XML Today Adam Bosworth began his keynote by showing that XML is real today. Bruce Sharpe, Vice President of Development from SoftQuad assisted Adam by demonstrating the Softland Air XML-enabled Web application. Now the site knows who signed on and using XML transactions, returns the number of points the person has. It also shows where the member can go with the award points earned.
Destinations are color-coded to indicate what travel is possible.
The member can indicate a destination and specials for that destination come up. The software then advises the frequent flyer as to how to get points to enable the travel. The demonstration shows XML's role in a three-tier architecture. Remote servers have awards info in an XML format for Softland Air and the partners. The middle tier is the SoftQuad HoTMetaL Application Server.