Try these sites for more information about web services, XML and grid
computing.
Featured Site
Web Services Help
WebServicesHelp.org is a resource site that has information for system
architects, developers, managers and executives.
Web Services
dev2dev
Developer portal of particular interest to users of BEA
software.
developerWorks
XML Zone
IBM developerWorks has an
excellent series of articles about XML and Web services.
International .NET
Association
INETA is a non-profit user group for the .NET community.
It offers assistance to local user groups.
Java
Web Services Developer Pack
Sun's developer kit includes the JAX Pack, JavaServer Pages, standard tag library, Apache
Tomcat, a registry server and more. Free download.
LearnXmlws
Yasser Shahoud's site offers a book and presentations from conferences.
Useful info for C#, Visual Basic, .NET developers.
O'Reilly xml.com
The xml.com site is a web journal with an extensive collection of
articles by XML gurus.
The Server Side
This site provides in-depth information for J2EE
developers.
Web Services Developer Center (MSDN)
This is a principal resource for web services developers using Microsoft .NET.
WS-I Implementation Tools
WS-I working groups are developing testing tools and sample applications. Free downloads.
XML Web Services Security Forum
Security remains a hot topic for web services developers.
XML
Active Digital
Profiles
OASIS Provisioning Services Technical Committee has assumed responsibility
for Active Digital Profiles (using XML to share provisioning
information among business partners).
alphaWorks
XML Security Suite
IBM alphaWorks suite for using XML DSIGs (W3C XML
Digital Signatures).
antartic.ca
Tim Bray's brainchild is a visual Internet search directory.
Apache Cocoon
Cocoon is an XML publishing
framework from the Apache Software
Foundation. It emits HTML, PDF, WML, or SVG-formatted data. Cocoon uses pipelines and an
event-driven API to enable it to process large documents.
Apache XML Project
This is
an umbrella for several subprojects, including an open-source
parser, style sheet processor, and web publishing
framework.
BizTalk
BizTalk is a Microsoft's server for e-commerce. The
BizTalk site includes schemas for defining business-to-business
documents.
Business
Transactions (OASIS)
The OASIS Business Transactions Technical Committee defined a
specification for XML-based Internet
transaction processing.
Conformance Test
Suites
The W3C publishes XML conformance test suites for parser testing. The
suites contain over 2000 test files for determining conformance with
the XML specification.
Cover
Pages (W3C XML
Working Groups)
XML-related specifications are the product of W3C XML Working
Groups. The Cover Pages track those working groups' activities
and publications.
DAML
This is the site for DARPA Agent Markup Language. DAML provides a basic infrastructure that allows a machine to make the same sorts of simple inferences that human beings do.
dbXML
Database Server
The dbXML Project creates a core engine that's available under a GNU Public License.
ebXML Forum
This independent site is an excellent resource for the ebXML
community.
ebXML
Specifications for
XML-Enabled E-Business
This OASIS and United Nations initiative produced
specifications for a global e-business infrastructure.
Download the specifications and technical reports from the
ebXML site.
Exchange News as
XML
Check here for
specifications for exchanging news as XML (XMLNews).
Extensible Business Reporting
Language (XBRL)
XBRL is a
specification for a vocabulary for reporting business
information. It is a joint effort of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Canadian
Institute of Chartered Accountants, accounting firms, software
companies and financial organizations.
Fatdog XML Query Bean
Howard Katz's Java Bean for doing XML queries. It's free for
personal use.
Guide to XML and
Related Standards
The European Commission's Diffuse Project (Martin Bryan) provides
information
about standards and specifications for the electronic
exchange of information.
HTML Tidy
Use Dave Raggett's Tidy to convert HTML documents
to XML or XHTML.
Java API for Parsing XML (JAXP)
JAXP enables Java developers to parse documents
using SAX, DOM, and Namespaces.
Jaxen (XPath Engine)
Jaxen is a Java engine for evaluating XPath expressions across
different object models (DOM, JDOM, dom4j). Download the source code from
SourceForge.
JDOM
JDOM is a lightweight Java API for processing XML documents.
Jigsaw Server
Jigsaw is a web server that
is freely available from the W3C. It manages objects such as
text files and image files as resources, and uses frames to
contain information needed to serve resources. It uses JigXML
files to store resource metadata. Jigsaw 2.2 includes support
for WebDAV.
jXUL
This is the source code
repository for jXUL, an open source project for integrating
Java with a XML-based user interface language to provide
cross-platform user interfaces.
Literate
Programming for XML (xmLP)
LP enables developers to
embed code fragments in documentation. xmLP makes it easier
to create cross-reference hyperlinks using XSLT style sheets.
METS
The Metadata Encoding and
Transmission Standard (METS ) is an initiative of the Digital
Library Federation. It is a metadata standard for digital
library objects.
Miva
Commerce Server
Miva Empresa provides XML scripting, e-commerce, and database
support.
Music
Schema (MusiXML)
Gerd Castan's MusiXML is a
music notation vocabulary.
NIST
Conformance Test Suite
NIST offers a suite of 1000 tests jointly
developed with OASIS.
OAGIS Schemas
Open Application Group provides schemas for
application-to-application and B2B integration.
OASIS XML Industry Portal
The xml.org portal includes standard schemas and DTDs.
OilEd
This is the site for OilEd, an ontology editor that uses
DAML+OIL.
OpenLink Virtuoso
Virtuoso is an integration server that works with heterogeneous SQL
databases and stores native XML documents. It supports WebDAV and OpenLink
offers a free 3-client version.
Oracle XDK
The Oracle XML Developer Kit includes
parsers, class generators, Transviewer Beans, and an XSQL
Servlet. It
includes schema processors for Java,
C++, and C.
Palm
Pilot XML
This page explains XML development using Java on the
Palm Computing Platform.
PDOM
(Fraunhofer IPSI Persistent
DOM Engine)
A persistent DOM implementation for Java programs that need to store and query XML
documents. PDOM supports indexing, caching, and XQL. Free
download (registration required).
PerfectXML
Useful XML
community site.
Protégé 2000
This is a knowledge base and ontology editor developed at Stanford University. You can use it to create semantic web ontologies
with OWL. You'll need to install the Java VM.
QuiP
XQuery Processor
This is an XQuery processor from Software AG. Free download (32-bit Windows).
RDF
Test Suite
The RDF Interest Group has created a list of issues and test cases.
SAX for Java
Download Java classes that use an event-driven model for
parsing documents.
SAXON XSLT
Processor
Michael Kay's SAXON is an XSLT processor written in Java. It's
freely downloadable from SourceForge.
SAXPath: Simple API for XPath
SAXPath uses event-based callbacks and
provides a layer of abstraction over details of parsing.
SAXPath is available via an Apache-style open-source
license.
Schematron
Schematron from Rick Jelliffe is a free download. It's a structure validation language
based on finding patterns in documents.
Schema
Validator
The W3C provides this page to validate
your schemas for conformance with the W3C Schema
specification.
SMIL Information
Browse to the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) to learn about the
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). CWI is the
Netherlands' National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer
Science.
Software
AG Tamino
XML Database
Demo of the Tamino database server and a link to download the Bolero
Java classes.
Sun
XML Datatypes Library
A Java developer library for working with XML Schema.
Scalable Vector Graphics
(SVG) Test Suite
SVG is a 2D Web graphics standard and the W3C offers a downloadable SVG test suite.
SyncML
SyncML is a standard vocabulary for data
synchronization. This page includes links to download the
specs for the Synchronization Protocol Specification, Representation Protocol Specification,
and bindings for
HTTP, WSP, and OBEX.
TEXTML Server
TEXTML Server is
an embeddable XML content server. IXIASOFT offers a free download of TEXTML Server
Lite.
ToX Server
The University of Toronto's
ToX server is a repository for XML, virtual documents, and
metadata.
TranXML
Standard schemas for transport companies are downloadable from this site.
UK GovTalk (e-GIF)
The UK adopted XML as a standard for data
interchange. This site is
part of the UK e-Government Interoperability Framework
(e-GIF).
UNC
Document Collection
This site provides a collection of XML documents for software testing.
UPS
OnLine Tools
Tools for developers writing shipping applications. Free download.
US
XML.Gov
This multi-agency XML working group has white papers and tutorials about the use of XML in
government.
Visualize Topic Map
Visualization (XTMChart)
This tool from Intelligent Systems
Research provides a visual representation of Topic
Maps.
W4F
XML Gateway
Use this gateway to wrap HTML ( map HTML
output to XML).
W3C Patent Policy Working
Group
The W3C
chartered a working group to formulate its policy about
patents and licensing.
Web3D Consortium (VRML)
Check here to track VRML developments or read the ISO-IEC
standard for VRML.
WebEQ
Toolkit and Math Viewer
Decision Sciences' WebEQ
Toolkit includes a Page Viewer, input controls, wizards, and a
MathML-enabled equation editor for web pages. Download the
evaluation version or the free Math Viewer.
Web Services Resource Framework
This family of specifications re-factors the concepts and interfaces of the Open Grid Services Infrastructure. It also exploits newer specifications such as
WS-Addressing.
XChart Open Source
Medical Record
Jonathan Borden's initiative to create XML-based open-source
electronic medical records (under the auspices of Open
Healthcare Group).
X-Hive XQuery
Demo
Demo for X-Hive's implementation of XQuery that works with
a native XML
database (X-Hive/DB).
XHTML Validation
Service
Use this link to check pages for conformance with the HTML or XHTML
specs.
xmlBlaster
XML-based
message-oriented middleware (open source) written in Java.
XML Database Manager for
Java Developers
Bluestream Software XStreamDB is a Java product
for managing XML databases.
XMLdb
Portal
This POP3 portal plug-in extracts XML from e-mail
messages and inserts the content into SQL databases.
XML:DB Standards
Initiative
XML:DB is an initiative to
develop standards for open-source XML databases.
XML for Data
Analysis
This is a solution for for exposing OLAP and business intelligence data
using web services.
XML Modeling
David Carlson offers information about UML for modeling schemas.
XMLOne
This is an XML user group in Asia. It is supported by technology
companies, government and business professionals. It partnered with the
National Infocomm Competency Centre (NICC) to develop the Web Services Skills
Certification Framework.
XMLpitstop
David Silverlight has assembled an informative collection of examples,
articles, tutorials and other resources for XML and .NET developers.
XML Protocol
Requirements
Requirements defined by the W3C working group creating a protocol for simple XML-based messaging
using an RPC-style model.
XML Schemas:
Best Practices
Roger Costello offers best practices information for
developing XML schemas.
XML Schema
Quality Checker
IBM alphaWorks offers an XML Schema checker for Java.
XML Structural
Design Patterns
This site explains using patterns and
promotes an XML Structural Pattern
Language.
XML Times
Charles Goldfarb's news site provides information about the XML community.
XQuery
Demo
Browse here to test your queries using an implementation
of XQuery.
XSLT Benchmark
Kit
DataPower's XSLTMark is for benchmarking XSLT processors.
XSLT
Compiler (Apache)
The Sun XSLT Compiler was donated to Apache Software Foundation. It will compile style sheets
into Java classes called translets.
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