Should emergency personnel and law enforcement be called to the scene of a
suspected chemical warfare attack, the last thing these frontline workers
will want to do is wrestle with incompatible IT systems. Therefore, the
federal government is in the throes of linking databases scattered throughout
the 22 agencies that now make up the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
while tying in the efforts of state and local entities. Although a cohesive,
intergovernmental network of antiterrorism systems is far from finished, XML
is sure to become a key element in this orchestrated campaign.
XML is not only present in tactical initiatives, such as an antiterrorism
response that mandates the tight integration of far-flung systems. it is also
playing an increasing role in efforts to streamline basic, day-to-day federal
operations. In fact, two years ago, the Office of Managem... (more)
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to
render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.
- Margaret Fairless Barber
The end of the year is here again, a time when we traditionally take a long
look at the progress we've already made and then turn our eyes toward the
future, attempting to forecast the year to come. With this in mind, Hitesh
Seth sought input from industry leaders on their end-of-year predictions, and
caught up with Michael Champion, research and development specialist at
Software AG.
Michael has been active in the ... (more)
Many products currently support XML as an input/output format; that is, they
can translate back and forth between their internal data formats and APIs and
those of XML. Such XML-enabled products have many advantages over their
competitors that don't support XML. They can more easily exchange data with
other products running on other platforms, and they can be programmed to some
extent by means of code written to XML-related specifications.
These benefits have spawned widespread use of XML as the "glue" to connect
existing enterprise systems within a single company and with those o... (more)
Michael Champion is Senior Technologist at Software AG, Inc., working in the company's Enterprise Architects group. He has had extensive involvement with the World Wide Consortium (W3C), including cochairing the Web Services Architecture Working Group. His participation on the W3C?s Document Object Model (DOM) Working Group included work as an editor of the core XML portion of the DOM Level 1 Recommendation. 
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