What’s Missing from XML Schema
Over the last several weeks I‘ve been working on developing XML schemas for a client to support information exchanges between several different organizations, so it was important to make the schemas...
View ArticleWeb Services and Publishing Schema
Good Web service design starts with a schema. Binding, port type and all these other parameters of a WSDL file usually are not interesting at all – 99.9% of all services have trivial SOAP bindings, no...
View ArticleSchema Compliance is the Key to Interoperability
Good Web services interoperability is an absolute must for a successful SOA implementation, but why interoperability has been so difficult to achieve? I think that inability to comply with a published...
View ArticleJSON Pros and Cons
JSON is a simple object serialization approach based on the JavaScript object initializers syntax. The code for initializer (object literal) is put into a string and then interpreted using JavaScript...
View ArticleIt Takes a Mental Shift to Benefit from XML Appliances
This article on techtarget is a great illustration of my point from the previous post about the importance of the proper design patterns and techniques required to be able to benefit from XML...
View ArticleWhy XML is Bad for Humans
XML is everywhere these days. It is used for passing data around, for specifying metadata and even as a programming language for tools such as Ant and Jetty. When XML is generated by various...
View ArticleAnt Scripts without XML
It's pretty easy to create an Ant file for a simple project. A simple Ant script typically contains ubiquitous "init", "compile", "test", "war" (or "jar), "build" targets all wired together. It's easy...
View ArticleWebSphere 7 Supports Properties-Based Configuration
IBM WebSphere 7 (currently in beta) comes a property-file based configuration tool that provides a "human-consumable" interface to the currently XML-based configuration repository of the application...
View ArticleEasy-to-Use Alternative to DataPower Deployment Policies
DataPower deployment policies allow for "tweaking" device and domain configuration for different environments. Let's face it, there are always differences between environments. Sometimes, these...
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