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HVAC Control in the New Millennium.pdf - HVAC.Amickracing

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PC-based <strong>Control</strong>, Software and Bus TrendsIBM’s Almaden Research Center has been work<strong>in</strong>g on software forprovid<strong>in</strong>g Web Brows<strong>in</strong>g Intelligence (WBI). These programs are similarto agents, but <strong>the</strong>y act as <strong>in</strong>termediaries <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> background to customizeand enhance <strong>the</strong> user environment. They might automatically retrieveand <strong>in</strong>stall software you need to view a Web page.HTML and XMLXML (eXtensible Markup Language) is emerg<strong>in</strong>g as <strong>the</strong> technologyto allow web sites to understand each o<strong>the</strong>rs content. HTML provides <strong>the</strong>language to def<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong> layout of text and graphics on a web page. XML isnot a presentation language, like HTML, but a way of describ<strong>in</strong>g data.XML will enable more precise search<strong>in</strong>g and let bus<strong>in</strong>esses sharedata more efficiently. The Web, which was built on HTML, will be rebuilton XML.Like HTML, XML grew out of <strong>the</strong> Standard Generalized MarkupLanguage (SGML). SGML is a metalanguage, which means it is a languagethat lets you create o<strong>the</strong>r languages. SGML allows various groups<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry to create tags, elements, and attributes called DocumentType Def<strong>in</strong>itions (DTDs) specific to <strong>the</strong>ir applications.HTML is a specific set of tags designed to display Web pages, butXML is a simpler metalanguage designed to allow groups to easily comeup with standard tags to describe <strong>the</strong> contents of specific types of files.XML is be<strong>in</strong>g utilized as <strong>the</strong> base for standardized tags for f<strong>in</strong>ancialtransaction, vector graphics and multimedia applications. The OpenF<strong>in</strong>ancial exchange (OFX) specification provides a common set of tags toallow users to manage f<strong>in</strong>ances and pay bills on-l<strong>in</strong>e.XML is a standard, so most software can be adapted to work withit. The future of XML is to allow applications of all types to exchangedata on <strong>the</strong> Web <strong>in</strong>telligently. XML is likely to be used <strong>in</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r ways aswell. In Office 2000, Microsoft is support<strong>in</strong>g XML as a file format, soMicrosoft Word or Excel documents and files could be viewed <strong>in</strong> anyXML-compla<strong>in</strong>t browser.Web Search<strong>in</strong>gAno<strong>the</strong>r area XML may improve is Web search<strong>in</strong>g. S<strong>in</strong>ce XML tagsdescribe <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>in</strong> a document, <strong>the</strong> descriptions <strong>the</strong>mselves can besearched. This reduces search<strong>in</strong>g time by lett<strong>in</strong>g you be more specific.©2001 by The Fairmont Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

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