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Office 2007 to support ODF and PDF

Responding to pressure customers and governments, Microsoft has announced Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will add support for the Open Document Format (ODF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and XML Paper Specification (XPS). Read more »

Is ODF more defective than OOXML?

The ISO's OpenDocument Format (ODF) is broken and needs to be mended, according to an expert who claims to have carried out tests on the standard. Read more »

Ex-OpenDocument advocates opt for W3C alternative

The conflict over document formats has taken a twist as some advocates for OpenDocument, or ODF, abandon the format in favor of the World Wide Web (W3) Consortium's Compound Document Formats standard. Read more »

Microsoft attacks IBM over ODF

Microsoft has severely criticised IBM, saying the company is pushing the OpenDocument Format standard to the detriment of Microsoft's own Open XML standard. Read more »

Oracle pitches safe-data plan

Oracle has proposed new technology standards to safeguard sensitive data as it flows through corporate software applications. But is that where leaks happen? Read more »

Sonic mulls standardising ESB architecture model

Progress Software's Sonic Software division is weighing up offering its enterprise service bus (ESB) architecture and reference model as the basis for an industry standard. Read more »

ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner. Read more »

Microsoft makes OpenDocument ISO move

The software giant has joined a group involved in the ISO standardisation process for OpenDocument, but claims its presence in the group 'will have no impact on the voting'. Read more »

Microsoft joins OpenDocument group

Microsoft has joined a committee that has a key role in the ratification of the OpenDocument format as an international standard. Read more »

Gates: Office 2007 will enable a new class of application

Developers will be able to create collaborative applications based on Office products, which Bill Gates claims will make them easier and more familiar for end users. Read more »

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See how the Java API for XML Registries works

Web application developers must deal with a number of distributed registries, each with its own API or protocol. The Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) aims to unify these approaches so that each may be used as needed in an automatic fashion. Read more »

Enable DSML Services for Windows for better Web site projects

DSML Services for Windows helps you create Web pages that will interact with your organisation's Active Directory. Read more »

Turf wars on the Java front

Has the JCP been corrupted by the efforts of IBM and BEA? Will Sun's AppServer 8.0 provide competition to the incumbents and more options for customers? I give you my impressions and talk with Sun software czar Jonathan Schwartz. 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 »

SOAP now a viable Web Services competitor

SOAP 1.2 provides tighter, more robust set of specifications than Version 1.1. Learn what affect this version may have on Web services as the new standard. Read more »

Wed Java to Web services with JWSDP

The Java Web Services Developer Pack allows you to create Web services apps with Java code. See our sample implementations in action. Read more »

Good schema management helps to maintain XML namespace

As XML proliferates in the workplace, the tendency for developers to roll out their own XML schemas can lead to a quagmire of competing standards. Effective management of schemas can greatly reduce this potentially expensive problem. Read more »

Smart planning reduces Web services security risks

Web services have great potential, but security concerns are preventing many organisations from taking advantage of the technology. Here are several suggested policies that CIOs can follow to develop a solid Web services plan. Read more »

Five myths about Web services

IBM's director of Web services, Bob Sutor, punctures the misconceptions, half-truths and outright fantasies that accompany this next big thing. The good news: There's still a lot to be excited about. Read more »

XMLSpy makes editing XML docs a breeze

XMLSpy 5 is an easy-to-use tool that simplifies the process of manipulating XML documents. This latest release also sports a graphical Web services interface for working with WSDL files. Read more »

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