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ASP
ASP stands for Application Service Provider. ASPs offer access to applications (such as software) and related services via the Internet that would otherwise be located on your own computer. ASP services are expected to become an important alternative, not only for smaller companies and individuals with small technology budgets but also for larger companies as a form of outsourcing.

DTD
A document type definition (DTD) is simply a definition of a certain type of XML document and provides a set of rules for the XML document with which it is associated.

Firewall
A firewall is a set of programs that protect a private computer network as is found in most companies, from other networks. In other words it is designed to stop unauthorised access to your computer systems.

HDML
HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language) is a language that enables the text portions of Web pages to be presented on mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDA) via wireless access.

HTML
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the set of codes that are used to describe how words and images should be displayed in a user’s Web browser on the Internet.

ICE
ICE (Information & Content Exchange) is an XML-based protocol that defines the business rules and processes needed for reliable content syndication among Web servers. It describes a range of information along with the actual content such as delivery scheduling information, update instructions, business rules, intellectual property rights and other aspects of automated syndication. It was developed by a consortium of more than 80 software developers, technology suppliers , content owners and publishers.

JDBC
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is very similar to ODBC and is an application program language interface that enables programs written in Java to connect to popular databases.

Meta Data
The literal definition of metadata is “data about data”. It enhances the core data by providing further information about it. For example your data might actually be a picture. The picture itself is the core data but you might also store additional information with the picture such as the photographer’s name, what company holds the copyright, what format it is in etc. This additional information is known as metadata.

Media-independent publishing
This is the sought-after ideal, particularly of the publishing industry, that you can create and maintain a single content source that can be presented in many different formats.

Newsfeed
A newsfeed is a stream of articles (news) that is provided to someone running their own news server.

ODBC
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is an open standard for accessing databases. By using ODBC, users are able to access any ODBC-compliant database with the same set of ODBC statements.

QuarkXPress
Since its first release in 1987, QuarkXPress™ has been the leading layout and design software for graphic designers, typographers, publishers, and printers worldwide. It is used to produce a wide range of documents including magazines, newspapers, catalogues, brochures and books. QuarkXPress Passport™ is the multi-language version of QuarkXPress™.

RDF
The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a general framework for how to describe any Internet resource such as a Web site and its content. The RDF is an application of XML and is being developed by the World Wide Consortium (W3C).

SOAP
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a way for a program running in one kind of operating system (such as Linux) to communicate with a program in the same or another kind of an operating system (such as Windows 2000). It does this by using a combination of HTTP and XML as the mechanisms for exchanging information. SOAP was developed by Microsoft, DevelopMentor and Userland Software.

SQL
SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standard interactive and programming language for getting information from and updating a database. SQL allows users to access data in relational database management systems, such as Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Access and others through the use of queries that let users select, insert, update, find out the location of data and so forth.

SSL
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a commonly-used protocol for managing the security of a message transmission on the Internet. It is an integral part of most Web browsers and Web servers and used for the transfer of information over the Internet that you don’t want anyone else to be able to access for example your credit card details.

Syndication
The most common example of syndication is in newspapers, where content such as wire-service news, comics, columns, horoscopes, and crossword puzzles are usually syndicated content. Newspapers receive the content from the content providers, reformat it as required, integrate it with other copy, print it, and publish it. For many years mainly a feature of print media, today content syndication is the way a great deal of information is disseminated across the Web. Reuters, for example, provides online news content to over 900 Web sites and portals, such as Yahoo and America Online.

WAP
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a technical standard designed to allow specially prepared Internet content to be displayed on the screens of mobile devices such as mobile phones, personal organisers and pagers. The information is predominantly text-based to ensure rapid loading to the device.

WDDX
Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX) is an XML-based technology that enables the exchange of complex data between Web programming languages

WML
Wireless Mark up Language (WML) is a language that enables the text portions of Web pages to be displayed on mobile devices such as mobile phones, personal organisers and pagers.

XHTML
XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) is a revised version of HTML that uses the XML syntax. It supports all of the same elements as HTML but with the added advantage that it can be extended by anyone that uses it. In essence it is XML “on the cheap”, a bridge between HTML and the far more powerful and extensibel XML standard.

XML
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a markup language that enables you to label your content in such a way that anyone can use it. XML is similar to HTML which itself is used for most of today’s Web pages. However while HTML is concerned with describing how content will be displayed and interacted with, XML describes what the data actually is. The power and flexibility of XML means that it is fast becoming the standard holding and exchanging content.

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