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September 2002

The Web’s future: XHTML 2.0

Now on IBM developerWorks: The Web’s future: XHTML 2.0 — Over the years, HTML has only become bigger, never smaller, because new versions had to maintain backward compatibility. That’s about to change. On 5 August 2002, the first working draft of XHTML 2.0 was released and the big news is that backward compatibility has been [...]

Building database applications with WebSphere and DB2

Now on IBM developerWorks: Building database applications with WebSphere and DB2 (Tutorial) — One common use for Web services is the enabling of remote access to DB2 database information. Using parts of a simple commodity trading system, this tutorial teaches you how to select from, insert into, and update a DB2 database from WebSphere Studio [...]

Process XML using XML Query

Now in IBM developerWorks: Process XML using XML Query (Tutorial) — For years developers have been using SQL to retrieve data from structured sources such as relational databases. But what about unstructured and semi-structured sources, such as XML data? To be viable as a data source, XML needed a means for conveniently retrieving the data. [...]