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IBM Helps XML Along With Some New Tools
By John Stith
Staff Writer
Article Date: 2005-05-04
IBM added some nice new features for XML in its Emerging Technologies Toolkit. The alpha versions available at their website including an XML document editor and an XML forms generator.
A compound XML document combines XML markup from several namespaces into a single physical document. A number of standards exist, and continue to be developed, that are descriptions of XML markup within a single namespace. XHTML, XForms, XML Events, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), VoiceXML, and MathML are prominent examples of such standards, each having its own namespace.
The new editor will allow users to utilize XML documents when working and writing for the web. This will also allow more control over multimedia as Voice XML and Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language are integrated in to the new package.
As an Eclipse plug-in, the XML Forms Generator provides tight integration with Eclipse and Eclipse-based products, with convenient user interface elements including context menus, wizards, and preference pages.
These are just a few of several features offered in the new batch of downloads by IBM. The products offered like this from IBM aren't finished products and could quite possibly show up in one of IBM's future offerings. These products are available as free downloads for testing and usage
About the Author:
John Stith is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.
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