Tips and Tutorials

Getting Started with VoiceXML
VoiceXML Introduction VoiceXML is an XML format that is used for the purpose of categorizing voice dialogues that will occur among humans and computers. It is connected to W3C, and it gives voice prog...
Job Opportunities for VoiceXML
There are a number of job opportunities available for those who are interested in learning VoiceXML. This standard is being used in portals such as BeVocal and Tellme. These are portals that are offer...
Advantages of Using VoiceXML In Comparison To Similar Tools
Companies that are interested in investing in voice technology may want to look at VoiceXML rather than older systems such as IVR. There are a number of reasons for this.VoiceXML is very flexible, and...
Advantages of Using VoiceXML In Comparison To Similar Tools
Companies that are interested in investing in voice technology may want to look at VoiceXML rather than older systems such as IVR. There are a number of reasons for this.VoiceXML is very flexible, and...
Industry Usage of VoiceXML
There are a number of uses for VoiceXML in the voice command industry. The importance of VoiceXML comes from the fact that many people have been unhappy with the use of textual interfaces such as WAP,...
Prerequisites For VoiceXML
There are a number of languages and concepts that you will want to become familiar with before you start learning VoiceXML. Perhaps one of the most important things for you to learn is web technologie...
Tips and Prerequisites for Learning VoiceXML
There are a number of concepts that you will want to become familiar with before you can effectively learn VoiceXML. It is first important for you to have a basic understanding of programming concepts...
XPath Tutorial
In this tutorial, selected XPath features are demonstrated with many examples and pictures which can be downloaded for off-line use....
DTD Tutorial
DTD is described in XML 1.0 standard. In this tutorial basic DTD features are demonstrated on many examples which can be downloaded for off-line use. ...
XML Tutorial at Zvon
In this tutorial, selected XML features are demonstrated on many examples which can be downloaded for off-line use....
How to use XLink with XML
XLink, an XML-related specification, lets you achieve dramatic linking effects in your XML documents. In this short tip learn how to include parts of other XML documents in your own XML through XLink....
Using XML Schema archetypes and XSLT style sheets to simplify your code
This column demonstrates how to use XML Schema archetyping (and style sheets) to control styling of data for various presentation modes. Ten code samples in XML, XML Schema, and XSLT show how the tech...
Decoding XML and the DTD
This introductory article shows how to create XML Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and well-formed, well-defined XML files that can be validated by the XML parser of your choice. While you don't have ...
Introduction to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Article
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. This article introduces the architecture, which sets fort...
VoiceXML with XSLT (HTML and WML)
A Sample Chapter from Early Adopter VoiceXML. This chapter examines the use of the Extensible Stylesheet Language for Transformations (XSLT) as a tool for the generation of VoiceXML. I intend to illus...
XML Introduction
In 1970 IBM Introduced SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language). SGML was developed out of the General Markup Language (GML), which was developed by IBM in the late 1960s. SGML is a semantic and s...
XML - Elements, Attributes, Entities
In this tutorial you will learn about Elements, Anatomy of tags, Tag naming rules, Invalid tags, Valid tags, Root and child elements, Attributes, When Do I use Attributes? Entities, Character data sec...
Embedding XML into HTML using Data Island
You can display any XML content into the HTML page using Data Island ...
Using XSLT for content management
This is the first installment of "Working XML", a column with companion project code that demonstrates the evolution of full-fledged XML applications. This column introduces XM (XSLT Make), ...
Using XML and Relational Databases with Perl
This article describes how Perl can be used to transfer data between XML and relational databases, and how XML can bridge two disparate databases. MySQL is used as an example database....
Expand XSL with extensions
The combined power of XML and XSL for representing, manipulating, and presenting data over the Web and sharing data across differing applications has been clearly demonstrated through the fast accepta...
Using XLink to simplify the representation of data
This column takes a look at how to use XLink pointers when representing data to make XML documents more compact and flexible. Sample code shows examples of an invoice with and without the XLink pointe...
Recurse, not divide, to conquer
Ever want to know how to bridge processing of an HTML element over two XSLT templates? Here's why not to do it. This article demonstrates how to shift your thinking into the XSLT recursive approach, w...
Get ready for XForms
Traditional HTML forms violate many of the tenets of good markup language design, frequently mixing presentation and data. This article introduces you to XForms, an extension of XHTML that represents ...
The XML FAQ
Maintained on behalf of the World Wide Web Consortium�s XML Special Interest Group, this site provides a long list of FAQ on XML technology from what it is and what it can do to more specific elements...
Beginning XML - Part 1 (An Introduction)
Coming straight to the point, XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language. As the name suggests, it is a language that can be molded according to the need of the hour. Personally, I don't think calling ...
XML Tutorials - XSD (XML Schema Definition) Syntax
This tutorial describes: Simple XML Elements with Pre-defined Data Types Simple XML Elements with Extended Data Types Complex XML Elements Simple Content XML Elements Empty XML Elements Anomymo...
XML Tutorial
Learn how to create an XML document from scratch and find out why XML is becoming so important. Topics covered include: popular XML editors, basic XML syntax, how to properly nest your XML tags, and m...
Absolute Beginners' XML Tutorial
The very basics of XML documents set out in a brief tutorial for absolute beginners. Discusses XML tags, DTDs, well-formed XML documents and gives links to other resources such as XML Parsers, Editor...
Herong's Notes on XML Technologies
This book is a collection of notes I wrote while I was learning eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and other related technologies: CSS: Cascading Style Sheet DOM: Document Object Model DTD: Document ...
XMLPitstop
Provides a central location for everything that a developer needs to know about XML technologies (XML, XSLT, XLL, SVG and about 40 other categories). You will find examples with Source Code, Tutorials...
Tip: Use data dictionary links for XML and Web services schemata
When designing XML and Web services schemata you will often (and ideally) reuse data elements defined in pre-existing standards. If so, it is extremely useful to include links to such standards, provi...
IBM developerWorks Live! Technical briefings in 2004
The IBM developerWorks Live! Technical Briefings, which were a great success worldwide in 2003, have been expanded for 2004. The following five types of technical briefings, which include presentation...
Practical data binding: Get your feet wet in the real world
Data binding, although commonplace in today's world of Java technology and XML programming, is still largely misunderstood. This column throws out all the theoretical claptrap and focuses on the conce...
XML Matters: GUIs and XML configuration data
Over time, XML has permeated many niches. One area where XML is used increasingly is in the configuration of graphical user interfaces, especially in elements that are persistent but should not be fix...
Tip: Extend JAX-RPC Web services using SOAP headers
In this article, the author examines how JAX-RPC SOAP handlers process SOAP message headers. Specifically, he shows how a handler adds a SOAP header to an outgoing message and how a corresponding hand...
Use XML namespaces with care
XML namespaces are an imperfect solution to a difficult problem. From basic information architecture to difficulties with APIs, namespaces can open up rather painful gotchas if used carelessly. In thi...
Tip: Message Roundtripping: Java coding conventions
Java APIs for XML-Based Remote Procedure Call's (JAX-RPC's) Java-to-WSDL/WSDL-to-Java mapping rules do not try to preserve Java constructs during roundtripping. Many constructs are preserved, but not ...
A survey of XML standards, Part 4
The world of XML is vast and growing, with a huge variety of standards and technologies that interact in complex ways. It can be difficult for beginners to navigate the most important aspects of XML, ...
The CTDP XML Guide
This XML guide explains XML uses, categories, elements and types of XML documents. XML structure, document type definition, element attributes, and extensible stylesheet language (XSL) is explained....
XSLT/XPATH tutorial
In this 28 page tutorial, you will go from not knowing much about XML/XSL/XPATH to finishing with a working knowledge of XSLT and XPATH....
An Introduction to XML
XML is the latest platform-independent and content-dependent technology available for Internet development. XML is the tool of choice for distributing structured information in this age. XML not only ...
A Guide to XML
This article provides a technical introduction to XML with an eye towards guiding the reader to appropriate sections of the XML specification when greater technical detail is desired. This introductio...
A Technical Introduction to XML
This introduction to XML presents the Extensible Markup Language at a reasonably technical level for anyone interested in learning more about structured documents. In addition to covering the XML 1.0 ...
DTD Validation with DOM and SAX Using Java
This tutorial helps you undersstand XML file validation with DTD files. Two tutorial Java programs are provided: one with DOM and one with SAX. ...
Java API for XML Processing - JAXP
This tutorial provides a quick introduction of JAXP 1.4 included in JDK 1.6 and tutorial example of XML DOM parser as Java application. ...
Using XML and JSP together
XML and JSP are two of the hottest buzzwords these days. This article shows how you can use these two technologies together to make a dynamic Website. You also get a look at code examples for DOM, XPa...
Data Binding with Castor
XML data binding for Java is a powerful alternative to XML document models for applications concerned mainly with the data content of documents. This article by an enterprise Java expert introduces da...
Effective XML processing with DOM and XPath in Java
Based on an analysis of several large XML projects, this article examines how to make effective and efficient use of DOM in Java. The DOM offers a flexible and powerful means for creating, processing,...
Managing e-zines with JavaMail and XSLT, Part 2
This article demonstrates how to automate e-mail publishing chores with Java and XML. This concrete application of XML and XSLT describes an e-mail newsletter (e-zine) publishing application that outp...

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