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Tag Archives: XML
Daily Links for August 15, 2009
Open Source Serna Free XML Editor is Now Open Source Software Seems to be similar to what ActiveState is doing with Komodo: open source and give away free the basic version, sell the more advanced version. “Serna Free XML editor … Continue reading
Daily Links for August 12, 2009
Windows and Security How to save the Internet from Windows ComputerWorld “After last week’s near-collapse of the social networks, such as Twitter, due to a Windows-based, botnet DDoS attack, I made a modest proposal: Throw Windows off the Internet. Here’s … Continue reading
links for 2008-01-09
Banks banned in ‘Second Life’ | Geek Gestalt – A blog by Daniel Terdiman – CNET News.com “On the heels of banking scandals in the virtual world Second Life, its publisher Linden Lab announced Tuesday that it is effectively banning … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, News, Open Source, Virtual Worlds
Tagged financial, ODF, Second Life, XML
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links for 2007-05-24
IBM looks to open up development – Platforms & Applications – www.crn.com.au “IBM is kicking off an experiment to open up its software development process in a way that mirrors how open source applications are created.” (tags: ibm opensource development) … Continue reading
Stupid XML statements
Ok, true or false: all novels written in the English language are great works of literature. Obviously false, so why do some people believe that every schema written in XML is a great piece of technology? There are good uses … Continue reading
Why OOXML will ultimately fail
In this industry there are short term wins and loses, and there are long term wins and losses. A small victory today for something you are championing can be matched with a subsequent setback somewhere else. The opposite is true … Continue reading
links for 2007-01-24
XML in 2006 “Join Elliotte Rusty Harold for a look back at the most significant XML news from 2006.” (tags: xml) Meet me in my avatar’s office | CNET News.com “Employees of tomorrow will inhabit virtual worlds like Second Life … Continue reading
links for 2006-11-02
Microsoft XML Expert Joins Open-Source Middleware Firm Slightly old news, but always interesting to note where the talent is flowing. (tags: xml webservices career) Zend Moves to Boost PHP Usage “Zend Technologies has announced a series of agreements with major … Continue reading
links for 2006-11-01
Computer Stuff An Antic Disposition: Ass-backwards Compatibility “However one thinks of the OOXML specification, it lacks the quality, the consideration and the perspective of an open standard.” (tags: microsoft odf) Ben Ramsey – Blog Archive – XML & Web Services … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, News, Politics / Government
Tagged Microsoft, OOXML, PHP, web services, XML
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Rob Weir: Proposal for an ODF developer’s kit
Rob Weir just posted a proposal for an OpenDocument Format Developer’s Kit over at the OASIS OpenDocument.xml.org site. This is not a done deal by any means, but is meant to stimulate some open, public discussion in the community about … Continue reading
links for 2006-08-18
CSS and Standards IE7 and standards compliance – Microsoft’s Chris Wilson charts progress | Web 2.0 Explorer | ZDNet.com “Yesterday I interviewed Microsoft’s Chris Wilson, the Group Program Manager for IE, to address the issue of whether Microsoft’s latest web … Continue reading
Posted in News, Open Source, Patents, Standards
Tagged conference, CSS, Java, Microsoft, XML
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Dr. ODF: Examining OpenDocument Format with Python, Part 2
In Part 1 of what I am calling the Dr. ODF project for examining what’s in an OpenDocument Format word processing file, I laid out our first big milestone: understand what is in the zip file holding the components of … Continue reading
Making bad choices, over and over again
Over in his blog, IBM’s Rob Weir further delves into the underlying specifications Microsoft uses in their office XML spec and their almost pathological avoidance of accepted industry standards created by experts in what they are doing in ECMA. In … Continue reading
IBM Systems Journal: Celebrating 10 years of XML
You can now access the latest issue of the IBM Systems Journal online in HTML and PDF form. The theme is “10 years of XML.” Here’s the abstract for the edition: The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is an open standard … Continue reading
CNet article: “IBM plays XML card in effort to beat Oracle”
Normally I would just throw this into my del.icio.us links, but it hits so many of my topics that I wanted to call it out explicitly. The article, by Martin Lamonica of CNet is “IBM plays XML card in effort … Continue reading
links for 2006-05-19
Lotus Notes and ODF, International Edition IBM Takes Dead Aim At Microsoft Office With New Notes Version “ODF is a bigger deal than you might realize.” and “Massachusetts will not be alone in this. Expect other government agencies to follow … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, News, Open Source, Standards
Tagged ECMA, Microsoft, ODF, OOXML, XML
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My WordPress plug-ins
Periodically I do a post about which Firefox extensions I’m currently using and I just noted two that I’m trying out. (Colorful Tabs will stay, not so sure about Performancing.) I thought today I would mention which WordPress plug-ins I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Blog and Website, Open Source, Standards
Tagged Firefox, PHP, plugin, WordPress, XML
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XForms 1.0 (Second Edition) is now a W3C Recommendation
The W3C has finalized its approval of the XForms 1.0 (Second Edition) Recommendation. The spec itself is here. This hasn’t hot the news media to any large degree, but it is nevertheless an important development. I suspect XForms will be … Continue reading
Presentation file sizes
First off, realize that in what I’m about to say, your mileage may vary. Nevertheless, I think this is interesting. Last week I did an analyst presentation and I used a deck that had no builds in it – just … Continue reading
Just using XML does not make you open!
I want to clear up an annoying bit of confusion that I think is being propagated by certain parties. While XML is an open standard from the W3C, it does not mean that everything you do with it immediately becomes … Continue reading
Standards Amplifiers
Several months ago I posted an entry called called “Standards and open source: they are not unrelated” where I made some points around the connections between standards and open source. Open source libraries that implement standards are what I call … Continue reading
More Massachusetts/Microsoft discussion
Two new articles/opinions came out today on what is going on with document formats. The first is an OpEd piece in CNet called “Massachusetts assaults monoculture”. Truly open standards that are built by a community will likely engender multiple implementations … Continue reading
ACM Queue article: “XML and Semi-Structured Data”
There’s an interesting article “XML and Semi-Structured Data” over at ACM Queue by C. M. Sperberg-Mcqueen of the W3C. Sperberg-Mcqueen is one of the long time movers and shakers in the XML standardization community. In it he says: XML arose … Continue reading
IBM to acquire DataPower, maker of XML and web services acceleration hardware
Lots of articles about this, such as eWeek’s “IBM Buys DataPower, Adding Hardware to SOA Arsenal”. Here is the Google search string on the related news stories.
More ZDNet blogging on XML and patents
David Berlind is still on topic: Microsoft XML technologies and patents drawing fire from multiple quarters.
Links for 27 May, 2005
Microsoft slammed over XML patent The ‘Dirty Little Secret’ About Longhorn Linux Is Already Big Business Nokia: Linux kernel may use our patents Home Studio Recording 101 Agassi: For and against open source Linux in Government: Optimizing Desktop Performance, Part … Continue reading
What are XML Enhancements for Java?
I’m a bit late in posting this, but take a look at the new cool “XML Enhancements for Java” on alphaWorks. Like everything else there, this is experimental and is meant to try new approachs. Try it out and let … Continue reading
Interoperability: Enough Said?
For several weeks now I’ve been thinking about writing an entry on interoperability but for various reasons I did not. For example, I wanted to make sure I answered questions like: Isn’t all this stuff obvious? Do we need to … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Standards
Tagged Eclipse, Interoperability, Linux, web services, XML
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Links and comments for 4 December, 2004
With this edition of “some things Bob has been reading and thinks you should look at too, especially if they say nice things about IBM”, I’ve started to add some comments on the articles or the general situation described therein. … Continue reading
Stop with “XML Web Services” vs. “Java Web Services”
Ok, this is a rant. I get annoyed every time I see a reference to “Java Web Services” or “XML Web Services.” The latter was invented by Microsoft to ensure that people wouldn’t possibly associate a non-favored technology with the … Continue reading
