Many of you have been writing us positive comments about the technical content of this Blog. We are happy to hear you find the information in this pages useful; both Marc and...

We have been mentioning in several occasions - like here - that using XQuery in the context of Web services is an extremely powerful and flexible approach. The fact that XQuery and Web services share the same underlying data model (at least in the...

Lars Hansen asked a question about my last post, Are agility and chaos two sides of the same coin? He asked whether I really meant "chaos", or perhaps I meant "complexity".

I definitely...

We were excited to see Philip Howard's piece on the importance of a common data model. It was heartening to read our convictions about IT architecture espoused by someone with no overt commercial...

I blogged last week on submitting XQJ to the JCP for final approval. Yesterday, it successfully passed the Final Approval Ballot in the...

It would be unoriginal for me to submit some sort of apology for the delay between my posts, so I won't offer one. I'm unsure who would care if I neglected to include one anyhow. ^_^

One of the subjects that I have been doing a lot of business research into of late is one of the current...

In a previous post, I promised I'd explain how to avoid governing service consumers.  Now, let me say that not governing consumers is of critical importance because consumers just won't use a...

The XQJ specification (JSR 225) has been submitted to the JCP for final approval. The Final Approval Ballot lasts from February 19 until March 3. I'll keep you posted here.

Want to know more about XQJ, we have a...

Did you ever just need to get away for a quick, short break? Have you ever turned to your significant other and said, "why don't we take a short vacation this weekend to try something new and relax?"

Then, before you know it you're on a two week vacation, with tons of luggage,...