XML CHALLENGE

The XML Challenge is made up of XML contests created by the International XML Challenge DB2 Users Group (IDUG) to “search for XML Superstars around the world”. They say that “huge prizes await multiple winners”.XML document collections have been gathered for the challenge and will be provided to the participants and this is the great opportunity for the students to come with their own and innovative idea.This is a great to developer future developer challenge.

XML is fast becoming the universal data exchange format, and there would seem to be a natural and obvious synergy between XML and databases. Databases are central to most enterprises’ IT infrastructure, and integrating them must be key to any transition to XML or Web services.Imagine the simplest XML or Web services-based integration problem: An existing order processing database application needs to receive orders from another department or another company. The purchase order will have a number of segments, such as the sender’s contact details, the list of ordered items, order references and other terms.so this will be a great opportunity for the students in world level to take part in this contest and explore the ideas and have a good future in their life .