#21184
Describing Document Structure, Part 2 
Discusses some different ways of describing your document structure so that both computers and humans know what you mean.
Tyson, Paul H. Intercom (2003). Design>Information Design>XML>Metadata
#20390
Designing a New Schema with XML Design Patterns
Proposes the design of an XML-based type library format. If you've had exposure to Microsoft COM or Mozilla's XPCOM, you're probably familiar with their binary TLB (MS) and XDT (Mozilla) formats that define the available operations and interfaces for a package of portable components. An interpreted language such as JavaScript can use these definitions as cheat sheets to find out what operations and parameters are available to call on-the-fly.
Downey, Kyle. XML.com (2003). Articles>Information Design>XML>Metadata
#27633
Designing Your Own XML Schema: Learn the Essentials
This is the first article in a series which guides you in designing XML Schemas right from the basics without any hurdles.
Chaterjee, Jagadish. Dev Articles (2006). Articles>Information Design>Databases>XML
#29589
Displaying ADO Retrieved Data with XML Islands
An XML data island is a piece of well-formed XML embedded into an HTML file. This article will show you how to retrieve data in an XML format from a database using ADO; you will also learn how to bind this data into an HTML document.
Krishnaswamy, Jayaram. Dev Articles (2006). Articles>Information Design>XML>XHTML
#31124
I have seen a couple of blog postings lately that underscore the statement that DITA is not for everyone or for every situation.
Rockley Group, The (2008). Articles>Information Design>XML>DITA
#27048
The DITA Knowledge Base pages provide a reliable basis of technical and educational information on the standard.
XML.org (2006). Resources>Information Design>XML>DITA
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#31752
You will better understand how DITA can support your organization and how it can scale to meet your enterprise content needs by first understanding the basics of DITA standardization.
Priestley, Michael and Amber Swope. Just Systems (2008). Articles>Information Design>XML>DITA
#27916
The abbreviation DITA stands for 'Darwin Information Typing Architecture', an information architecture based on XML. DITA is not a mere reinvention of the wheel: rather, it sets the standards for known structuring requirements. The most striking feature of this architecture is the clear orientation towards a technology for structuring, which has already proved its worth in online documentation.
Closs, Sissi. tekom (2006). Articles>Information Design>XML>DITA
#31171
DITA: From the Perspective of Someone Actually Using It
In this podcast, Marlene Martineau of New Dawn Technologies explains why they adopted DITA, how they adopted it, the benefits they're experiencing, and the reasons why she'll never go back.
Martineau, Marlene. Tech Writer Voices (2008). Articles>Information Design>XML>DITA
#31743
DITA: Opportunities To Help Shape The Standard, Promote DITA Adoption, Develop Real-World Solutions
Want to get involved in the formation of one of the most important XML standards impacting content professionals? You can. And, you should. The folks at OASIS—the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards—have made it easy for just about anyone to participate.
#26179
DITA: What You Need To know about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is a hot topic among those who author, edit, deliver and manage content. But adopting a standard architecture is an important decision that requires up front research and knowledge of the pitfalls. Find out if DITA is right for your organization. Read this whitepaper to learn more (PDF).
Manning, Steve. Rockley Group, The (2005). Articles>Information Design>Metadata>XML
#29401
A gathering place for information about DITA.
#30753
A DocBook Basics and References
DocBook is an easy-to-understand and widely used DTD. Dozens of organizations use DocBook for millions of pages of documentation, in various print and online formats, worldwide.
Walsh, Norman. dpawson.co.uk (2004). Books>Information Design>XML>DocBook
#21657
The issue of documenting schemas—or any machine readable language—goes beyond simple additions of comments. Thereal challengeistocreateschemasthat arereadablebothdirectlybylookingat their sourcecodeandbydocumentation extraction tools.
van der Vlist, Eric. O'Reilly and Associates (2001). Articles>Information Design>XML>Documentation
#31756
Does XML Suck? Or: Why XML is Technologically Terrible, but You Have to Use It Anyway 
XML purports to be a simple, vendor-neutral textual external representation for hierarchically-structured data. But...
Crane, Aaron. XML Sucks (2002). Presentations>Information Design>XML
#21249
Dublin Core Conference Summary 2003
What is Dublin Core? And why would you need a whole conference about it? The end of September and beginning of October brought representatives from various countries around the world to a sunny and warm Seattle, Washington, host of the 2003 Dublin Core Conference.
Gonzales-Chan, Madonnalisa and Sarah Rice. Boxes and Arrows (2003). Articles>Information Design>XML>Metadata
#20736
Dublin Core Corporate Circles of Interest
The 2002 Dublin Core annual conference and workshop marked the beginning of a new effort by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) to involve members of the corporate world in the evolution and application of the Dublin Core standard. The first meetings of two DCMI Circles of Interest were held on Monday, October 14, 2002, followed the next day by a panel session with several members of the Circles presenting their initial observations and conclusions to the wider conference.
Crandall, Mike. Montague Institute Review (2002). Articles>Information Design>XML>Metadata
#18712
Topic maps are a standard for storing metadata (similar to thesauri, or RDF). They can be used to generate navigation for a website, and lots of other metadata tasks. Topic maps are a new standard (since + 2000) and are slowly starting to be discovered.
Easytopicmaps.com (2003). Resources>Information Design>XML>Metadata
#27035
Edit XML Documents with Emacs and nXML
The nXML mode for GNU Emacs provides a powerful environment for creating valid XML documents.
O'Reilly and Associates (2005). Articles>Information Design>XML
#26935
This will be the story of my life from the time my boss came to me and said, 'Hey, maybe we could do that Knowledge Base in XML. I hear good things about that XML,' to the time that I figured out everything I needed to know and deployed a fully functional XML knowledge base to the world.
Robotti, Anne. KeyContent.org (2006). Articles>Information Design>XML
#22589
Buzz about the value and implications of XML has reached an all-time high, with lofty claims of its potential to transform business and society, doing everything from simple document formatting to curing the common cold. I don't recommend you empty your medicine cabinet just yet. However, do take seriously the developments surrounding XML and its associated technologies. While XML might not merit all the hyperbole, it remains useful. Knowing how to apply this simple meta-language can help you create solutions that will give you a strong competitive advantage.
Trytten, Chris. FileMaker Advisor (2004). Articles>Information Design>Databases>XML
#29962
Fast Incremental Updates of XML Records
XML is often used today as a data export and exchange format. In such cases, you might deal with a feed of XML records; sometimes, if this feed, is too long, there are performance problems importing it into another system. As such, you might want to produce only an incremental feed--that is, one that only includes items that have changed. This article presents a collection of simple techniques that you can combine into a system for more digestible feeds containing only updated records.
Ogbuji, Uche. IBM (2007). Articles>Information Design>XML
#28822
Feedity is an RSS generator for web pages without a web syndication format. The goal of Feedity is to dynamically create RSS web feeds from such webpages. Feedity will take virtually any web page, and convert it into a fully formed RSS web feed. The RSS feed is updated in near-real time.
Nilkanth, Ashutosh. Feedity. Resources>Information Design>XML>RSS
#29953
Firefox 2.0 brought several important changes in its XML support. It's currently reaching its peak in user deployment. Learn about updated XML features in Firefox 2.0, including a controversial change to the handling of RSS Web feeds.
Ogbuji, Uche. IBM (2007). Articles>Information Design>XML>Web Browsers
