The Search Engines Agree on an XML Sitemap Standard (WebProNews)

The Search Engines Agree on an XML Sitemap Standard (WebProNews)
In great news, Google, Yahoo and MSN have agreed upon a XML sitemap standard. What’s this mean to you? Well, you just need to create one XML sitemap and you can submit it to all three engines. I’ve been doing that for a while and didn’t seem to have any problem but now it’s official. Why should you create an XML sitemap? An XML sitemap outlines all the URLs on a site so that

How do I… Transfer and store data from an XML document in a relational database? (Tech Republic)

How do I… Transfer and store data from an XML document in a relational database? (Tech Republic)
XML really makes it easy to move data from here to there and from there to here. However, eventually the data needs to be stored somewhere, most likely in a relational database. Here is how Edmond Woychowsky gets data from an XML document into a relational database.

Celebrate the XML Decade (Slashdot)

Celebrate the XML Decade (Slashdot)
IdaAshley writes “IBM Systems Journal recently published an issue dedicated to XML’s 10th anniversary. Take a look at XML application techniques, and general discussion of the technical, economic and even cultural effects of XML. Learn why XML has been successful, and what it would take for XML to continue its success.”