XML is a markup-based data description language designed to allow developers to create structured documents using descriptive custom tags. The intent of XML is to separate the description of the data ...

Welcome to another exciting edition of Linux.Ars! Some of you may remember a previous Linux.Ars which featured a Ruby/Pcap example of how to monitor network traffic. Today, Martin Colello provides us ...

Figure 3. Big XML files. Click on thumbnail to view full-sized image. Eight years since its inception, XML has already taken off as an open, semi-structured data format for storing data as well as ...

My last JavaWorld article “Simplify XML Processing with VTD-XML” looked at three important benefits of VTD-XML: performance, memory usage, and ease of use. VTD-XML makes XML applications not only ...

Maybe you've been stranded on a desert island talking to volleyballs, hiding in a cave, or simply avoiding all "Web stuff." Whatever the reason, you're lacking in XML savvy and want to remedy the ...

Data exchange format is just too slow, some say. But there's debate over the best way to make Extensible Markup Language fly. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Property lists are essentially XML files with a .plist extension. Here's how to edit them using the command line in the macOS Terminal app. XML is an open data format which gained popularity in the ...

You could also use XSLT to make an intermediate file for you and then use that file to actually load your database. IMO, what I'd pick would be dependent upon how complex the incoming XML was and how ...