Web Services Directory

IDEAlliance (International Digital Enterprise Alliance) is a non-for-profit membership organization. Its mission is to advance user-driven, cross-industry solutions for all publishing and content-related processes by developing standards, fostering business alliances, and identifying best practices. IDEAlliance has been a leader in information technology since 1966 (founded as Graphic Communications Association) having fostered the development and adoption of standards such as GRACoL, ICE, JIFFI, Mail.dat, papiNet, PRISM, PROSE XML, SPACE XML, SGML, and XML.

The following collection of approaches to combining XML Documents is from a column, "Shedding a little Silverlight on XML", that I wrote for XML Journal a while back.

Resource site which includes links, news and consultants specialising in XML development.

Webdeveloper microsite devoted to news and information on XML.

This version of VB.NET Jeopardy uses a wide variety of techniques to access XML/XSLT. This application is a version of the well-known game of jeopardy that we use in our FlaDotNet.com .NET user group. The original version, created by Shervin Shakibi(Shervin@ComputerWays.com), accessed all of the Jeopardy Data from a SQL Server Database using DataReaders.

xmlhack is a web site covering essential news, issues, opinions and programming advice from the XML developer community.

Concentrating on the use of UML for the development of XML based projects this site contains articles, whitepapers and links.

Offers XML news and resources for MAC users.

From application downloads to comprehensive tutorials, a one stop resource for everything XUL.

XML-RPC is the home page for developers interested in this technology, XML-RPC is a Remote Procedure Calling protocol that works over the Internet. An XML-RPC message is an HTTP-POST request. The body of the request is in XML. A procedure executes on the server and the value it returns is also formatted in XML. Procedure parameters can be scalars, numbers, strings, dates, etc.; and can also be complex record and list structures.

With over 1,100 links, this is the world's largest resource page dedicated to XML and Web Services. Also provides a fully customizable user-interface.

The XML section of Developersdex.com which contains links and resources

Comprehensive and up to date list of XML Database products and XML enabled database products

A proposed standard for RPC using MIME. Includes specification, examples and discussion. Simple and leading edge.

A series of high-level tutorials covering the core set of supplemental XML technologies.

A series of high-level papers and best practices providing insight and advice for incorporating XML into the enterprise.

This demo shows an example of a two-tier data relationship. In these examples, I am using the xml DataBinding features in IE to represent the One To Many relationship of data in an XML file. Each of the examples allow the user to hide and show the child elements. This allows for better screen real estate and a more elegant display of the data. Below are different variations on how this can be done.

The goal of BizTalk.org is to provide resources for learning about and using Extensible Markup Language (XML) for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and business-to-business (B2B) document exchange, both within the enterprise and over the Internet. On BizTalk.org you can learn how to use XML messages to integrate software applications and build new solutions. The design emphasis is to use XML to integrate your existing data models, solutions, and application infrastructure, and adapt them for electronic commerce. You can also learn about the BizTalk Framework, a set of guidelines for implementing an XML schema and a set of XML tags used in messages sent between applications.

Sams Publishing is responsible for producing leading technology books with such best-selling titles as Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed,PHP and MySQL Web Development, and Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 21 Days. Its eyes focused squarely on the technology marketplace, Sams Publishing was among the first to predict the impact Microsoft’s .NET initiative would have on the developer community and began preparing technology practitioners worldwide.

Webreference (part of Internet.com) provides a bi-weekly column featuring tutorials, examples and training in XML, XSL style sheets, XHTML and more.

The official book Web site, providing book excerpts and resources.

Described by themselves as "the preeminent independent source of XML information on the net", Cafe con Leche is a valuable collection of resources designed to educate and inform on all aspects of XML. Includes daily news summaries, examples, book reviews, mailing lists and more.

"This is the list of Frequently-Asked Questions about the Extensible Markup Language. It is restricted to questions about XML: if you are seeking answers to questions about HTML, scripts, Java, databases, or penguins, you may find some pointers, but you should probably look elsewhere as well. It is intended as a first resource for users, developers, and the interested reader, and does not form part of the XML Specification."

News, forum, articles and comment on XML and all things related to XML. Useful section on XML tools and an online store to puchase software, books etc. Part of the Binarything.com e-publishing group of web sites.

This sample illustrates an example of adding an attribute to an element and also demonstrates adding a child element.