What is hot in XML these days? I have been to a few conferences and meetings, talked with many clients, participated in various research projects, and developed case studies on emerging approaches to XML adoption. DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) is hot
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What’s Hot in XML? Workshop on Smart Content Describes Leading-Edge Content Applications
Qizx is an embeddable, high-speed, native XML indexing and query engine written in Java (TM), with the querying and processing capabilities of a fully fledged XML Query implementation. ——————————————— What is new in version 4.1: * Qizx Server can now be installed in a few clicks thanks to a control tool that supports https, user accounts, handling of Windows services and firewall.
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[ANN] Qizx 4.1 released
I’m pleased to announce the first draft for the EXPath ZIP Module specification is now available at: http://expath.org/spec/zip To quote from the spec: ‘This specification defines a set of functions to read and write ZIP files structure and actual content. It has been designed as a general ZIP tool set for XPath , while it is expected to be particularly useful with document package formats based on XML and ZIP, as for instance [EPUB], [Open XML], and [OpenDocument].’ Though this is a collaborative work, the original design and implementation for this module was by Florent Georges. Florent’s Saxon ( Java ) implementation is currently the only free implementation of this specification that’s available
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[ANN] First draft of EXPath ZIP Module specification
As you know WCF supports three types of message encodings (Encoding is the process of converting serialized object graph data into a format that can be transmitted over a network or saved to a file for later retrieval. Encoded data can be fed into a deserializer…( read more )
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Comparing WCF Message Encoding Options
Training Lessons Learned: Interactivity (Selena Marie Deckelmann) — again I see parallels between how the best school teachers work and the best trainers. I was working with a group of people with diverse IT backgrounds, and often, I asked individuals to try to explain in their own words various terms (like “transaction”). This helped engage the students in a..
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Four short links: 8 October 2010
Read part 1 here , part 2 here or part 3 here . This is a sort of summary post of my MVVM Pattern 101 series, talking about the frameworks available for MVVM development. There are many open-source frameworks available for MVVM-based development.
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Model-View-ViewModel Pattern 101 (Part 4)
One of my favorite people to speak with in the search space is Stephen Arnold . He’s zany. He’s curmudgeonly. And he’s been doing search, well, forever so there’s not much that he doesn’t know. He’s a prolific blogger on his Beyond Search blog. If you ever get the chance to hear him give a speech, you should take it. He’s a delightful speaker as well. In June of 2008, I did an interview with Stephen for his excellent Search Wizards Speak series. Last week, I sat with down Stephen and did another interview that he’s released as a podcast, here . It’s 25 minutes long and we talk about MarkLogic, unstructured information, XML as a data model as opposed to an ultimate purpose, our target markets, and NoSQL. At the end, Stephen — who suddenly claims to be a distant relative — even asks about MarkLogic’s prospects for an IPO.
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Chatting with Stephen Arnold (podcast)
Observe the difference between these two requirements: When the user closes the lid, the laptop goes to sleep. Versus When the lid is closed, the laptop is asleep. It is the same as the difference between these two implementations: public class LaptopPowerManagerEventDriven { private bool _sleeping = false ; public LaptopPowerManagerEventDriven( LaptopLid lid) { lid.Closed += () => _sleeping = true ; lid.Opened += () => _sleeping = false ; } public bool Sleeping { get { return _sleeping; } } } Versus public class LaptopPowerManagerDependencyDriven { private LaptopLid _lid; public LaptopPowerManagerDependencyDriven( LaptopLid lid) { _lid = lid; } public bool IsSleeping { get { return _lid.IsClosed; } } } I don’t have any inside information regarding how OS X or Windows implement power management, but I can guess which one uses which approach
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The meaning of “when”
(Revised 10/12/10) In a surprising move, HP announced that it has appointed former SAP executive Léo Apotheker as CEO. In addition, HP has appointed former Oracle executive and Kleiner Perkins partner Ray Lane to its board of directors and named him to the position of non-executive chairman.
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HP Names Former SAP Executive Léo Apotheker as CEO
Just a quick post to highlight our upcoming Digital Publishing Summit on October 28th, 2010 at the lovely Plaza Hotel in New York City. Register here if you’re planning on attending. If you’ve not yet decided to come, here are some reasons that you might: Hear the wonderful speaker, Chris Andersen , editor in chief of Wired , author of The Long Tail and Free , and more recently author of the Wired cover story The Web is Dead, Long Live the Internet . Hear from the brilliant, avuncular David Worlock as he discusses his latest thoughts of the ongoing transition of the media and publishing industry
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Attend the MarkLogic Digital Publishing Summit 10/28/10 at the Plaza Hotel in NYC
