XML is a language designed to standardize the communication at the message level. As shown in Figure 2a, the AGML schema describes a precise structural relationship between <spot> and its attributes.

I propose a different approach that uses XML (and XML Schema) in concert with Java. My solution will be detailed fully in the next two articles of the series, but I’ll introduce it now.

The World Wide Web Consortium standards group has approved the XML Schema specification. If the standard is adopted by businesses, it will allow them to communicate and conduct transactions ...

In an earlier blog entry , I wrote about using Trang to generate XML Schema from an XML source document.

With the XML schema, Web developers will be able to better define strings of characters in a document, for example, whether a number is an integer or a date.

In part 1 of a series of articles Dennis Sosnoski that look at the mismatch between XML Schema and web service data bindings looks at simple data types and the problems they create.

Microsoft is often criticized for the proprietary technology tactics it uses to protect its desktop software dominance. Freely licensing the schema for Office 2003’s XML implementation is a step ...

The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) of the National Retail Federation (NRF) has announced the initial public release of the Time Punch schema and version 2.0 of the Customer schema.

Microsoft announced the addition of the Microsoft Office Visio 2003 XML Reference Schema to its open and royalty-free documentation and license program that was initially unveiled in November 2003.

The XML tags that define the elements of a document are collectively called a schema. Microsoft has yet to disclose the proprietary dialect - or underlying schema - of the XML used in Office 2003.

The recently announced XML-based file formats for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint -- formats that Microsoft has claimed to be "open" -- are getting some heat for not only pushing the boundaries on the ...