Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Tanga: XML without the angle braces NBML -> Tanga. NBML is alive and renamed. The current working title for the project is Tanga rather than the hard to remember... [<big>kev's</big> catalogue of this and that.] From the sourceforge page: Tanga is an XML parser that allows XML to be inputted in a concise syntax designed to be easier on the eye. Tanga XML enforces good style and removes syntactical noise. See Tanga Wiki for details. Interesting, reminds me of the triplet notation that RDF people use in order to avoid using the XML notation. May be useful for quick coding.   2:10:54 PM    comment []

an good XML editor as an Eclipse plugin A buddy for a buddy. böttch has found a new XML editor that seems to fit his needs. Having resisted paying for the seemingly-bloated XMLSpy... [<big>kev's</big> catalogue of this and that.] I don't use Eclipse, but if I install it someday, I'll give this a try. 2:04:56 PM    comment []

Mozilla as a SOAP client Mozilla -> Axis -> EJB. I've just finish converting an application from Mozilla -> XML-RPC -> EJB to Mozilla -> Axis -> EJB and it's... [<big>kev's</big> catalogue of this and that.] I just discovered big Kev from Russel's Blog and I subscribed to his feed: lots of good stuff there. The flurry of projects on Mozdev was just the start. Now that Moz has SOAP libraries, we should see many interesting stuff coming out with Moz as a client or P2P platform. 1:53:52 PM    comment []

SI could lead the path to service oriented architecture SIs retool Web services. SIs retool Web services - Large SIs (systems integrators), including Accenture, IBM Consulting, EDS, and Dimension Data are forging industry-specific business processes and frameworks for Web services environments. Based on existing Web services toolkits and standards, the frameworks aim to solve specific vertical industry business problems and address BPM (business process management) concerns. Collaxa's Take:We met with an customer on Friday that made an interesting comment: "We believe in the theoretical value of web services but do not really know how and where to get started". It is not really easy to start adopting a new architectural style: organic growth and SI-driven templatized solutions might be the path to the "service-oriented architecture". [Collaxa's Take] 8:50:12 AM    comment []