The data is then transformed and the quality of the data improved before it is integrated with data from different data sources and finally loaded into a data warehouse where it will be stored and subsequently drawn upon.
Some forms capabilities are similar to those found in Adobe's portable document file (PDF) format, while other aspects encompass data-retrieval and management features similar to those found in IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino web server.
As part of the announcement, Microsoft has shown how InfoPath-created forms can be used to route data according to the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) format, a new standard adopted by the healthcare industry for the electronic exchange of data.
The Yukon release of SQL Server will allow companies to more easily manipulate data stored as XML (Extensible Markup Language) documents. By next year, the security, administration and development tools used in BizTalk will be built into Microsoft...
Interoperability is the life blood of the computer industry yet we keep seeing software patents being granted which directly threaten the ability of computers to do their basic job, to share and manipulate data," said Tortolano.
He estimated the system is at least an order of magnitude faster than XML, while other Google documentation said Protocol Buffers can be parsed 20 to 100 times faster. Google admitted that the system is comparable to long-established projects such...