Benoit Marchal
Company: Marchal.comAuthor Bio:
Benoit Marchal is a Belgian consultant. He is the author of XML by Example and other XML books. Benoit is available to help you with XML projects. You can contact him at bmarchal@pineapplesoft.com or through his personal site at marchal.com.
Tutorials written by Benoit Marchal:
Better SOAP Interfaces With Header Elements
SOAP, the Simple Object Access Protocol, is an evolving W3C standard. Developed by IBM, Microsoft, DevelopMentor, and UserLand Software for the exchange of information over a network, SOAP stands at the point where three technologies -- Remote Procedure Call (RPC), XML, and Web applications -- are converging.
Monday, 26th January 2004
Create JPEGs Automatically With SVG
In this tip, Benoit Marchal discusses a pragmatic approach to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Until the SVG viewer becomes as ubiquitous as the Macromedia Flash player, it will be difficult to incorporate SVG images directly into a Web site. In the meantime, Web developers benefit from generating JPEGs and other bitmaps through SVG. SVG is especially helpful because it is pure XML.
Monday, 22nd December 2003
Tip: Convert from HTML to XML with HTML Tidy
This tip demonstrates how to convert HTML documents to XML (or more specifically, XHTML) with a simple, open source tool, HTML Tidy. This conversion is useful for webmasters who are migrating to XML. It can also help XML converts who have to interface with legacy HTML tools.
Tuesday, 16th December 2003
Working XML: Fundamentals of Web publishing with XML
As more developers learn and experiment with XML, many have become interested in using stylesheets to publish and manage Web sites. In this article, Benoit Marchal provides step-by-step instructions to get you started. He shows how to organize your project in source, rules (stylesheets), and publishing directories.
Monday, 28th June 2004