Don talks about The dark side of tolerance. While there is no standard that I know of, I have been using a homegrown header for warning users of bad XML. I’ve built some fairly tolerant web service...

I had Groove running on my notebook and I brought it up a few times to do things. I collaborate with some clients and people with Groove, keeping documents and discussions in sync. I also use it as...

Time for a Friday Five, since it’s about cars (something I love more than software development!).  [The .NET Guy] I’m with you - completely a car guy.  My answers: 1. Do you have a car? If so, w...

The original question is “When you model data access, does the model represent the data and its relationships, or does it represent the specific queries you know you wish to make?” The first thi...

MSDN Article: HTTP Security and ASP.NET Web Services There’s a new article up over on the MSDN site that discusses various aspects of HTTP security for ASP.NET based web services. [Drew’s Blog]...

I was out racing this weekend, and won my first national race… Congratulations Greg! I’m curious – how did you get into that? Have you been a car/racing fan for a while? [Wrinkled Paper] Thank...

I was out racing this weekend, and won my first national race.  And not just one…I won TWO of them!  Talk about the best racing weekend ever.  I had pretty much ruled it out, but now I’m thinking a...

XML Schema derivation by extension superfluous?. Don falls for derivation by restriction one more time. [Don Box’s Spoutlet] While I was just trying to round out some ideas related to the schema ...

New essay: Expect More.  [Sam Ruby] Sam writes an excellent essay on upward and downward compatibility with web service contracts.  If I might paraphrase for context, he holds that we should be a...

Wow, who knew…my managed HTTP authentication samples are on the “Cool Stuff” list at 123aspx.com.  I mean, sure, I thought they were cool :-)…but I didn’t know it would be a popular thing!