Proposal for XML Technology Programming Solutions in the Printing Business INFORMIX database

Implementing advanced information computer science technologies, having in mind firstly the XML program environment, is not possible in all managing entities simultaneously. There are typical examples of companies in the publishing and printing industry where it is necessary to invest into advanced technologies of graphic prepress often because the printing press interests and those of digital business operations and new electronic publishing merge. Thus there is application of various technologies in various managing entities. Each day XML is becoming more and more important as a communication standard for any company aiming at fully implementing Web technology support. Database users need to search for information using Web technology. XML has been accepted as the basic communication activity carrier between various bases, dislocated sources and various operation systems. Our experience lies in the use of Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. We are presenting the engineering of our own software solutions for generating XML output documents from an existing database. This paper gives an example of how it is possible to link various technologies in a big publishing company.