September 22, 2004

More goodies from Ken North - Elliotte Rusty Harold discusses the state of Java and XML

Ken North: Author Elliotte Rusty Harold talks about the significance of JDK 1.5 and whether Java should be open source an/or an international standard. He also discusses the state of XML, and we coaxed him into describing his recent books about XML (Effective XML, XML Bible 1.1). Streaming video (running ...

September 20, 2004

mvp-xml-help mail list created

I have just created first public mail list for the Mvp-Xml project - mvp-xml-help mail list. mvp-xml-help list is general discussion list for all users of the Mvp-Xml project.The allowed topics on this list are:Asking for help or helping others on using Mvp-Xml libraries.General announces related to the Mvp-Xml project.Suggestions ...

Interview with Michael Rys: "SQL Server 2005: Integrating SQL, XML, and XQuery"

SQLSummit.com published 15-minute video interview with Michael Rys on "SQL Server 2005: Integrating SQL, XML, and XQuery" - http://www.sqlsummit.com/People/MRys.htm. "Michael discusses SQL Server 2005 support for XQuery, SQL/XML and the SQL:2003 standard. He discusses b-tree, quadtree, and r-tree indexes and pluggable and selectable indexing techniques for XML documents. He also ...

September 19, 2004

Zoological Mythology and Cryptozoology

Just found - a collection of public domain ebooks on Zoological Mythology and Cryptozoology - http://www.herper.com/ebooks/titles.html. Free download, lots of old lithographs. Amonst: "Curious Creatures in Zoology", NY 1890; "Mythical Monsters", London, 1886; "Natural History Legend and Lore", London, 1895; "Un-Natural History, or Myths of Ancient Science", Edinburgh, 1886. Just ...