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Google AJAXSLT is an implementation of XSL-T in JavaScript, intended for use in fat web pages, which are nowadays referred to as AJAX applications. Because XSL-T uses XPath, it is also an implementation of XPath that can be used independently of XSL-T.
Thus, your web browser can fetch XML documents directly from the server, and perform the format conversion locally; thus saving time and bandwidth. AJAXSLT is distributed under the terms of the BSD License. For downloads, news, and other information, visi
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CanCore Guidelines for the "Access for All" Digital Resource Description Metadata Elements. Dr. Norm Friesen & Anthony Roberts; March 24, 2006
[sigh..??] 76 elements in LOM [but] do not describe learning content such that it can be used with the user's needs or circumstances/to support adaptability or interoperability between the learner and the system. The Access4All specification outlines thes
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Connexions: Rhaptos Software Development - Usability studies: Word importer and EIP-style module-editing interface
Last week we completed usability tests on the Word importer and the EIP-style module-editing interface - they showed us a number of areas where the interface needs improvement that many of us developing it probably hadn't even considered.
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EDF-4, Bolton, April 20, 2006 (The ELF Developers' Forum provides a practical opportunity for e-learning software developers to learn about and implement e-learning standards and specifications. It is particularly focussed on the JISC e-Learning Framework
10:00 (for coffee and introductions) to 3:30 pm. confirmed so-far: - Experiences with the Enterprise Toolkits - covering Sweet and Enterprise SDK - discussion - PLEX and XCRI and nice REST webservices (Scott Wilson - PLE Reference model)
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OPML Workstation - Welcome to OPML Workstation. We are a web-based integrated service for creating, hosting and publishing OPML files ( incl ppt conversion )
We host your OPML files and provide you with personal URL links to your OPML. Files in your private folder are password protected, and files in your public folder are open to others. At your option, files in your public folder can be included in OPMLSearc
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OnlyWire: The Only BookMarklet You'll Ever Need! [Efficient - Fast - Easy - Secure - Free]
[terms say it bookmarks itself when you signup] Use One "Bookmarklet" for all these services: Blinklist, Blogmarks, Blogmemes, Connotea, del.icio.us, Feedmelinks, Furl, Jots, Linkroll, ma.gnolia, Maple, OpenBM, Rawsugar, Shadows, Simpy, Spurl, Wink
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A CTO's guide to Web 2.0 | Darwinian Web: Web 2.0 forces a company to adopt the one thing any good CTO should loath, dependencies.
allow your company to be dependent on other people's code, their voices, their data, and their personal motivations that can't necessarily be overridden by money...go through each of these dependencies:Open Source, Blogs, XML, Fear of excessive valuation
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sniffer.toolbot.com : find out what software a web server is running
Enter a domain name or IP address in the box, and the sniffer will show you the HTTP headers that web server returns. This usually tell you what software it is running, and a few other pieces of information.
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JISC e-Learning Focus - New JISC Capital Programme publishes roadmap : major new Capital Programme, funded by HEFCE and HEFCW from April 2006 – March 2009: Network; Digitisation; Repositories; e-Learning; e-Infrastructure; User Environments
town meetings on 21 April and 10 May 2006 for those interested in learning about the funding opportunities available. A roadmap provides information on the expected calls and when they will be released. (Please note that the e-infrastructure strand of the
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Nifty Corners Cube - freedom to round [version 3] a solution based on CSS and Javascript to get rounded corners without images
[ no spurious markup! you just need to know in advance of elements (css selectors) you want to treat via js ] three main components: A javascript file, named "niftycornerscube.js", A CSS file, named "niftycorners.css", the javascript calls specific for th
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Creating my first Google map by hand | Mashup.DarwinianWeb.com: For my new RSS Alley map, I decided to build a map page by hand. Here are the steps I followed:
a lot of steps, but the quality of the result is impressive when you consider the work that is needed. If you start with an existing script, you don't need to know much Javascript. Feel free: use my map page as a starting point for your own first efforts.
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Open Source VLEs: The Next Generation, Cambridge, 29 June 2006 | connect.educause.edu
The Higher Education Academy and JISC are running a near repeat of their massively over-subscribed event held in York in December. This is a great opportunity to explore some of the challenges and opportunities to be found in open source virtual learning
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Word on the street is myspace and xanga are no longer cool: a chat with some middle school students last week and a tech savvy teacher who talks to her students about the latest and greatest technologies that the students are using | The Thinking Stick
7th grade student told me: “It just got old!” Blogging at xanga.com was all the rave in the middle school earlier this year. With one parent telling me that her 7th grader blogged nightly, that he HAD to visit his friends’ blogs and leave a comment.
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