Monthly Archives: March 2001

Web Services Description Language

A bunch of pointers for learning more about WSDL : Microsoft’s WSDL Specification IBM alphaWorks WSDL Toolkit IBM developerWorks Web Services XML Cover Pages – WSDL SOAP + UDDI + WSDL = Web Services, by Ken Sall WSDL processing with … Continue reading

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Google Custom Logo Archive

Via ResearchBuzz, the Google Custom Logo Archive. I wonder how long Google can keep the corporate lawyers from destroying their culture?

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April Fools Ideas?

I have a once in a lifetime opportunity this April Fool’s day to spring something on both my in-laws and my mother who are all visiting this weekend. But, I’m stumped for something to do. If anyone has any suggestions … Continue reading

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IcePick

ICEPick, another alternative to HailStorm

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Nokia’s XHTML Browser

Flash demo of Nokia’s new XHTML browser.

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WSDL Search Engine

A WSDL search engine has been announced. How useful is this? Are people going to be searching for SOAP services like the do web pages or are their applications going to be smart enough to find the appropriate services transparently?

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SOAP Dead in Water?

Does anyone apart from me think that SOAP is dead in the water? Dave has written a DaveNet on the challenges facing SOAP. Specifically, Dave’s gripe is that he wants to be sure that his SOAP implementation is going to … Continue reading

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Overview of Hailstorm

OK, I know this is starting to look like the Rael Dornfest appreciation society, but here’s another of his articles, this time an Overview of Hailstorm.

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Media Player Rant

I thought that I was the only person having problems with Microsoft Media Player until I found Jeffrey J Kujath’s rant on Media Player. He’s quite right – why do Microsoft promote the hell out of Media Player and its … Continue reading

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Japanese Text Analysis

I’m researching Japanese text anaysis techniques. There appear to be two approaches: morphological/n-gram analysis and dictionary based which is more accurate but requires more up-front and ongoing work. Most of the dictionary based systems are commercial which is unsurprising considering … Continue reading

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