OVERVIEW

 

There’s nothing hotter than XML these days. As is usual with fads, vendors step over each other to get into the act, for fear nobody will pay any attention to them if they don’t. And users jump on the bandwagon so as not to be “left behind”. It’s déjà vu. In all the hoopla, important basic questions are not being asked.

 

Ø       What data management problems does XML solve, if any?

Ø       Is it really revolutionary?

Ø       Was it necessary?

Ø       Does it improve on existing technology?

 

OBJECTIVES

 

To answer these questions, this presentation will assess XML by applying the foundation framework developed in the previous presentation.

 

OUTLINE

 

·         WHAT XML IS AND ISN’T

·         DATA EXCHANGE

·         DATA MANAGEMENT

·         REALITY CHECK

·         MISCONCEPTIONS DEBUNKED

 

DOCUMENTATION

 

Workbook containing the instructor’s slides.

 

INSTRUCTOR

 

Fabian Pascal has a national and international reputation as an independent technology analyst, consultant, author, and instructor of seminars, specializing in data management. He was affiliated with Codd & Date and for more than 20 years held various analytical and management positions in the private and public sectors, has taught and lectured at the business and academic levels, and advised vendor and user organizations on data management technology, strategy and implementation. Clients include IBM, Census Bureau, CIA, Apple, Borland, Cognos, UCSF, and IRS. He is founder, editor and publisher of DATABASE DEBUNKINGS, a web site dedicated to dispelling persistent fallacies, myths and misconceptions prevalent in the IT industry. The site publishes his own and C. J. Date’s series of papers, as well as PRACTICAL DATABASE FOUNDATIONS series of papers dedicated to explaining the logic foundations of database management to the IT practitioner. Author of three books, he has published extensively in most trade publications, including DM Review, Database Programming and Design, DBMS, Byte, Infoworld and Computerworld, and DBAzine.com. He is author of the contrarian columns Setting Matters Straight, and Test Your Foundation Knowledge, as well as of one for the Dutch DB/M magazine.

 

 

Updated 9/23/05