Data Storage Plans Debated As more developers move toward using XML to store and transmit data, how this data should be stored is raising questions. Written by Jeff Walsh, in InfoWorld. XML Builds Momentum as Repository Standard Paul Krill, in InfoWorld, suggests that XML will become the standard mechanism for interoperability between data-warehouse and tool repositories, based on plans by vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle. A comprehensive introduction to using XML for Web page design from the perspective of a Web page author. Efficient creation, maintenance, and storage of information in documents can be restricted to the content - layout will be added during publication.
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The authors discuss XML as the basis for describing meta content, providing rich document descriptions, publishing and exchanging database contents, and as a messaging format across applications. The Big Picture Ken Sall, in Web Developer's Virtual Library, looks at how XML relates to HTML and the WWW as a whole. Links to other related articles are provided. XML and the Second Generation Web Jon Bosak and Tim Bray, authors of this Scientific American article, were instrumental in the development of the XML standards. Here, they provide a layman's explanation of the impact XML can have on the World Wide Web.