XML and Java: A powerful combination

Developers are excited by the possibilities of combining the wide-ranging potential XML -- a metamarkup language based on SGML and optimized for the Web and other networked computing architectures -- with the programmatic capabilities of Java. The XML-Java technical session at JavaOne ("XML in the Java Platform") was so densely packed that the session was repeated the next day for the benefit of those who missed it the first time. Attendees learned why the syntactic standard of XML and the portability of Java are natural and synergistic partners for creating applications ranging from the personal to the enterprise.

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