Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? But there are, in fact, a number of initiatives in this space, and Sun has entered the fray.
Bill Rosenblatt has an interesting take on the announcement over at DRMWatch.
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Reporting for CNET, Michael Singer writes that Intel has acquired XML router company Sarvega.
This seems like a good idea.
Writing for InfoWorld, Neil McAllister has an interesting take on Digital Rights Management and open source.
Writing for Power Builder Developer’s Journal, Coach Wei has an excellent article on how XML can play a key role in beefing up client applications in J2EE environments.
This question of client functionality continues to be key. Content applications, especially, often demand rich feature sets for client interfaces. The question is how to bring enough functionality out to the client without significant investment in cost and resources. As organizations bring more business process out to the browser–for larger and larger audiences–this question continues to pose practical challenges.
Updating my earlier post about the ClearStory Webinar, the recording of the event is now available online.
Microsoft announced Longhorn and IE7 will support RSS. I am still waiting for them to talk about SVG. I have a selfish reason for this of course, but this news suggests SVG may finally have the buzz behind it I have been waiting to see.
I have been meaning to write something about S1000D, the standard and associated XML DTDs for airline industry data that is taking hold in Europe. There has been a recent flurry of activity involving the US-based Air Transport Association, which has long had its own SGML-based standards for aviation data (ATA 1000) and has been working on new ones. However, now it seems like ATA is taking a serious look at adopting S100D as well.
Data Conversion Labs has a nice roundup of this issue and a list of useful related resources.
