XML & Metadata

XML Maven Goes to Google to Fight the iPhone

XML co-creator Tim Bray has fled Sun and Oracle - where he says he could have stayed - for Google Android and the title developer advocate to stick it to iPhone, which he labels a closed "sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord's pleasure and fear his anger. I hate it....Apple apparently thinks you can have the benefits of the Internet while at the same time controlling what programs can be run and what parts of the stack can be accessed and what developers can say to each other. I think they're wrong and see this job as a chance to help prove it."

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New Mercator report explores cloud computing, POS innovation

Boston, March 19, 2010 -- A revolution is underway at the point-of-sale (POS). For merchants in several segments, solutions for payment acceptance need to be more sophisticated and more functional than ever. Along with the new demands of the merchant market, the payments industry has begun to explore new options for solution delivery.

New Ways to Read Messaging News: Twitter, Facebook, and RSS

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Eaton unveils content syndication program to generate power leads

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation, which has been growing its market presence in the power space, has announced the launch of an online tool to help its VARs generate real-time sales leads. Available to members of Eaton's PowerAdvantage Partner Program, it is designed to generate demand by syndicating dynamic digital content about Eaton's products and solutions and instantly displaying the content on participating resellers' Web sites with an easy-to-set-up, professional Eaton brand showcase.

Boy, 15, accused in attack on girl following text exchange

Messages flew back and forth Wednesday afternoon between 15-year-old Josie Lou Ratley and 15-year-old Wayne Treacy while she was in school and he was at home.

Using a hybrid XSLT solution to send an email

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RSS M-48 Personal Mixing System Live on NAACP Image Awards

The 2010 NAACP Image Awards were broadcast on FOX on February 26 live from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with audio production services provided by ATK AudioTek of Valencia, CA.

Jump-start Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 Knowledge Management Using Pre-defined Taxonomy Metadata

Layer2, the SharePoint Experts from Hamburg (Germany) announced a strategic partnership with WAND, Inc. - one of the leading providers of enterprise taxonomies - to offer pre-defined Taxonomy Metadata for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

SA is not investing enough in electricity distribution ? EDI

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Create an RSS feed in Notes/Domino 8 with XML

I've found a simple solution to develop an RSS feed application in Louts Notes/Domino. The application will push RSS threads to subscribers. The design elements that are included in the application are as follows:

Syncro Soft Announces New Editions of XML Editor and Author

Syncro Soft Ltd, the developer of Oxygen XML Editor and Author, has announced the immediate availability of version 11.2 of its XML Editor and XML Author tools. The Oxygen XML tools combine content author features like the CSS driven Visual XML editor with a fully featured XML development environment, and includes ready-to-use support for the main document frameworks DITA, DocBook, TEI, and XHTML, as well as support for all XML Schema languages, XSLT/XQuery debuggers, WSDL analyzer, XML Databases, XML Diff and Merge, Subversion client and more.

Jump-Start Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Knowledge Management Using Pre-Defined Taxonomy Metadata

Hamburg, Germany, March 18, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Microsoft SharePoint technology is increasingly used in SMEs and larger companies as a business collaboration platform for the enterprise and the web, to connect and empower people, to cut costs with a unified infrastructure, to implement solutions for collaboration, document management, enterprise content and records management, business intelligence, forms service and company-wide search. Knowledge Management and Social Networking are unleashed with the upcoming new version of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. SharePoint 2010 now offers managed taxonomies and folksonomies, expertise finding, content rating, and commenting. Enterprise metadata management is a new set of features introduced with SharePoint 2010 that enable taxonomists, category managers, and administrators to create and manage

Using a hybrid XSLT solution to send an email

When I was in college, it was common to learn more than one programming language at a time, and it was just as common to accidentally switch languages mid-program.

Syncro Soft releases Oxygen XML Editor, Oxygen XML Author 11.2

Syncro Soft (http://www.oxygenxml.com) has released version 11.2 of its XML Editor and XML Author containing a set of tools supporting all the XML related technologies.

Eaton Launches Content Syndication Program For IT Resellers To Drive Real-Time Sales Leads

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation recently announced it has launched an online tool to help its information technology (IT) value-added resellers generate real-time sales leads. The program, which is available to members of Eaton's award-winning PowerAdvantage Partner Program, can help generate demand by syndicating dynamic digital content about Eaton's products and solutions and instantly displaying the content on participating resellers' Web sites with an easy-to-set-up, professional Eaton brand showcase.

Mercator agrees sale of New Mexico Copper Company

UK-based mineral and precious metal mining company Mercator Gold plc (LSE:MCR) said on Tuesday that it has entered into a binding heads of agreement to sell its US subsidiary New Mexico Copper Company Inc (NMCC).

Mercator agrees sale of New Mexico Copper Company - Zibb.com

UK-based mineral and precious metal mining company Mercator Gold plc (LSE:MCR) said on Tuesday that it has entered into a binding heads of agreement to sell its US subsidiary New Mexico Copper Company Inc (NMCC).

Syncro Soft Announces New Release of Oxygen XML Editor and Oxygen XML Author

Syncro Soft Ltd, the producer of Oxygen XML Editor and Author, has announced the immediate availability of version 11.2 of its XML Editor and XML Author containing a comprehensive set of tools supporting all the XML related technologies. Oxygen combines content author features like the CSS driven Visual XML editor with a fully featured XML development environment. It has ready to use support for the main document frameworks DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML and also includes support for all XML Schema languages, XSLT/XQuery Debuggers, WSDL analyzer, XML Databases, XML Diff and Merge, Subversion client and more.

Mercator agrees sale of New Mexico Copper Company

UK-based mineral and precious metal mining company Mercator Gold plc (LSE:MCR) said on Tuesday that it has entered into a binding heads of agreement to sell its US subsidiary New Mexico Copper Company Inc (NMCC).

Colonial falls below 5% in Downer EDI

Colonial First State Investments Ltd sold a net of 287,252 shares between November 11, 2009 and March 11, 2010 and fell below 5% in Downer EDI Ltd on March 12, 2010, ceasing to be a substantial shareholder.

Mercator stake for sale shrinks to 16 pct -paper

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Mercator stake for sale shrinks to 16 pct -paper

LJUBLJANA, March 17 (Reuters) - The stake of top Slovenian food retailer Mercator offered for sale shrank to 16 percent after two more local banks decided to pull out of the tender, the Dnevnik daily newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Financial Times launches new content syndication platform

The Financial Times has announced the launch of a new online syndication platform for publishers with FT syndication agreements. The new service, offering up to 20% more FT content than before, provides FT syndication customers with advanced features to help them find and make best use of FT journalism that is most relevant to their requirements.

"Metadata, Is That What It's Called?"

As much as I love what I do, I'm equally grateful to be away from the job, so I can deflate the overloaded world of data and return to my friends and pedestrian pursuits.