Soapbox: Why XML Schema beats DTDs hands-down for data
33298Soapbox: Why XML Schema beats DTDs hands-down for datahttp://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-sbsch.html?open&l=766,t=grx,p=sboxIn his turn on the Soapbox, info-management developer and author Kevin Williams tells why he's sold on XML Schema for the structural definition of XML documents for data. He looks at four features of XML Schema that are particularly suited to data representation, and he shows some examples of each. Code samples include XSD schemas and schema fragments.XML > Magazine ArticlesOct 17, 2006
Hello and welcome to the column dedicated to exploring the evolving world of Web services from the inside out. Over the course of the next few months I will examine, in great depth, the fundamental principles of the Web Services Architecture as well as pay special attention to the core promise that drives this new, quickly evolving, emerging technological paradigm: interoperability.
XML has acquired a distinguished popularity lately. No one doubts its perspectives of overall use. The concept of semantic web is no longer an abstraction and is implemented into life with confidence. In the world net's information cacophony there appears harmony. In the hands of talented conductors such as W3C, ISO, OASIS it can diversify into a symphony.
It is also important for you to realize that many vendors are still using the older IVR technology. You will want to conduct research on Interactive Voice Response systems so that you can give clients a good reason to use it. Being able to show the advantages that VoiceXML has over IVR is very important. If you are not able to do this efficiently, you will not be able to win clients.
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