Resources: IBM columns

XML for Data is a regular column featured on IBM's developerWorks XML zone. In this column, Blue Oxide's CTO Kevin Williams explores the issues and technologies involved in handling data with XML.

2006 Columns
3/2006: Reuse It or Lose It: XML Reuse in the Enterprise
This column discusses how XML provides flexibility to reuse your designs from the document level all the way down to the component level. The first installment in a three-part series addressing this important topic.

2002 Columns
12/2002: Extend XSLT's Functionality with EXSLT
This column provides a quick overview of the EXSLT standardized extensions to XSLT 1.0, identifying some of the important functionality gained from the extensions and some guidelines to their use.
9/2002: What's new in XPath 2.0?
This column takes a look at the latest status of the XPath 2.0 specifications and provides some specific examples of XPath 2.0 features that will make the XML developer's life easier.
7/2002: XSLT 2.0: An Early Look
This column takes a look at the latest working draft for XSLT and examines some of the new features of the next version of the styling language.
5/2002: XSL Stylesheets: Push or Pull?
This column examines the two most common ways to create XSL stylesheets and discusses the pros and cons of each approach.
2/2002: An Early Look at XQuery
This column looks at the current state of the XQuery working draft, including how to use FLWR clauses and how XQuery will affect data document manipulation.
1/2002: Modeling Many-to-Many Relationships
This column discusses various techniques for modeling many-to-many relationships in XML, including the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

2001 Columns
10/2001: Native XML Databases
This column takes a look at so-called "native" XML databases, with specific attention to how well they represent documents that are primarily data-oriented (as opposed to text-oriented). Don't uninstall those relational databases just yet.
8/2001: Four Tips for Smart Architecture
This column takes a look at some of the most common mistakes XML architects make when they're just starting out, and how a little forethought can help to avoid those mistakes.
7/2001: XLink and Data
This column takes a look at XLink and gives some examples of using XLink to decrease document size and decouple identifiers from definitions.
7/2001: Styling with Schemas
In this column, Kevin discusses how you can leverage archetypes in your XML Schema documents to make it easier to present information for various rendering targets.
6/2001: Using XML Schema Archetypes
In this first installment of Kevin's "XML for Data" column, he covers the use of archetypes in XML Schemas and how they can improve your documents' internal consistency.
6/2001: Why XML Schema beat DTDs hands-down for data
In this column, Kevin gives his take on XML Schemas and why they're so much better than DTDs for the description of allowable content in XML documents.