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    .NET.  .NET is a set of software tools and framework developed by Microsoft for distributed software systems.

    Active Server Pages.  See ASP.

    Apache Software Foundation (ASF).  The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is responsible for a number of Apache open-source software projects.

    API (Application Program Interface).  An API (application programming interface) is a documented interface to a software system.

    Application Program Interface.  See API.

    ASF.  See Apache Software Foundation.

    ASP (Active Server Pages).  ASP (Active Server Pages) allows scripting commands to be embedded in HTML to provide server-side scripting.

    Base64.  Base64 is a means of encoding binary data in a way that is independent of the character set of the underlying computer.

    Cascading Style Sheets.  See CSS.

    CDATA (Character Data).  CDATA (Character Data) is character data in an XML or SGML document that is not parsed by the XML parser.

    Character Data.  See CDATA.

    COM (Component Object Model).  COM (Component Object Model) is a Microsoft framework for distributed software.

    Common Object Request Broker Architecture.  See CORBA.

    Component.  Books related to Component.

    Component Object Model.  See COM.

    Cookie.  A cookie is a small block of data that can be stored by a web server on a web client.

    CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture).  CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) provides an architecture for interoperability between components of a distributed software system.

    CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).  CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a W3C Recommendation.

    Document Object Model.  See DOM.

    Document Type Definition.  See DTD.

    DOM (Document Object Model).  DOM (Document Object Model) defines a platform-independent, object-oriented interface to XML and HTML documents.

    DTD (Document Type Definition).  A DTD (Document Type Definition) specifies the tags and associated attributes that are permitted in an associated XML or SGML document.

    Entity Reference.  An entity reference supplements the default XML coding, and begins with the character '&'.

    Extensible Markup Language (XML).  Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a data format for structured document exchange.

    Extensible Style Language.  See XSL.

    Extensible Style Language Transformation.  See XSLT.

    HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).  HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a markup language commonly used on the web.

    HTTP.  See Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

    Hypertext Markup Language.  See HTML.

    Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).  Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-layer protocol.

    IDL (Interface Definition Language).  The IDL (Interface Definition Language) is used to define the interfaces between CORBA objects.

    Interface Definition Language.  See IDL.

    JAVA API for XML Processing.  See JAXP.

    JAXP (JAVA API for XML Processing).  JAXP (JAVA API for XML Processing) is an interface for XML parsers, designed to present a clean, consistent software interface that can be used by application software.

    Meta-Object Facility.  See MOF.

    Microsoft XML.  See MSXML.

    MOF (Meta-Object Facility).  MOF (Meta-Object Facility) is a framework for modeling distributed software architectures and systems.

    MSXML (Microsoft XML).  MSXML (Microsoft XML) is Microsoft's XML parser.

    Object Management Group.  See OMG.

    OMG (Object Management Group).  The OMG (Object Management Group) is a consortium that produces specifications for interoperability in enterprise applications.

    PHP.  PHP is a preprocessor for hypertext that allows scripting commands to be embedded in HTML to create dynamic web pages.

    Remote Procedure Call.  See RPC.

    REpresentational State Transfer.  See REST.

    REST (REpresentational State Transfer).  REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is a simple means for passing data between applications using XML and HTTP.

    RPC (Remote Procedure Call).  RPC (Remote Procedure Call) can be used to describe any method that allows a user on one computer to execute a program on another computer.

    SAX (Simple API for XML).  SAX (Simple API for XML) is a method of parsing for XML documents that is faster than parsing based on DOM.

    Simple API for XML.  See SAX.

    Simple Object Access Protocol.  See SOAP.

    SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol).  SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a transaction-oriented protocol that allows applications to exchange data over the Internet.

    SOAP Request.  A SOAP request uses an XML document to specify the resource being requested, including any input arguments.

    SOAP Response.  A SOAP response uses an XML document to return the resource being requested from a SOAP server to a SOAP client.

    UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration).  UDDI provides a means for exchanging information about web services between organisations.

    UDDI bindingTemplate.  A UDDI bindingTemplate specifies how to access a particular service.

    UDDI businessEntity.  A UDDI businessEntity is the provider of a web service.

    UDDI businessService.  The UDDI businessService describes each service offered by a service provider.

    UDDI publisherAssertion.  A UDDI publisherAssertion allows an organisation to publish information about the relationships between multiple UDDI businessEntity records.

    UDDI tModel.  A UDDI tModel is used to specify that a service complies with the constraints of a particular, pre-defined model.

    UML (Unified Modeling Language).  UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a specification for modelling software architectures (especially distributed software architectures).

    Unified Modeling Language.  See UML.

    Uniform Resource Identifier.  See URI.

    Uniform Resource Locator.  See URL.

    Uniform Resource Name.  See URN.

    Universal Description, Discovery and Integration.  See UDDI.

    URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).  URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) is a generic term for an object identifying an object in the World Wide Web.

    URL (Uniform Resource Locator).  A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) specifies the physical location of a resource in the Internet.

    URN (Uniform Resource Name).  A URN identifies an Internet resource in a way other than specifying its physical location.

    UTF-8.  UTF-8 is an eight-bit character set commonly used in web applications.

    Valid XML Document.  A valid XML document, as well as being well formed, complies with the requirements of an XML schema or DTD.

    Validating Parser.  A validating parser is an XML parser that ensures that an XML document is both well-formed and valid.

    Web Services Description Language.  See WSDL.

    Well-formed XML Document.  A well-formed XML document is one that is syntactically correct. A valid XML document must always be a well-formed XML document.

    WSDL (Web Services Description Language).  WSDL (Web Services Description Language) provides a means based on XML by which the capabilities of a web server can be described.

    WSDL Bindings.  Other entries related to WSDL Bindings include: WSDL Ports, WSDL Documentation, WSDL Messages, WSDL Services, WSDL Definitions, WSDL PortTypes, WSDL Operations, WSDL Types.

    WSDL Definitions.  A WSDL file starts with definitions, which define the web service and namespace definitions.

    WSDL Documentation.  WSDL documentation can be part of the WSDL definitions.

    WSDL Messages.  WSDL messages specify the contents of each message associated with a request or response.

    WSDL Operations.  WSDL operations group input, output and fault messages.

    WSDL Ports.  WSDL ports define the endpoints of web services.

    WSDL PortTypes.  WSDL portTypes group WSDL operations.

    WSDL Services.  WSDL services tie together WSDL ports.

    WSDL Types.  WSDL types define the data structures to be present in request and response messages.

    Xalan.  Xalan is an API developed by Apache that assists with XSL transformations in J2EE applications.

    Xerces.  Apache Xerces is a validating XML parser.

    XMI (XML Metadata Interchange).  XMI (XML Metadata Interchange) specifies means for describing objects in XML.

    XML.  See Extensible Markup Language.

    XML Metadata Interchange.  See XMI.

    XML Namespace.  An XML document may use elements defined by a number of different XML schemas or DTDs.

    XML Parser.  An XML parser is a software module that takes an XML document, checks that it is well-formed and parses it to break the XML document up into its component tags and text.

    XML Schema.  An XML schema defines the structure, content and semantics of XML documents.

    XML4J.  XML4J is a set of libraries for parsing XML documents developed by IBM.

    XSL (Extensible Style Language).  XSL (Extensible Style Language) provides for the separation of style and content in XML pages.

    XSL FO (XSL formatting objects).  XSL FO (XSL formatting objects), along with XSLT, is part of XML's XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language).

    XSL formatting objects.  See XSL FO.

    XSLT (Extensible Style Language Transformation).  XSLT (Extensible Style Language Transformation) is used to specify transformations that transform one XML document into another XML document.

     

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