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Application development and management

• Deciding why and when to use an integration framework

  An integration framework is an important tool for managing the movement of data between applications and organizations. Continue Reading

• Data mining social media: Twitter's untapped potential

  Data mining social media can help businesses gather crucial information. This article gives advice to developers who want to get started. Continue Reading

• How using a test-execution model can improve software test results

  Doug Hoffman discusses his test-execution model and design practices to help software professionals. Continue Reading

• Steve Cook on what architects can expect from UML 2.5 revision

  Microsoft's Steve Cook says the latest version of UML aims to make things simpler. Continue Reading

• Web Services Description Language (WSDL)

  The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is an XML-based language used to describe the services a business offers and to provide a way for individuals and other businesses to access those services electronically. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • class diagram
  • state diagram (state machine diagram or statechart diagram)
  • foo (in software programming)
  • Web Services Description Language (WSDL)

  • Topic Map (ISO/IEC Standard 13250:2000)
  • Business Process Modeling Language (BPML)
  • Topic Map Query Language (TMQL)
  • DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language)

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• Topic Map (ISO/IEC Standard 13250:2000)

  A Topic Map (ISO/IEC Standard 13250:2000) is an SGML or XML document used for navigation - by people or by machine - within an information set.Continue Reading

• Business Process Modeling Language (BPML)

  Business Process Modeling Language (BPML) is an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based metalanguage developed by the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) as a means of modeling business processes, much as XML is, itself, a metalanguage with...Continue Reading

• Topic Map Query Language (TMQL)

  Topic Map Query Language (TMQL) is an XML-based extension of Structured Query Language (SQL), a query language developed for use in meeting the specialized data access requirements of Topic Maps (TMs).Continue Reading

• DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language)

  DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language) is a standard for the processing of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) documents.Continue Reading

• parser

  In computer technology, a parser is a program, usually part of a compiler, that receives input in the form of sequential source program instructions, interactive online commands, markup tags, or some other defined interface and breaks them up into ...Continue Reading