With so many versions of XML being promoted, it’s no surprise that a standard for the standard was announced today. The Business Internet Consortium (BIC) released its publication of a “conceptual ...

XML’s emergence did not initially make our lives easier—at best, they did not change much. We quickly started writing our many data formats using angle brackets, which looked neat, but did not make ...

The XML revolution at Microsoft has come a long way since the days when Bill Gates allegedly dismissed it as being "just plain text." These days it seems like XML is everywhere, including the new ...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is offering a public training workshop on the Global Justice XML Data Model (Global JXDM) -- the Global JXDM Practical Implementer's ...

With so many versions of XML being promoted by different groups, it’s no surprise that a standardized method of implementing the would-be technical standard was proposed last week. The Business ...

Six states will receive Justice Department funding for pilot projects aimed at improving their information-sharing systems. The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices announced ...

Although Missouri's initiative to integrate its court systems is still underway, the show-me state is probably ahead of the national curve based on the sheer scale of its XML data exchange project, ...

An XML document is a great way to represent information. But some characters, such as the ampersand, can be problematic because they have special meaning. Here is how to avoid the pitfalls presented ...