Abstract: A method for markup language document compression comprises defining a schema that specifies the structure of the markup-language conforming document and defining in the schema the types of elements and attributes that comprise the conforming document. The method further comprises assigning names in the schema for each of the elements and attributes of the document, defining relationships between the elements and between the attributes and the elements. The method further comprises assigning a token in the schema representing each element name and each attribute name of the document, and replacing each element name and each attribute name in the document with the assigned token.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment disclosed herein, a method for Remote Procedure Call (RPC) type Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) service access for dynamic web content is provided. The method comprises providing a SOAP RPC Tag Library (TagLib) Tag in a web server page and executing the web server page. The method further comprises creating a SOAP RPC document and sending the SOAP RPC document to an application server. The method further comprises processing the SOAP RPC document, and returning the result of such processing to the Tag.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment disclosed herein, a method of providing appearance properties information for a web application is provided. The method comprises creating a Tag having attributes that describe the appearance properties information. The method further comprises creating corresponding computer code that implements the appearance properties attributes in the web application. The method further comprises containing a description of the Tag with related attributes and corresponding computer code in a Tag Library (TagLib). The method further comprises inserting the Tag into the web application. The method further comprises, when the inserted Tag is encountered in the web application, then accessing the description of the Tag with related attributes and corresponding computer code in the TagLib and implementing the accessed appearance properties attributes in the web application by executing the corresponding computer code in place of the Tag.

Abstract: In a distributed information processing and storage system, a method of transformation of a web site summary from Resource Description Framework Site Summary (RSS) format to a transformed format is provided. The method comprises defining a stylesheet, identifying the URL of the web site, and defining initial and transformed formats for the web site summary. The method further comprises inserting the defined stylesheet, initial and transformed formats, and URL in a web page, and executing the transformation when the inserted stylesheet, initial and transformed formats, and URL are encountered in the web page.