XML.com features a rich mix of information and services for the XML community. en-us http://www.xml.com/ Copyright 2000, O'Reilly and Associates edd@xml.com (Edd Dumbill) peter@xml.com (Peter Wiggin) http://www.xml.com/ http://www.xml.com/universal/images/xml_tiny.gif http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/13/schemas/part2.html The second half of our comprehensive introduction to the W3C's XML Schema Definition Language, including coverage of namespaces, object-oriented features and instance documents. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/13/xml2000.html Reports and reviews from the largest XML conference of the year. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/13/perlxmldb.html This article explores how Perl can be used to transfer data between XML and relational databases, and how XML can bridge two disparate databases. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/13/xmlhtml.html The relationship between XML and HTML is often confusing for the Web developer coming to XML for the first time. Our Q&A column explains all. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/xml2000/showfloor.html New and interesting technologies from the show floor at XML 2000, including Schemantix, Fourthought, Kinecta, Ontopia and Architag. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/xml2000/timbl.html In a keynote session at XML 2000 Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, outlined his vision for the Semantic Web. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/xml2000/schema.html Reports from the first afternoon of the "XML Leading Edge" track from XML 2000, which was dedicated to W3C XML Schema. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/xml2000/devday.html The XML Developers' Day, chaired by Jon Bosak, at XML 2000 was composed of "late-breaking" developments in XML, and provided many valuable insights into developing XML systems. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/29/schemas/structuresref.html A complete quick reference to the elements of the W3C XML Schemas Structures specification, including content models and links to the original definitions. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/29/deviant.html This week, XML Deviant looks at a XML-DEV discussion on the best practices associated with identifying XML resources, and wonders why more developers aren't taking advantage of entity management systems. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/29/schemas/dataref.html A brief primer on the essential aspects of the W3C XML Schema Datatypes, including a diagrammatic reference to the XML Schemas Datatypes specification. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/29/schemas/part1.html An easy-to-read introduction to XML Schema, a W3C XML language for describing and constraining the content of XML documents. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/22/deviant.html Can XML be meaningfully split up to facilitate partial implementation of the specification? XML developers debate the issues. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/22/schematron.html Schematron is an XSLT-based language for validating XML documents. This article explains why schema languages are required and introduces the principles behind Schematron. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/devcon/microsoft.html Delivering a talk entitled "Web Services: Requirements, Challenges and Opportunities," Greg Hope laid down the future of web business as Microsoft sees it, and especially the role of XML technologies.