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The annotation is essentially the association of some metadata with some other object, called target data.  The target data can be everything, starting with a table in a database, a file or document, or virtually any type of information. The annotation also has a wide range of meanings, so that it can be either a link to another table in a database or another database, a comment for a document, or the classical sticky note that is put on the fridge's door. The annotations a very important when working with great amount of data, the scientists and the

Abstract Lark is a non-validating XML processor implemented in the Java language; it attempts to achieve good trade-offs among compactness, completeness, and performance. Larval is a validating XML processor built on the same code base as Lark. This report gives an overview of the motivations for, facilities offered by, and usage of, the Lark processor. This document and the Lark software are copyright © 1997 by Tim Bray; all rights reserved. However, Lark is available on the Internet for general public use. This note applies to the final beta

Think about how many times a day you use forms, electronic or otherwise. On the Web, forms have become commonplace for search engines, polls, surveys, electronic commerce, and even on-line applications. Nearly all user interaction on the Web is through forms of some sort. This ubiquitous technology, however, is showing its age. It predates XML by half a decade, which is a contributing factor to some of its limitations: Poor integration with XML Limited features make even common tasks dependent on scripting Device dependent, running well only on