A video tutorial is now available that walks through the concepts and details of life-cycle
management of your database environment using CAM templates. This
includes generating SQL table scripts along with matching Hibernate JPA
bindings. BPM with Appian CDT customization is also covered.
See how to harvest your existing source systems SQL and then manage details along with creating new SQL scripts.
Alternatively, start from existing XSD schema and build matching SQL databases and dictionaries of components.
The
concepts behind Naming and Design Rules (NDR) are covered along with how CAM
supports the use of NDR to ensure component consistency and reuse.
XML Orb
Examining the inner workings of XML and NIEM
Friday, July 31, 2015
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Creating, using and managing XML component dictionaries quick tutorials
XML Component Dictionary capabilities are provided in conjunction
with the CAM Editor toolset. These dictionaries accelerate the
development of consistent XML information exchanges using standard sets
of dictionary components.
The quick tutorials are aimed at showing the 'how to' of the basic capabilities to jump start use of XML dictionaries with the CAM Editor.
The collection of dictionary tutorials videos run for a total of approximately 20 minutes. Each video can be reviewed individually also.
Learn how to use the dictionary functions to create dictionaries by harvesting data model components from existing XSD schema, SQL database table schema, or simple Excel / Open Office spreadsheets with tables of components listed.
Also included are tips and functions relating to use of NIEM exchange development, IEPD and EIEM techniques.
These videos should be viewed in conjunction with reviewing the overall concepts and techniques described in the companion video on the CAM Editor and Dictionaries overview. The approach is aligned with OASIS and Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) standards specifications for XML components and dictionaries.
Dictionary collections can be stored locally on the file system, or local network, or collaboratively on the web or cloud deployment, or can be shared and managed securely using the Oracle Enterprise Repository (OER) tool.
Also included are techniques relating to the use of the NIEM approach for developing XML exchange schema and IEPD packages. This includes generating reuse scores, wantlist, and cross reference spreadsheets.
Included in the latest release of the CAM Editor is the ability to use the analyse dictionary tool to determine duplicate components, conflicting component definitions, missing component descriptions and so on. This ensures high quality dictionary component specifications. Using the CAM Editor you can also create MindMap models and UML physical models of your dictionary components sets.
For a complete guide to using the CAM Editor see the main YouTube video tutorials website and the CAM Editor website.
The quick tutorials are aimed at showing the 'how to' of the basic capabilities to jump start use of XML dictionaries with the CAM Editor.
The collection of dictionary tutorials videos run for a total of approximately 20 minutes. Each video can be reviewed individually also.
Learn how to use the dictionary functions to create dictionaries by harvesting data model components from existing XSD schema, SQL database table schema, or simple Excel / Open Office spreadsheets with tables of components listed.
Also included are tips and functions relating to use of NIEM exchange development, IEPD and EIEM techniques.
These videos should be viewed in conjunction with reviewing the overall concepts and techniques described in the companion video on the CAM Editor and Dictionaries overview. The approach is aligned with OASIS and Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) standards specifications for XML components and dictionaries.
Dictionary collections can be stored locally on the file system, or local network, or collaboratively on the web or cloud deployment, or can be shared and managed securely using the Oracle Enterprise Repository (OER) tool.
Also included are techniques relating to the use of the NIEM approach for developing XML exchange schema and IEPD packages. This includes generating reuse scores, wantlist, and cross reference spreadsheets.
Included in the latest release of the CAM Editor is the ability to use the analyse dictionary tool to determine duplicate components, conflicting component definitions, missing component descriptions and so on. This ensures high quality dictionary component specifications. Using the CAM Editor you can also create MindMap models and UML physical models of your dictionary components sets.
For a complete guide to using the CAM Editor see the main YouTube video tutorials website and the CAM Editor website.
Monday, August 5, 2013
New CAM v3.0 ships with JSON support and significant performance enhancements
Today we released the new and significantly improved CAM editor toolset along with 3 new companion 'How to' quick videos (see here to view).
The main focus is integrating JSON handling alongside the existing XML capabilities to provide developers with the ability to use either or both from the single set of infrastructure.
This provide JSON developers with the ability to quickly build visual data models, use robust XML content validation services and generate XSD schema and JAXB bindings without having to do all those tasks by hand or know the nuances of complex XSD schema or XML handling.
For XML developers it provides a rapid ability to use JSON as an option in their information exchanges and web service integration for supporting mobile and web-based application needs.
In addition to these new JSON capabilities the existing functionality has significantly improved performance and capability. The CAMV validation engine now runs up to 20 times faster for large XML validation input and with templates containing setChoice() rules. For comparison a 500+ rules validation template with large 15MB sample COBie CAD/CAM smart building XML export now runs in 19 seconds instead of previously taking over 9 minutes.
Then the drag and drop dictionary components handling has similarly been significantly improved. Large sets of components now are inserted in real time with low memory overhead thus dramatically improving the user experience and ability to quickly build information exchanges from XML dictionaries of predefined domain components. The video shows using the Education domain to rapidly build a StudentDetails report with grades, achievements and student data.
For the Open-XDX open data API toolset we have added bi-directional support. This means using the same CAM template and the SQL drag and drop interface you can design Update/Insert SQL database web services along with the query services. Again the focus is on providing simple and rapid application development support. Example code and resources can be found at our GitHub site while on line demonstrations are available from the VerifyXML.org site.
Further enhancements include a new Dictionary Evaluation report. This tool analyzes the XML components in a dictionary and highlights design issues, omissions, duplicates and more that would be extremely tedious to detect by hand. This allows a development team to collaboratively improve the quality of their core components and their reuse across a project implementation.
Last but not least we have improved the XSD schema importing and exporting resolving a range of complexity nuances not previously handled allow improved accuracy and compatibility with XSD schema.
In summary the new release provides:
o All new JSON capabilities and template type
o Bi-directional data processing using Open-XDX for open data query and update
o Dramatically improved Dictionary components drag and drop
o New report for Dictionary evaluation and analysis
o Significant CAMV rules engine performance improvements
o Better XSD schema importing and exporting
We look forward to seeing the enhanced solutions this helps people deliver to their customers.
The main focus is integrating JSON handling alongside the existing XML capabilities to provide developers with the ability to use either or both from the single set of infrastructure.
This provide JSON developers with the ability to quickly build visual data models, use robust XML content validation services and generate XSD schema and JAXB bindings without having to do all those tasks by hand or know the nuances of complex XSD schema or XML handling.
For XML developers it provides a rapid ability to use JSON as an option in their information exchanges and web service integration for supporting mobile and web-based application needs.
In addition to these new JSON capabilities the existing functionality has significantly improved performance and capability. The CAMV validation engine now runs up to 20 times faster for large XML validation input and with templates containing setChoice() rules. For comparison a 500+ rules validation template with large 15MB sample COBie CAD/CAM smart building XML export now runs in 19 seconds instead of previously taking over 9 minutes.
Then the drag and drop dictionary components handling has similarly been significantly improved. Large sets of components now are inserted in real time with low memory overhead thus dramatically improving the user experience and ability to quickly build information exchanges from XML dictionaries of predefined domain components. The video shows using the Education domain to rapidly build a StudentDetails report with grades, achievements and student data.
For the Open-XDX open data API toolset we have added bi-directional support. This means using the same CAM template and the SQL drag and drop interface you can design Update/Insert SQL database web services along with the query services. Again the focus is on providing simple and rapid application development support. Example code and resources can be found at our GitHub site while on line demonstrations are available from the VerifyXML.org site.
Further enhancements include a new Dictionary Evaluation report. This tool analyzes the XML components in a dictionary and highlights design issues, omissions, duplicates and more that would be extremely tedious to detect by hand. This allows a development team to collaboratively improve the quality of their core components and their reuse across a project implementation.
Last but not least we have improved the XSD schema importing and exporting resolving a range of complexity nuances not previously handled allow improved accuracy and compatibility with XSD schema.
In summary the new release provides:
o All new JSON capabilities and template type
o Bi-directional data processing using Open-XDX for open data query and update
o Dramatically improved Dictionary components drag and drop
o New report for Dictionary evaluation and analysis
o Significant CAMV rules engine performance improvements
o Better XSD schema importing and exporting
We look forward to seeing the enhanced solutions this helps people deliver to their customers.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
New NIEM Training videos resource site launched
A series of videos are now available online that provide training and illustrate various aspects of NIEM information exchange development.
Learn how to build a working XML query/response system with SQL database accessing and XML components from example NIEM schema and dictionary.
Software development practitioners, business analysts and managers will find the materials accessible and valuable in showing the decision making processes that go into constructing a working XML exchange.
Materials are focused on practical implementers, after viewing the instruction material you can use the open source tools and apply to your own SQL to XML use cases and information exchange projects.
All the SQL and XML code, editor tools, dictionary and instructions that accompany the tutorial videos are also available for download so you can try everything yourself.
See the NIEM Training Videos site to access the NIEM training resources.
And the open source project web site (sponsored by Oracle) contains the tools, downloads and supplemental technical materials and quick guide manuals.
Learn how to build a working XML query/response system with SQL database accessing and XML components from example NIEM schema and dictionary.
Software development practitioners, business analysts and managers will find the materials accessible and valuable in showing the decision making processes that go into constructing a working XML exchange.
Materials are focused on practical implementers, after viewing the instruction material you can use the open source tools and apply to your own SQL to XML use cases and information exchange projects.
All the SQL and XML code, editor tools, dictionary and instructions that accompany the tutorial videos are also available for download so you can try everything yourself.
See the NIEM Training Videos site to access the NIEM training resources.
And the open source project web site (sponsored by Oracle) contains the tools, downloads and supplemental technical materials and quick guide manuals.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
CAMV and TEAM Engine (Test, Evaluation, And Measurement) suite development
The CAMV engine is ideal for rapidly developing Test, Evaluation, And
Measurement (TEAM) test suites for XML information exchanges. The
concise CAM rules syntax leverages XPath v2.0 capabilities. This means
that rules are declarative along with acting directly on the XML
structure and hence this dramatically simplifies rule assertions.
Coupled to this is the ability of the CAM Editor visual IDE to automate much of the tasks involved in test suite and Compliance and Interoperability Testing development and implementation. This includes automatic harvesting of rules from existing XSD schema definitions, automatic generation of XML test instances with realistic test data hints, and generation of HTML documentation of the business rules. Then rule entry wizards simplify the task of rule entry and are accessible via a "right click" popup menu tool directly from the XML instance structure viewer in the CAM Editor IDE. Compliance test rules are implemented in XPath language syntax that can be run interactively in the CAM Editor IDE against XML test instances and results visually diagnosed.
Completed rules templates may then be deployed via ANT scripts as automated test suites for validation of arbitrary XML information exchange samples. The ANT scripts support use of drop folders, so any test cases dropped into the designated folder will then be inspected and validated against the applicable rules templates.
For more information on utilizing these techniques and tools, along with sample Test Suites please see the Sourceforge.net resources site for the CAM tools - and the CAMV Test Suites link.
Coupled to this is the ability of the CAM Editor visual IDE to automate much of the tasks involved in test suite and Compliance and Interoperability Testing development and implementation. This includes automatic harvesting of rules from existing XSD schema definitions, automatic generation of XML test instances with realistic test data hints, and generation of HTML documentation of the business rules. Then rule entry wizards simplify the task of rule entry and are accessible via a "right click" popup menu tool directly from the XML instance structure viewer in the CAM Editor IDE. Compliance test rules are implemented in XPath language syntax that can be run interactively in the CAM Editor IDE against XML test instances and results visually diagnosed.
Completed rules templates may then be deployed via ANT scripts as automated test suites for validation of arbitrary XML information exchange samples. The ANT scripts support use of drop folders, so any test cases dropped into the designated folder will then be inspected and validated against the applicable rules templates.
For more information on utilizing these techniques and tools, along with sample Test Suites please see the Sourceforge.net resources site for the CAM tools - and the CAMV Test Suites link.
Friday, June 29, 2012
CAM XML Editor version 2.2.1 now available
CAM Editor v2.2.1 release is now available. Lots of nice enhancements, CAMV performance boost and important bug fixes for DoD, NIEM and LEXS schema.
Download is available from the CAM XML Editor Resource Site.
The CAM editor is the leading open source XML Editor/Validation/Schema designer for rapidly building and deploying complete XML information exchanges. Provides a visual WYSIWYG structure with rule entry wizards and drag and drop dictionary components.
Will import, analyze and refactor existing XML Schema.
Oracle is a proud sponsor of the project and its use on the NIEM.gov initiative.
Creates XSD schema + JAXB bindings, Mindmap or UML models (XMI), XML test suite examples, HTML documentation + spreadsheets (NIEM IEPDs). XSD schema export in default, flatten, NIEM, and OASIS modes. Generates canonical component dictionaries from schema sets, ERwin models, or spreadsheets.
Monday, May 21, 2012
CAM v2.2 release with multi-lingual support taking NIEM international
New release now available with French, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Chinese and Japanese support from http://www.cameditor.org
Complete highlights include the following:
o International localization language support for menus and screens
o JAXB binding and ConTessa support for XSD schema export
o Better XSD schema importing and exporting
o Dictionary collection manager wizard
o Better dictionary namespace handling
o Better UML physical model export to XMI 2.1.2 (now works with popular UML tools)
o CAMV validation engine support for W3C DOM and extended API options
Notice the Dictionary Collection Manager tool uses enhanced namespace techniques. Please download the latest NIEM dictionary pack from Sourceforge files to take advantage of these.
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