Principled use of RDF/XML

Everyone loves to hate RDF/XML. Indeed many have argued that RDF/XML is responsible for holding back semantic web adoption. I'm not sure that I fully agree with that (there's a lot of other issues to consider) but its certainly awkward to work with if you're trying to integrate both RDF and XML tools into your … Continue reading Principled use of RDF/XML →

XForms on the Intranet

Elliotte Harold has published a nice introduction to XForms in Firefox on IBM developerWorks. In the conclusion he notes that: Client-side XForms processing won't be possible for public-facing sites until XForms is more widely deployed in browsers. However, that doesn't mean you can't deploy it on your intranet today. If you're already using Firefox (and … Continue reading XForms on the Intranet →

XML Hypertext: Not Dead, Merely Resting?

"The dreams of XML hypertext are dead, or at least thoroughly dormant" Simon St Laurent's XML.com article on XQuery is an interesting read. But I think the above statement is worth discussing. Is XML hypertext really dead? Or, if its dormant, is it going to remain so? Firstly what is XML hypertext? I presume from … Continue reading XML Hypertext: Not Dead, Merely Resting? →

Messages From the Future

On the Web, you need to be able to process messages from the future. Interesting post from Mark Baker about XML validation and web services: Validation considered harmful

OpenDocument and XMP

This is the second part of my look at XMP. This time I'm focusing on the potential for using XMP as the metadata format for OpenDocument (ODF). This is part of a broader discussion to help define the future direction for the ODF metadata format, one proposal on the table is to use RDF, via … Continue reading OpenDocument and XMP →

Looking at XMP

I've been taking a look at XMP as I've been considering different ways to "enrich" content. Embedding metadata is one option and XMP aims to fulfill the role of a metadata format suitable for embedding in a diverse range of media formats. It's also under discussion as way to embed metadata in the OpenDocument format. … Continue reading Looking at XMP →

Florescu: Re-evaluating the Big Picture

Ken North just posted this email to XML-DEV drawing attention to a presentation by Daniela Florescu titled Declarative XML Processing with XQuery -- Re-evaluating the Big Picture (Warning: PDF). It makes for interesting reading. In the presentation, Florescu argues that XML is in a growth crisis and that there's a need for more architectural work … Continue reading Florescu: Re-evaluating the Big Picture →

Goodbye XML-Deviant

I see Micah's latest XML-Deviant is up on XML.com this week, and its also to be the last in the series. It's a shame to see it go as I've enjoyed reading the column over the last few years. I also thoroughly enjoyed contributing to the column during my own period of XML-Deviancy. But all … Continue reading Goodbye XML-Deviant →

Simple List Extensions Critique

Some thoughts on the Simple List Extensions Specification. I've been waiting a few days as I wanted to get a feel for what problems are being addressed by the new module; it's not clear from the specification itself. Dare Obasanjo has summarised the issues, so I now feel better armed to comment. My first bits … Continue reading Simple List Extensions Critique →

XTech Day Three

Belatedly (I only got back from Amsterdam last Monday), here are some notes from XTech Day 3. On the Friday morning I initially attended two talks about RDF frameworks, firstly Dave Beckett's Bootstrapping RDF applications with Redland and then David Wood's introduction to Kowari: A Platform for Semantic Web Storage and Analysis. I've not really … Continue reading XTech Day Three →