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XML Goo-i-ness Inside

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Microsoft pre-released their XAML-in-the-browser technology, WPF/e earlier this week. XAML inside.
XAML "smells" like the W3C's Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). DOM-inside-a-DOM, Declarative animation, 2D graphics. XAML maybe not SVG, but it certainly tips its hat to SVG.
Adobe today pre-released their XML-in-a-PDF technology, Mars, for Acrobat 8. Essentially, Mars as a technology is presently delivered as [...]

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) Deprecated.

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

RIP Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).
Deprecated equals don't use it. The momentum in the web-world has slowed to grinding halt.
Whilst SVG is a W3C technology, not owned by Adobe, the original specification came from PGML.
Sad, there was much potential for SVG. All it would have taken was Adobe to make a standard programming model and [...]

XML Stuff

Sunday, August 3rd, 2003

Further to Adobe Enterprise XML Strategy Stuff, Adobe XML Architecture Specification. Note this is subject to change.

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Lonely Planet, XML

Tuesday, July 29th, 2003

Saw an inspiring presentation from Tony Wheeler, Founder and CEO of Lonely Planet.
Some interesting Adobe Enterprise XML Strategy Stuff

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XSL-FO

Friday, November 8th, 2002

Having lots of fun with XSL-FO. I don't know why I didn't go and learn this stuff sooner. In my experiments, I am using styles and flows as defined by Adobe FrameMaker overriding the XSL-FO commands. Next stop: XSLT.
All this is in aid of some Adobe Document Server demonstrations I am doing over [...]

Scripting+XML=Productivity

Tuesday, July 30th, 2002

Presentation from OpenPublish 2002. Scripting+XML=Productivity

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XML Asia Pacific

Sunday, November 26th, 2000

For those who attended the XML Asia Pacific conference, the demo files I used Adobe Tips, Tricks and Techniques

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