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W3C adds a touch of Sparql to Web 2.0

Supporters of the Sparql query language say using the Web without it would be like 'trying to use a relational database without SQL' Read more »

Cisco cleans up with SOAP alternative?

Cisco has announced an alternative to the Web-services protocol SOAP — and made it open source. Cisco says its Etch messaging protocol will be more efficient than the SOAP standard and the company will release the source code. Read more »

Semantic labelling scheme for Web pages

The body responsible for web content labelling has adopted the principles and standards of the Semantic Web. Read more »

Features (18)

W3C standards: The relationship between RDF and Topic Maps

In this article we analyse the background of both the the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Topic Maps standards and their interoperability. Read more »

W3C steps up Web services work

The Web's leading standards body is forging ahead with new Web services initiatives, putting out a new draft proposal and co-sponsoring an August meeting on security. Read more »

Is the WS-I a lost cause?

Is the WS-I up to the task of overseeing and orchestrating the dozens of stakeholders in the ongoing Web standards debate? Commentator Eric Knorr sizes up the challenge. Read more »

LBase: A tool to generalise the Semantic Web

To manage many semantic languages, the W3C has proposed the LBase tool to define the semantics for all Web semantic languages. Read more »

Understanding UDDI

Wondering how to use UDDI to interact with Web services? We'll give you the basics, with examples in VB.NET. Read more »

The benefits of the Web ontology language in Web applications

To reach the visionary goal of a Semantic Web, the W3C must develop a Web ontology language. Get an overview of this farsighted concept and contemplate the various use cases that make this language vital to the future of the Web. Read more »

Add XML functionality to your Flash movies

You already know that XML enables data to move easily between applications. Now see how you can integrate XML and Flash for some powerful effects. Read more »

HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses features, pain points, adoption rate, and more

In this interview, HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses his favourite features, the features he thinks might be most contentious, the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address, and much more. He also talks about what he would change in the original HTML spec if he could go back in time. Read more »

The Remedial XML series

Now you can download Builder.com's "Remedial XML" series compiled into one easy-to-read document. Here is a walk through the basics of XML. Read more »

Towards a Semantic Web

The ability to interpret machine semantics on the Web is becoming crucial to many industries. Can Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the Semantic Web help create a new Web order? Read more »

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Blog (2)

Down to Semantics

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Web Directions South conference in Sydney, David Peterson presented "Semantic Web for Distributed Social Networks". Read more »

Opera Widget SDK released

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Opera has announced the release of Opera Widgets SDK beta, that allows Web developers to create Web applications capable of running on all devices. Read more »

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