XML: An API for Every Web Site
There is a lot of interest in, and even more confusion over, XML--what it is and how to prepare for it. Is XML a standard? A new way to format Web pages? Yet another language to code? None of the above? The answer to each of these questions is "sort of." To boil down the concept to one sentence, XML is like an API for potentially every Web site. CMP Network Computing
ReadXML: Revenge of the Nerds
Despite the enabling nature of open networks and the explosion of Internet users and uses, the pace of application development has been decidedly slow. It's not much easier to develop an enterprise-class application now than it was 10 years ago, and there's little reason to believe that's going to change any time soon. It's hard to imagine drawing a geometric line on a chart and calling it "IT Productivity Gains" without provoking belly laughs. CMP Network Computing
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