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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
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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
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- 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)
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