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XML, already widely accepted, could become the world's dominant data format. But many obstacles remain to be overcome before XML can fulfill its potential.

The Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) W3C recommendation was created as a means to display XML data. The recommendation includes a transformation language (XSLT) and formatting object (or output format) language […]

The XSLT version 1.0 language definition has been an official recommendation of the W3C since 1999. Its use has expanded dramatically in the past 18 months, for processing XML and […]

There are some definite indications that concrete is going high-tech. And it's more than the number of pagers, cell phones, PDAs, and GPS devices found among the fixed assets of [...]

Despite a challenge from a low-cost alternative for sending standard formatted supply chain messages between companies, electronic data interchange isn't going away anytime soon. It works and it's here to [...]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published a new standard that will enable users to employ XML in new ways, such as in smartphones, embedded systems and a range [...]

The World Wide Web Consortium has announced the availability of a new tool, called XProc, 'for managing XML-rich processes such as business processes used in enterprise computing environments.' 'The specification, [...]

In an ominous sign for Microsoft's growth prospects in emerging regions, countries that represent the world's fastest growing tech markets voted against accepting the company's latest Microsoft Office document format […]

XML COMPLIANT E-DISCOVERY Clearwell Systems Inc., Mountain View, Calif., reports that version 3.0 of the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform is compliant with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Projects Extensible Markup [...]

The outcome is still up in the air, but Microsoft is claiming another step toward victory in its effort to get its default Office document standard -- Office Open XML […]

Microsoft's defeat in failing to win enough international support for its draft Office Open XML (OOXML) file format as an ISO standard may not be the end of the road […]

Andrew Updegrove, an attorney with Gesmer Updegrove in Boston, a firm that advises industry consortia on how to formulate industry standards, has tracked the ISO vote and noted that Open […]

Microsft loses US Office Open XML vote John-Paul Kamath Microsoft has lost a key vote for its Office Open XML (OOXML) to be accepted as an alternative to the OpenDocument […]

Recently, there's been a great deal of hand wringing over the possibility that Microsoft's Office Open XML document format might be ratified as an ISO standard. The critics also have […]

One of the most chilling concepts of George Orwell's novel '1984' is 'Newspeak.' In Newspeak, the language is constantly being cropped of words that might lead to 'thoughtcrimes.' If you […]

A bill supporting open formats for the storage of New York state governmental documents has been filed by the state's Governmental Operations Committee chairwoman, making the Empire State the latest […]

Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Members of e-business standards organisation Oasis have approved a new trading standard. Dell, Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems, among others, have agreed to support the new XML-based standard, […]

Microsoft has hit back at critics, including IBM, which voted against approving the software company's Office OpenXML format as an Ecma standard, claiming it is nothing more than a vendor-dictated […]

The World Wide Web Consortium released new editions of four core XML specifications on Aug. 16. The Cambridge, Mass.-based standards body announced the release of the fourth edition of XML […]

Major suppliers line up behind SMLTash Shifrin and Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukTen major IT suppliers have teamed up to promote a new language to describe system information about networks, applications, servers and […]

Microsoft Corp. is welcoming Ecma International's acceptance of its application to turn its Office Open XML Formats into a standard, but some analysts, lawyers and other companies aren't so welcoming. […]

The controversy over office document formats heated up again this month when Microsoft and Massachusetts tangled over the state's firm intention to standardize on the OpenOffice.org XML format. Personally, I […]

Rising above the bickering of competing syndication format loyalists, the IETF on Wednesday approved the Atom 1.0 data format as a "proposed standard." Atom is an alternative format to RSS […]

l FSA and the Inland Revenue have delayed roll-out of XBRLl Standard is unlikely to be in widespread use until October 2005 Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk XBRL, the XML standard which […]

Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published three new web services XML standards to make it easier to deliver and manage data. W3C said the standards […]

A new version of the Interactive Financial Exchange (IFX) specification-an XML-enabled standard for payments-was released earlier this month, following the June release of the International Standards Team Harmonization (ISTH)-sanctioned payment [...]

The movement toward improving the timeliness and accuracy of business reporting got a big boost last month when the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it is assessing for registrant [...]

Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk The HR-XML Consortium has formed a European chapter in a bid to drive the development and adoption of HR-XML standards The consortium is developing a standard suite […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Tuesday announced that it has published two key pieces of the Speech Interface Framework-- VoiceXML 2.0 and the Speech Recognition Grammar Specification. Officials […]

XML and web services are promising technologies that could revolutionise small business interactions - but approach them with caution, warns Danny Bradbury Eric Sigurdson fires up his PC every morning […]

The financial services industry appears to be lagging behind other industries in embracing extensible markup language standards for payment-related demands of electronic commerce, according to a recent study from The [...]

After a long period of hype around Web services, the Web Services-Interoperability organization last week announced the official delivery of WS-I Basic Profile 1.0. WS-I BP 1.0 is a set […]

While the Web Services Interoperability Organization has released its most important deliverable to date, developers are looking for more leadership from the group. Last week, at the XML Web Services […]

With the ISO XML Working Group 11 slated to begin replacing its predecessor, the ISO XML Working Group 10, in the third quarter, the group's focus will be on market [...]

In response to demand from vendors and potential users, MDDL.org, the organization that is managing the development of the XML-based market data definition language (MDDL), is seeking to standardize corporate [...]

FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) last week released FIX 4.4, which will likely be the last version of the protocol before FIX and Swift begin the convergence of their message types [...]

Daniel Thomas Hopes for a single XML standard across the retail industry were boosted last week when three leading software providers successfully completed XML messaging interoperability trials. The EBXML (Electronic […]