XML & Metadata

MetaTrieval Software Breaks Out of Stealth Mode - Releases Enterprise Ready MetaData Search and Query Tool for Relational Databases!

Every once in a great while a product comes along that genuinely makes life far easier and much more productive. Such a software product has just been released, solving one of the most important, but little appreciated problems confronting IT departments and other information-seeking business users: Finding and Retrieving Data Stored in Relational Databases. With MetaTrieve these tasks become exceedingly simple.

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Under the Hood: Oracle Berkeley DB XML

Storing an XML document in a relational database has its limitations. XML's hierarchical structures of elements and element attributes do not necessarily map well to relational database structures, which is where an embeddable (non-relational) XML database has its advantages over a relational database.

"Save as DAISY XML" Word plug-in gives blind users new hope

Last November, Microsoft announced it will be collaborating with the Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY) Consortium to create a free, downloadable plug-in for Microsoft Word. The plug-in is supposed to translate Open XML-based documents into DAISY XML in order to assist blind or print-disabled computer users to read and publish navigatable multimedia content.

Global Graphics sponsors Drupa PDF & XML Parc

Global Graphics Software (Cambridge, England) is sponsoring the drupa “PDF and XML Production Parc” in the dip (drupa innovation parc). It will showcase the company’s range of PDF, XPS and PostScript solutions for prepress, proofing, digital print and workflow applications.

A Series of Tubes #22 - Open Office XML and ISO approval

After months of deliberation International Standards Organisation national bodies, including Standards Australia, will convene this Friday to decide whether to support Ecma Open Office XML as a new global standard for document file formats.

Freeway Web site editor adds RSS Feed action

Softpress Systems on Thursday announced the release of Freeway 5.1, a new version of its Web design software for Mac OS X. A free update for 5.0 users, Freeway is available in Express and Pro versions for $79 or $249 respectively.

Microsoft loses key vote for Open XML

Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for Office Open XML to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards.

Ipedo Ships New Version of XML Intelligence Platform

Ipedo, a leading provider of information integration and intelligence software, today introduced the latest version of its award-winning XML Intelligence Platform™, incorporating several important new product enhancements to facilitate delivery of on-demand intelligence. Designed specifically to reduce the cost and complexity of information delivery and analysis, the Ipedo XML Intelligence Platform 3.5 now features graphical query and integration tools, XML content inspection rules and modules that use vertical industry standards to speed development.

Ipedo Ships New Version of XML Intelligence Platform

Ipedo, a leading provider of information integration and intelligence software, today introduced the latest version of its award-winning XML Intelligence Platform™, incorporating several important new product enhancements to facilitate delivery of on-demand intelligence. Designed specifically to reduce the cost and complexity of information delivery and analysis, the Ipedo XML Intelligence Platform 3.5 now features graphical query and integration tools, XML content inspection rules and modules that use vertical industry standards to speed development.

B2B Communications Made Simple with EDI-sphere

EDI-sphere integrates Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technology in the business environment and interoperates with Partners in any EDI format, such as X12, EDIFACT, XML, etc.

Free DAISY XML Export for Microsoft Word

Microsoft, Sonata, and DAISY have released a free Daisy XML converter, enabling users to save content in a format more accessible to the blind and print-disabled.

Canonical XML Version 1.1 Is a W3C Recommendation

The XML Core Working Group has published the W3C Recommendation of Canonical XML Version 1.1. Canonical XML Version 1.1 is a revision to Canonical XML Version 1.0 to address issues related to inheritance of attributes in the XML namespace when canonicalizing document subsets, including the requirement not to inherit

Global View: Lowering the Cost of EDI

With its EDI, Electronic Data Interchange, service contract up for renewal, Hudsons Bay (Hbc), Canadas largest department store retailer and oldest corporation, jumped at the chance to lower costs and improve communication with its 3,500 trading partners in North America. The EDI market costs have been coming down, and we wanted to make sure we benefited from the cost decrease over the market, says Mark Warren, general manager, information services for Oracle ERP and HR systems.

Schroder sells 3.6m Downer EDI shares

Schroder Investment Management sold 3,553,650 Downer EDI shares between April 17 and May 1, decreasing from 24,474,591 shares (7.53%) to 20,920,941 shares (6.43%).

Times RSS reader for Apple Mac OS X

Times is basically a new RSS reader for the Mac OS X platform. It has been designed to present the feeds in a newspaper like layout.

First on CNBC: Mercator Lines FY08 Report

Perspectives on the economy, with David Dietze, Point View Financial Services; John Bitner, Eastern Investment Advisors and CNBC's Joe Kernen

EDI Made Easy

(Business Wire) The ultimate goal of most small business owners is to see their products on the shelves of major retailers. In order to automate the transmission and receipt of any number of business documents

EDI Made Easy

(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ultimate goal of most small business owners is to see their products on the shelves of major retailers. In order to automate the transmission and receipt of any number of business documents

EDI Made Easy

The ultimate goal of most small business owners is to see their products on the shelves of major retailers. In order to automate the transmission and receipt of any number of business documents--including purchase orders, remittance advice, invoices, advance shipping notices, hang tags, labels, and catalogue updates--most suppliers and retailers use EDI, or Electronic Data Interchange. A vital business function, EDI is Greek to most small businesses and virtually impossible to perform internally without enormous expenditures of money and manpower.

EDI Made Easy

(Business Wire) -- The ultimate goal of most small business owners is to see their products on the shelves of major retailers. In order to automate the transmission and receipt of any number of business documents--including purchase orders, remittance advice, invoices, advance shipping notices, hang tags, labels, and catalogue updates--most suppliers and retailers use EDI, or Electronic Data Interchange. A vital business function, EDI is Greek to most small businesses and virtually impossible to perform internally without enormous expenditures of money and manpower.

Sony Wi-Fi photo frame sups on RSS too

Electronic photo frames with LCD displays for showing off endless loops of photos you couldn't be bothered printing are very hit and miss in general, but Sony's latest has a little more going for it.

EDI Made Easy

EasyLink Services International Corporation Announces Record Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal 2008

Bugzilla XML-RPC Interface Bug Lets Remote Users Create Confirmed Bugs

Description: A vulnerability was reported in Bugzilla. A remote authenticated user can create confirmed bug reports.

Ingram Micro Grabs IBM By The RSS

IBM Australia (IBM) has confirmed the appointment of Ingram Micro Australia as an IBM Business Partner distributor for its Retail Store Solutions (RSS) business, offering the complete point-of-sale and kiosk product suit to Ingram Micro Australia resellers.