Why XML is far superior to JSON
I've read an article titled Does XML have a future on the web?, and it does not surprise me, because the author himself is the creator of JSON. Naturally, he would love to promote his stuff. I would...
View ArticleWeb Services, Part 1: SOAP vs. REST
Developers new to web services are often intimidated by parade of technologies and concepts required to understand it: REST, SOAP, WSDL, XML Schema, Relax NG, UDDI, MTOM, XOP, WS-I, WS-Security,...
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Web Services, Part 2: WSDL and WADL
Part 1 of this series talks about SOAP vs. REST. In this installment I'll discuss the reasons for defining the web service contract between client and server, the existing methods for doing it, and the...
View ArticleXML Backlash?
Now in the fourth edition of version 1.0 or second edition of 1.1, XML has enjoyed a popularity matched by few other technologies. Introduced in 1998 as a more general-purpose (and extensible) markup...
View ArticleWADL Draft Updated
The Web Application Description Language--"WSDL for REST"--draft has been updated by Marc Hadley. The namespace has been changed to "http://wadl.dev.java.net/2009/02" to reflect the new draft, and...
View ArticleHow to Make a Search Based on Google's Product Search
You may have seen the Google Product Search and may have thought that it would be useful to include a customized version of the search into a website or application. Unfortunately, you can't just...
View ArticleJSON Beats XML, or Ajaj vs Ajax
Should the Ajax term be changed to Ajaj? Since Ajax stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, but with more and more the web favoring JSON (especially in rich Ajax applications), should it now be...
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