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"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.

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.

New chemicals shield 'genome guardian'

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New online stem cell patent database

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New horizons in the creation of synthetic enzymes

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New genetic marker of risk for breast cancer discovered

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Discovery of new genetic links to psoriasis

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Tasmanian devil Cedric could save his species

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Mitosis gets harder thanks to new gene discovery

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Understanding XML

The previous issue of this magazine contained many articles about how to exploit the new XML data management capabilities delivered by DB2 9 for Linux, Unix, and Windows. This issue's article by Craig Mullins describes the new and improved XML support in DB2 9 for z/OS (now in beta). But some of you may not be ready to use DB2 9’s XML-related features, either because you’re not certain what XML is to begin with, or because you may not see a connection between DB2 9’s capabilities and your organization’s needs. You are the people I have in mind as I write this column. I want you to understand XML concepts and lingo, and I want you to see that XML almost certainly is — or soon will be — important to your organization.

Scala and XML: XML processing made easy

Scala is a popular new programming language that runs on the Javaâ„¢ Virtual Machine (JVM.) Scala compiles into byte-code and thus it can leverage the Java programming language. Its syntax, however, makes it a powerful alternative to Java code in certain scenarios. One of those scenarios is XML processing. Scala lets you navigate and process parsed XML in several ways. It also has first class support for XML built right in, so you don't need to create strings of XML or programmatically build DOM trees. In this article, you will see these aspects of Scala in action and see how Scala can make working with XML a joy to do.

Retrieve XML data values with XQuery in SQL Server 2005

When Microsoft released SQL Server 2005, it introduced a new data type: XML. As with other SQL Server data types, you can use the XML data type to define columns, variables and parameters for stored procedures and user-defined functions, and you can access XML data in its entirety -- that is, as a single value -- just like you would an XML document. However, as is the case with an XML document, there might be times when you want to access only specific values within the XML data. And that's where XQuery comes in.

Working with XML Data Using LINQ, a TreeView, and a ListView :: Displaying Data

With more and more data being stored in XML, web applications today commonly need some way to view and edit the data stored in an XML file from a web page interface. If the XML data is relatively "flat" and tabular in nature, we can use data Web controls like the DataGrid, GridView, and Repeater. (See Quickly Editing XML Data for an example of editing XML data through a DataGrid control.) But what if the XML data is more hierarchical and in a less tabular format? Consider a company-wide phone book, which is recursively structured into branches and departments, subdepartments, and so forth. How can this XML data, which can have any number of nodes and any level of children, be displayed and edited through a web page? More...

REG-Rambler Media Limited Rambler Announces the Launch of Its New Hybrid Search Engine

LONDON--(Business Wire)-- Rambler Announces the Launch of Its New Hybrid Search Engine Rambler Media Ltd. ("Rambler"), operating one of Russia's most popular internet brands, today announces the launch of the beta version of its new hybrid search engine, available at beta.rambler.ru. The Beta testing process will allow Rambler and its users to assess and enhance the new service before it replaces the current search system on its homepage. The launch of Rambler's new hybrid search engine is part of the company's strategy to focus on the three areas that matter the most to internet users: search, communication and news. It is the first of several new products to be rolled out by Rambler in 2008 and successfully combines universal horizontal search capabilities with a specialized vertical structure.

''The New Sendmail'' Announces Two New Message Processors: a VMware-Based Virtual Appliance (MPV) and a Quantum Message Processor (MPQ)

''The New Sendmail'' Announces Two New Message Processors: a VMware-Based Virtual Appliance (MPV) and a Quantum Message Processor (MPQ)

Mt Washington announces new home insurance program for New Hampshire

Insurance services provider, Mt Washington Assurance has introduced Mt Washington Peak Protection Program, its new home insurance program for New Hampshire.

XML is fun

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New England Foundation for the Arts

(SkyNewswire.com)-- Boston, MA - The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) has announced the public launch of CultureCount, New England's Cultural Database. This online resource, located at www.culturecount.org, is the only comprehensive and consistent data collection resource for New England's cultural nonprofits, businesses, and professionals. Constantly updated and expanded, CultureCount's local data supplements the federal data analyzed by NEFA in research reports on the creative sector and fits within the definitional structure outlined in its recently released report The Creative Economy: A New Definition. That report provides important economic data on a significant portion of New England's labor force.

New Google Search Tool Alarms Publishers

Some large online publishers are expressing initial wariness about Google's new "search within a search" feature, which some feel could diminish their role in directing users around their sites, according to the New York Times. Google's new service is touted as a way to help users find specific items within sites like Wikipedia, NYT.com, WashingtonPost.com, Wal-Mart, among many others. When a user enters a search on Google for one of those kinds of sites, Google then offer another search box that lets users to seek out subjects within those sites.

New Google Search Tool Finds Web Publishers' Concerns

imageSome large online publishers are expressing initial wariness about Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) new “search within a search� feature, which some feel could diminish their role in directing users around their sites, according to the New York Times. Google’s new service is touted as a way to help users find specific items within sites like Wikipedia, NYT.com, WashingtonPost.com, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), among many others. When a user enters a search on Google for one of those kinds of sites, Google then offer another search box that lets users to seek out subjects within those sites.

Last Call: XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1

The XML Core Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1. This specification defines the XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1, which allows elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create and describe links between resources. It uses XML syntax to create structures that can describe links similar to the simple unidirectional hyperlinks of today's HTML, as well as more sophisticated links. Comments are welcome through 16 May. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

XProc: An XML Pipeline Language Draft Published

The XML Processing Model Working Group has published a Working Draft of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language. This specification describes the syntax and semantics of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language, a language for describing operations to be performed on XML documents. Pipelines are made up of simple steps which perform atomic operations on XML documents and constructs similar to conditionals, iteration, and exception handlers, which control which steps are executed. The status section of the document lists the most important changes since the previous draft. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity.

Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0

The Efficient XML Interchange Working Group has published a Working Draft of Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0. This document is the specification of the Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) format. EXI is a very compact representation for the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Information Set that is intended to simultaneously optimize performance and the utilization of computational resources. The EXI format uses a hybrid approach drawn from the information and formal language theories, plus practical techniques verified by measurements, for entropy encoding XML information. Using a relatively simple algorithm, which is amenable to fast and compact implementation, and a small set of data types, it reliably produces efficient encodings of XML event streams.

Last Call: Basic XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0

The XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Working Group has published two documents: the Last Call Working Draft of Basic XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0 and an ordinary Working Draft of Advanced XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Version 1.0. The first specification provides a set of basic XML Schema 1.0 patterns known to be interoperable between state of the art databinding implementations.The patterns may be used to describe XML 1.0 representations of commonly used data structures. Last Call comments are welcome through 30 April. The second specification provides a set of commonly used XML Schema 1.0 patterns known to cause issues with some state of the art databinding implementations. Learn more about the Web Services Activity.

EB: Photoshop plug-in accelerates car HMI development

EB presents a new Adobe Photoshop plug-in for EB GUIDE Studio that enables direct access to designs from Photoshop. With the Photoshop plug-in, you can now import graphics into EB GUIDE Studio for further editing. This saves time for both designers and developers and thus accelerates the development of human machine interfaces. The data transfer process takes place in two steps: The script first exports layer and graphical material from Photoshop which is then stored temporarily in an XML file. From the XML file, the EB GUIDE Studio plug-in then generates graphical control elements, which the user can utilise as buttons, sliders, animated widgets or full views in EB GUIDE Studio.

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