May 21, 2002

Building Web service applications with the Google API

Now on IBM developerWorks: Building Web service applications with the Google API (Tutorial) -- The Google search engine can now be accessed via a SOAP-based Web service. This means that developers can now embed Google search results and other information into their own applications. Google also took this project one step further, creating an API and Java toolkit for accessing the data. This tutorial is for developers who want to use Google information from within their Java applications.

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May 17, 2002

Using JavaScript with XSLT Style Sheets

Now on InformIT.com: Using JavaScript with XSLT Style Sheets -- Learn to use XSLT style sheets to transform XML data from one from one structure to another.

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Tip: Outputting HTML from an XSL style sheet

Now on IBM developerWorks: Tip: Outputting HTML from an XSL style sheet -- Because HTML is so similar to XML, it should be fairly straightforward to create an XSLT style sheet that outputs HTML. Unfortunately, the differences between HTML and XML that do exist can cause pages to be displayed incorrectly in older browsers. This tip discusses those differences, and explains how to use XSLT's output element to resolve the issues they create.

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May 02, 2002

Tip: Set an XSL style sheet based on XML content

Now on IBM developerWorks: Tip: Set an XSL style sheet based on XML content -- Using Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) is often the easiest way to transform your XML data from one form into another, as it allows you a great deal of flexibility without having to change an application. On occasion, however, you may run into a snag because the style sheet to be used is based on the content of the document itself. This tip discusses two ways to base your choice of style sheet on the XML document -- the style sheet processing instruction and the data itself.

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