http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1308 Andreas Neumann has drawn up a table giving a feature-for-feature comparison between SVG and Macromedia's Flash technology. SVG http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1307 Idoox have released the first beta of a SOAP JavaScript client with SOAP 1.1 and WSDL 1.1 support, available for free through their Early Access Program. Protocols Tools http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1306 Eric Freese of ISOGEN has announced release 0.72 of SemanText, a Python application using topic maps to represent semantic networks. SGML/XML Python http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1305 OASIS, the XML business standards consortium, has increased its support for European members by opening an office in the Netherlands. OASIS http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1304 A new native XML database engine, available as a technology preview download, has been created by German company data ex machina. Linux Databases http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1303 Xfinity Designer 1.5 is a visual XSLT development tool intended to simplify the process of creating stylesheets. A free preview download is available. XSLT Tools http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1302 Eric van der Vlist announced an RTFOutputHandler for the XT XSLT processor which allows XT to produce Rich Text Format (RTF) output. XSLT Tools http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1301 Donald Eastlake has announced the initial Working Draft of Exclusive XML Canonicalization, a canonicalization method built on XML Canonicalization that reduces the sensitivity of canonicalized XML fragments to context changes, a feature needed to sign subdocuments. W3C IETF