On top of the proposed document formats, the OASIS UBL group has released diagrams based on the unified modeling language (UML), a standard for software development, that give software engineers tools to build applications using XML documents.
What a great opportunity they missed, to inject movies, animation, diagrams, excitement and a physical demonstration of what was being described. Two of the most cataclysmic examples I have ever witnessed involved a university professor delivering...
This will involve neutrality with respect to web platform, application format and receiving device and so will probably take significantly longer than the UBL initiative. Not content with that, OASIS has also started a committee to devise a Web...
Andrew Ling, system architect at the Tote, said the component-based approach is initially a challenge for developers and advised other companies going down the SOA route to make sure they first agree on the principles and ensure they are fully...
He demonstrated tools for building programs via diagrams and models, without complex coding, skirting the "structured-unstructured boundary" that limits software development today. Email will also get more manageable, Gates promised, as Microsoft...
Jeff Jones, senior program manager at IBM Data Management Solutions, said the Intelligent Miner Scoring services enable companies to mine data for predictive modeling, such as customer buying behavior.