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Business Definition for: XML
- extensible markup language: a meta-language that describes rules for defining tagged mark-up languages. XML is similar to HTML, except that it is intended to deliver data to a variety of applications and is designed to be read by the applications run by a system, whereas HTML is intended to be read from a Web browser by a person.
XML is an emerging world standard for metadata, delivering a common approach by which metadata for content is collected. So in order to achieve a common standard, organizations in a particular industry would agree to structure their documents in the same way. For example, finance companies would agree to use the same methods of creating documentation such as morning notes, which are short analyses issued daily. The morning notes would all use the same layout structure, and have the same metadata such as author name, date, ticker symbols, buy and sell rating. Because of this common structure, anyone receiving these morning notes would be able to search and interrogate them in a far more comprehensive manner.
Wiktionary Definition for: XML
- eXtensible Markup Language
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- World Wide Web Consortium Issues XML Base and XML Linking Language as W3C Recommendations; XLink and XML Base Provide Foundation for Extended Linking Power in XML
- Business/Technology Editors http://www.w3.org/--BUSINESS WIRE--June 27, 2001 The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced the publication of two W3C Recommendations: XML Base and XML Linking Language XLink. XLink is a way to allow elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create and describe links between resources,...
- Research articles 2001-06-27
- Realising XML Benefits in Life Insurance
- XML is impacting the life insurance industry in a big way. A large number of life insurance companies have taken hold at all major life insurance companies. Most companies are in the process of exploring XML usage and the need for a standard vocabulary in order to facilitate communication. The...
- White papers 2002-07-27
- Sun Microsystems, Reuters, XML Industry Leaders To Address XML 2000
- The world's leading architects of explosive XML technology will address thousands of attendees at XML 2000, the most comprehensive XML expo to date, about the benefits and future of XML. XML 2000 will kick off with 28 pre-conference tutorials (Dec. 3-4). The conference will include seven Special Interest...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- SYS-CON Publications, Publisher of "Java Developer's Journal," Announces "XML-Journal," a New Magazine That Focuses Exclusively on XML Technology
- PEARL RIVER, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 8, 1999-- New SYS-CON Publication Gives XML and Web Application Developers Valuable News and Information on XML Industry Standards and Open, Cross-Platform Development with XML SYS-CON Publications, Inc., today announced the debut of the the first print magazine devoted to XML technology....
- Research articles 1999-10-08
- SYS-CON Publications, Publisher of "Java Developer's Journal," Announces "XML-Journal," a New Magazine That Focuses Exclusively on XML Technology
- PEARL RIVER, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 8, 1999-- New SYS-CON Publication Gives XML and Web Application Developers Valuable News and Information on XML Industry Standards and Open, Cross-Platform Development with XML SYS-CON Publications, Inc., today announced the debut of the the first print magazine devoted to XML technology....
- Research articles 1999-11-10
- Microsoft planned to bury XML developer, says federal judge
- Computerworld - Microsoft knew of the patent held by i4i as early as 2001, but instead set out to make the Canadian developer's software "obsolete" by adding a feature to Word, according to court documents. The patent infringement case brought by Toronto-based i4i resulted in a $290 million judgment against...
- News items 2009-08-18
- Using XML In Excel
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003 makes it easy to import Extensible Markup Language XML data created from other databases and applications, map XML elements from an XML schema to worksheet cells, and export revised XML data for interaction with other databases and applications. Think of these new XML features as turning...
- White papers
- Add, Map, And Unmap XML Elements
- XML features, except for saving files in the XML Spreadsheet format, are available only in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003. This paper tells us how to locate XML Schema and data files, create an XML map, mapping cells to XML elements and to unmap XML...
- White papers
- PLCopen's XML kick off meeting `successful'. (News).
- PLCopen held its first meeting of the TC6--XML Technical Committee at Schneider Electric's Seligenstadt location to consider the XML sources that were donated to the organisation by Schneider during Hannover Fair last April. The XML sources are a set PLCopen held its first meeting of the...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- World Wide Web Consortium Issues XML Key Management System 2.0 as a W3C Recommendation; XKMS 2.0 Adds Public Key Management to Web Applications, Web Services
- http://www.w3.org/ -- W3C has approved the XML Key Management System 2.0 (XKMS 2.0, XKMS 2.0 Bindings) as a W3C Recommendation. XKMS 2.0 is part of the W3C XML Security Framework, which includes the XML Signature, XML Encryption, and Canonical XML Recommendations. XKMS, a cornerstone of Web applications security, adds public...
- Research articles 2005-06-28
- World Wide Web Consortium issues exclusive Canonical XML as a W3C recommendation; New XML specification furthers portable digital signatures.
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- Research articles 2002-07-18
- The XML-Specification Alphabet Soup
- The new language introduces increasingly complex Web specifications In 1999, XML eXtensible Markup Language generated much talk and a flurry of XML-related recommendations. Along with XML, CSS, DOM, SML Schema, XLink, XPath, XPointer, XSLT, Fragments, Canonical XML, and XQL are some of the terms that have joined the collective...
- Research articles 2000-01-01
- Prentice-Hall Announces Second Edition Of Top-Selling XML Handbook
- Goldfarb's and Prescod's XML Handbooktm, rated the top XML book of 1998 by Amazon.com, is now available in a revised Second Edition. The new release totals more than 1,000 pages, including 600 new pages covering the full breadth of XML applications, tools, and technologies that are revolutionizing e-business, both on...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- HR-XML's "XML Timecard" To Be Demonstrated At APA Congress
- The HR-XML Consortium, the global independent organization dedicated to creating XML standards for human resources management, will give its first public demonstration of its XML Timecard standard at the 20th Annual American Payroll Association Congress to be held in San Antonio, TX, May 14-18. HR-XML's presentation, titled "It's About Time:...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- Infoteria Corporation Announces Alliance With Icon Information Systems; Development Teams Will Be Linked; Icon's XML Spy Will Include Infoteria's iXSLT
- Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 6, 2000 Infoteria Corporation, the XML software company, announced today at XML World 2000 in Boston a strategic technical alliance with Icon Information Systems, creators of the XML authoring tool, XML Spy. Under the terms of the alliance, the development staff will work together...
- Research articles 2000-09-06
- XML.org Adds Detailed Listings for 400+ XML Specifications; ZapThink to Provide Quarterly Updates
- Business Editors & High Tech Writers BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--June 13, 2001 OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium, today announced that its recently expanded XML.org industry portal has been enhanced to include an online, categorized listing of the ZapThink XML Standards Report and Analysis. This new data features key details...
- Research articles 2001-06-13
- InfoWorld Honors SoftWare AG with Prestigious Technology of the Year Award; Software AG's Tamino XML Server Recognized as the Outstanding Implementation of XML Technology
- Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers RESTON, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 26, 2002 Software AG, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Software AG, Europe's largest systems software provider and a pioneer in XML technologies, today announced that the Tamino XML Server won the 2001 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award in the XML category....
- Research articles 2002-02-26
- Market for XML Data Storage Technologies to Increase to $4.1 Billion -US- by 2005
- Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 26, 2002 ZapThink Announces Release of "XML Data Storage Technologies and Trends" Report XML is proliferating throughout the enterprise, and the need to persist XML content beyond just a single transaction or interaction is resulting in the growth of the market...
- Research articles 2002-03-26
- ZapThink: Native XML Data Storage Evolving From a Separate Market to a Feature of General-Purpose and Purpose-Built Solutions
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WALTHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 13, 2002 Study profiles key vendors that exemplify the change in the XML Data Storage Market The XML Data Store market no longer exists as a separate market, concludes a recently conducted major study of XML data store solutions by...
- Research articles 2002-12-13
- STC's DataGate Plays Pivotal Role in New HL7 XML Demo at HIMSS; DataGate Serves as XML Interface Engine Between New HL7 and XML Standards
- ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 22, 1999--Software Technologies Corp.'s STC DataGateR enterprise application integration product will play a pivotal role as the interface engine in the HL7 XML Version 3 demonstration at HIMSS. It will translate between HL7 and XML Extensible Markup Language and broadcast XML documents among 11 participating vendors. The...
- Research articles 1999-02-22
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