discusses one that has special advantages: faceted
navigation. Follow the faceted navigation system described in this article, a technology demonstrator based on IBM Omnifind Discovery Edition
that exploits the XML capabilities of IBM DB2, to explore the advantages of faceted
navigation, and see how to
get the maximum benefit from metadata creation.

Faceted navigation for document discovery

While there are several different ways for a user to specify metadata
conditions, this article discusses one that has special advantages: faceted
navigation. Follow the faceted navigation system described in this article, a technology demonstrator based on IBM Omnifind Discovery Edition
that exploits the XML capabilities of IBM DB2, to explore the advantages of faceted
navigation, and see how to
get the maximum benefit from metadata creation.

RESTful SOA using XML

Service Oriented Architecture usually implies heavyweight technology for large
enterprises. The advantages of the SOA architectural pattern also apply to smaller
environments. To follow SOA principles, you don't necessarily need all the overhead that
is useful in larger environments. You can use lightweight principles like REST to do so. This article describes how.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 1: Build the Twenty Questions infrastructure

XML seems like a natural format for passing Ajax data. However, to work with
XML in JavaScript using the Document Object Model (DOM) is not always the best way to handle this kind of
data. This has given rise to other choices, such as JSON, which provide a more
object-like feel for developers. Now ECMAScript for XML (E4X) combines many of the
best features of the DOM with extremely easy data binding to provide a more
straightforward way to deal with XML in the browser. In this two-part article
series, you'll learn to use both E4X and the Prototype JavaScript library to create
a simple Ajax mindreader application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes along. Part 1 shows you how to create a system that takes an existing knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user may be thinking.

RESTful SOA using XML

Service Oriented Architecture usually implies heavyweight technology for large
enterprises. The advantages of the SOA architectural pattern also apply to smaller
environments. To follow SOA principles, you don't necessarily need all the overhead that
is useful in larger environments. You can use lightweight principles like REST to do so. This article describes how.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 1: Build the Twenty Questions infrastructure

XML seems like a natural format for passing Ajax data. However, to work with
XML in JavaScript using the Document Object Model (DOM) is not always the best way to handle this kind of
data. This has given rise to other choices, such as JSON, which provide a more
object-like feel for developers. Now ECMAScript for XML (E4X) combines many of the
best features of the DOM with extremely easy data binding to provide a more
straightforward way to deal with XML in the browser. In this two-part article
series, you'll learn to use both E4X and the Prototype JavaScript library to create
a simple Ajax mindreader application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes along. Part 1 shows you how to create a system that takes an existing knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user may be thinking.

RESTful SOA using XML

Service Oriented Architecture usually implies heavyweight technology for large
enterprises. The advantages of the SOA architectural pattern also apply to smaller
environments. To follow SOA principles, you don't necessarily need all the overhead that
is useful in larger environments. You can use lightweight principles like REST to do so. This article describes how.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 1: Build the Twenty Questions infrastructure

XML seems like a natural format for passing Ajax data. However, to work with
XML in JavaScript using the Document Object Model (DOM) is not always the best way to handle this kind of
data. This has given rise to other choices, such as JSON, which provide a more
object-like feel for developers. Now ECMAScript for XML (E4X) combines many of the
best features of the DOM with extremely easy data binding to provide a more
straightforward way to deal with XML in the browser. In this two-part article
series, you'll learn to use both E4X and the Prototype JavaScript library to create
a simple Ajax mindreader application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes along. Part 1 shows you how to create a system that takes an existing knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user may be thinking.

RESTful SOA using XML

Service Oriented Architecture usually implies heavyweight technology for large
enterprises. The advantages of the SOA architectural pattern also apply to smaller
environments. To follow SOA principles, you don't necessarily need all the overhead that
is useful in larger environments. You can use lightweight principles like REST to do so. This article describes how.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 1: Build the Twenty Questions infrastructure

XML seems like a natural format for passing Ajax data. However, to work with
XML in JavaScript using the Document Object Model (DOM) is not always the best way to handle this kind of
data. This has given rise to other choices, such as JSON, which provide a more
object-like feel for developers. Now ECMAScript for XML (E4X) combines many of the
best features of the DOM with extremely easy data binding to provide a more
straightforward way to deal with XML in the browser. In this two-part article
series, you'll learn to use both E4X and the Prototype JavaScript library to create
a simple Ajax mindreader application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes along. Part 1 shows you how to create a system that takes an existing knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user may be thinking.

RESTful SOA using XML

Service Oriented Architecture usually implies heavyweight technology for large
enterprises. The advantages of the SOA architectural pattern also apply to smaller
environments. To follow SOA principles, you don't necessarily need all the overhead that
is useful in larger environments. You can use lightweight principles like REST to do so. This article describes how.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 1: Build the Twenty Questions infrastructure

XML seems like a natural format for passing Ajax data. However, to work with
XML in JavaScript using the Document Object Model (DOM) is not always the best way to handle this kind of
data. This has given rise to other choices, such as JSON, which provide a more
object-like feel for developers. Now ECMAScript for XML (E4X) combines many of the
best features of the DOM with extremely easy data binding to provide a more
straightforward way to deal with XML in the browser. In this two-part article
series, you'll learn to use both E4X and the Prototype JavaScript library to create
a simple Ajax mindreader application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes along. Part 1 shows you how to create a system that takes an existing knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user may be thinking.

RESTful SOA using XML

Service Oriented Architecture usually implies heavyweight technology for large
enterprises. The advantages of the SOA architectural pattern also apply to smaller
environments. To follow SOA principles, you don't necessarily need all the overhead that
is useful in larger environments. You can use lightweight principles like REST to do so. This article describes how.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 1: Build the Twenty Questions infrastructure

XML seems like a natural format for passing Ajax data. However, to work with
XML in JavaScript using the Document Object Model (DOM) is not always the best way to handle this kind of
data. This has given rise to other choices, such as JSON, which provide a more
object-like feel for developers. Now ECMAScript for XML (E4X) combines many of the
best features of the DOM with extremely easy data binding to provide a more
straightforward way to deal with XML in the browser. In this two-part article
series, you'll learn to use both E4X and the Prototype JavaScript library to create
a simple Ajax mindreader application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes along. Part 1 shows you how to create a system that takes an existing knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user may be thinking.

RESTful SOA using XML

Service Oriented Architecture usually implies heavyweight technology for large
enterprises. The advantages of the SOA architectural pattern also apply to smaller
environments. To follow SOA principles, you don't necessarily need all the overhead that
is useful in larger environments. You can use lightweight principles like REST to do so. This article describes how.

Create an Ajax mindreader application with E4X and Prototype, Part 1: Build the Twenty Questions infrastructure

XML seems like a natural format for passing Ajax data. However, to work with
XML in JavaScript using the Document Object Model (DOM) is not always the best way to handle this kind of
data. This has given rise to other choices, such as JSON, which provide a more
object-like feel for developers. Now ECMAScript for XML (E4X) combines many of the
best features of the DOM with extremely easy data binding to provide a more
straightforward way to deal with XML in the browser. In this two-part article
series, you'll learn to use both E4X and the Prototype JavaScript library to create
a simple Ajax mindreader application that plays Twenty Questions and learns about new objects as it goes along. Part 1 shows you how to create a system that takes an existing knowledge base and analyzes it to determine what the user may be thinking.