Wednesday, June 5, 2002

RTF to XML Case Study: How to convert Word (RTF) documents to XML for auto publication. Top XML Jun 5 2002 7:34AM ET [Moreover - XML and metadata news] Since RTF is a native format on OS X it can be pretty handy to be able to convert to XML so that you can easily publish to the web. I wasn't aware of the tool used in this article, but it looks like it might be decent and an OS X version that runs from the command line is available. 12:23:12 PM     Godot is Here Godot is Here. After a gestastion period longer than the spiny dogfish, Mozilla 1.0 is birthed. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] I already posted about this, but I thought the Samuel Beckett reference too amusing and appropriate to pass this by. 12:15:08 PM     Mira - aimed at home users - won't work with XP Home Mira device won't work with XP Home. Mira, a portable wireless flat-panel display designed by Microsoft for home users, will not be compatible with the Windows XP Home Edition, a company executive says. [CNET News.com] You know, I was wondering about this. I have a laptop with Windows XP Home on it and I thought it strange that they would talk up this device that relied on features that weren't in the Home version of Windows XP. It's going to be interesting to hear the thud when this thing hits the market. Microsoft is truly clueless if they think people are going to buy this for the home at a price point of $500-$800. Oh of course you also have to upgrade to XP Pro too, so another $200 please. This has flop written all over it. I feel sorry for the hardware partners that Microsoft is suckering into selling these things. I'm sure Microsoft worked it so that all the risk lies on their partners shoulders. Hopefully by the time these start showing up on auction sites for $50, someone will have hacked them to act as remote X terminals or something. I'd buy one for that since I'm a sucker for toys, even though I doubt I'd use it that much. Tablets are a cool idea, but they just never seem to really work very well. Someday someone will figure it out, but neither Mira nor the Tablet PC really has anything substantially innovative about them to solve the problems. It's really quite pathetic. 11:48:34 AM     Mozilla 1.0 - Never thought I'd see the day Mozilla 1.0 released [MacCentral] It's been a long time coming but the Mozilla project has finally shipped something with a 1.0 version number. Mozilla has taken more then its share of heat in the last few years, but now with Netscape and AOL switching over and outstanding projects like Chimera being developed it's all finally paying off. Kudos to the whole Mozilla team for the release. This is turning out to be a big week for web browsers on the Mac OS X platform. A final Mozilla, a final Omniweb 4.1 and a new iCab release. It's exciting to see competition again. 11:23:36 AM     CNet and Jobs CNet is running a pretty interesting interview with Steve Jobs. He talks about Apple's new found focus on standards(mostly recently MPEG4) and their about face in regard to LCDs and the new eMac. 11:10:33 AM

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Resume:

Software:

Xindice (Formally dbXML)

Xindice XML-RPC Interface

Xindice HTTP Interface

XML:DB API Reference Implementation

Jive XML Database Port

FreeDB CD Database to XML Data Generator

Writing:

Introduction to Native XML Databases (xml.com)

Introduction to dbXML (xml.com)

An Introduction to the XML:DB API (xml.com)

Xindice Users Guide

Xindice Developers Guide

Xindice Administrators Guide

XML:DB API Specification

XML:DB API Use Cases

XUpdate Use Cases

ICEPick Peer to Peer Personalization

Presentations:

Native XML Databases Why Bother?
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