SVG: A Sure Bet
In this article based on his keynote at the SVG Open Conference, Paul Prescod
explains why he thinks SVG is set to be as ubiquitous as IP networking.
Paul Prescod
Paul Prescod is an independent researcher and programmer of markup technologies. He
worked within the XML Interest Group of the World Wide Web consortium to develop the
XML
family of standards and co-wrote the most popular book on that family of standards:
The
XML Handbook. Now he runs a sole consultancy specializing in training, consulting
and
implementation of markup and web services technologies.
Articles by this author
Google's Gaffe
Paul Prescod explains why moving its API to use SOAP was a backward step for the
popular search engine, and argues for a return to a pure HTTP and XML
interface.
REST and the Real World
Following on from his "Next Generation Web Services" article, Paul Prescod shows
how the REST model for web services meets real world demands such as security, auditing
and
orchestration.
Second Generation Web Services
If SOAP and friends are the first generation of web services, what will the
future look like? Paul Prescod explains how the basics of HTTP, XML and URIs will
underlie
second generation web services.