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"Works Well with Others"
www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/12/homepage

"Corporate Caring"
www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/11/book

"Medical, Dental, Vision, and RAM"
www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/06/corp

Web Techniques: Justice for All



	April 2001 Justice for All

Who's Watching the Web?
By Henry W. (Hank) Jones III, and K. Lawson Pedigo
Much attention has been focused on patching security holes with software upgrades. However, as Henry and Lawson point out, the real protection will come from the law.

Can CORBA Sidestep Open-Source Licensing?
By Michael Trachtman
If you develop a valuable addition based on open-source code, you don't have to release it to public domain. Michael explains how to use oft-ignored CORBA for circumventing OS licenses.



S T R A T E G Y :

Legal Code We've all heard of the long arm of the law, but just how far does that reach extend? Bret A. Fausett explains that sometimes it reaches across international borders. Corporate Strategist Mimi Rosenheim shows you how your business can take shelter when it's raining lawsuits. Making Your Mark Trademarks can help you stake claim to your share of the online market. Claire L. Wudowsky wants you to make sure yours are protected. Product Reviews Artesia Technologies Teams 4.0.


D E S I G N :

Integrated Design Scalable Vector Graphics is up for Candidate Recommendation before the w3c. Will it be a Flash killer, wonders Molly E. Holzschlag? Your Work and Who Owns It Because a copyright infringement causes harm to the progress of science and art, it's also a wrong against society. Linus Kafka expounds on what he considers a criminal offense. Product Reviews Batik SVG Toolkit and Jasc WebDraw.


P R O G R A M M I N G :

Java@Work Proxy servers control Internet access, but how you use them is entirely your business. Al Williams shows how you can do exactly that—block access to certain types of Web-site content or even to specific Web sites. Programming with Perl Randal L. Schwartz combines a module from CPAN and a little handy work to embed dynamic images in HTML output. Presenting Content One Slide at a Time Visitors want less work for more payoff. You'll capture their attention by using John Dimm's Perl scripts to create a slide show. XML@Large XPath will keep you from getting lost in your document trees whether you're using XSLT or the DOM. Michael Floyd provides guidance. Product Reviews ParaSoft JTest 3.2.

I N F R A S T R U C T U R E :

Connections Everyone knows it's important—so why have so few companies invested in protecting themselves? John N. Stewart takes a look back to see what we can learn from the history of online (in)security. Server Security: Layer by Layer Make sure that your employees are security conscious. Jim Jagielski offers a model for keeping intruders out and your users in. Product Reviews Zope 2.2.4.


E N D TO E N D :

The Home Page Editor in Chief Amit Asaravala takes a look back from the five year mark: We've managed to completely change the way we do business, yet we're still working 9 to 5. Webmaster's Domain Lincoln D. Stein discusses click-wrap agreements: You may get more than you bargained for when you hit the accept button. Redirect California's power struggle reminds us that it's time to become more involved in the politics of issues affecting our daily lives. Dale Dougherty encourages us not to ignore the legal and political process. Help Desk Guest Webmaster Richard Yoo tackles your questions about loading balancing, form checking, and plug-in detection. Bookmarks Is hindsight 20-20? Eugene Eric Kim reviews How the Web Was Born. The Last Page Internet privacy is but an illusion, and the laws pertaining to it may afford you less privacy than you've been led to believe. Michael Swaine gives the business view and the government view.

Web Techniques: Table 2 Table 2

Summary of functions for string manipulation.

Expression	Description
string	Converts an object to a Unicode character string.
concat	Concatenates two strings and returns the result.
contains	Determines whether a substring is contained within a string.
starts-with	Takes two string arguments: If the second string starts with the characters in the first string, this function returns with a value of true.
substring-before	Returns the substring preceding a specified character.
substring-after	Returns the substring following a specified character.
normalize-space	Removes leading/trailing white space and reduces extra white space to a single space.
translate	Translates a string of characters.

Web Techniques: Table 1 Table 1

Operators for controlling step patterns.

Character	Description
\|	Expresses alternatives; for example, (`emph\|b`).
.	Selects the current node.
/	Sometimes called a step, used to compose a longer pattern.
//	Matches all descendants instead of immediate children.
..	Selects the parent of the current node.
*	Wildcard character; matches with all nodes.
@	Selects an attribute.

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Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
www.law.nyu.edu/engelbergcenter/legislativewatchnational/s1255.html

Lanham Trademark Act
www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/ch22.html

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Calvin Designer Label
www.jmls.edu/cyber/cases/calvin1.html

Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and Rules
www.icann.org

United States Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov

World International Property Organization
www.wipo.int

Other Intellectual Property Offices (in the U.S. and International)
www.uspto.gov/web/menu/other.html