XML is a language designed to standardize the communication at the message level. As shown in Figure 2a, the AGML schema describes a precise structural relationship between <spot> and its attributes.

With the XML schema, Web developers will be able to better define strings of characters in a document, for example, whether a number is an integer or a date.

The World Wide Web Consortium standards group has approved the XML Schema specification. If the standard is adopted by businesses, it will allow them to communicate and conduct transactions ...

I propose a different approach that uses XML (and XML Schema) in concert with Java. My solution will be detailed fully in the next two articles of the series, but I’ll introduce it now.

Microsoft is often criticized for the proprietary technology tactics it uses to protect its desktop software dominance. Freely licensing the schema for Office 2003’s XML implementation is a step ...