XML Schema is key to offering Cape Clear Software on Thursday is rolling out Cape Clear Data Interchange, which presents a Web services-based approach to integrating data with enterprise applications.The product provides a visual environment for transforming diverse data sources, such as text files, spreadsheets, and ZIP files, into XML Schema, according to Cape Clear. A runtime capability securely routes data back to the appropriate back-end application, the company said.Cape Clear’s product stands out by using Web services to integrate data, said David Clarke, senior vice president of strategy and business development at Cape Clear. “[Web services has] principally been about integrating applications with other applications,” Clarke said. “What we’re doing here is enabling you to take semi-structured data and visually create formal XML Schema representations for those data, to bring them in as first-class citizens to Web services,” said Clarke.A series of wizards analyze new data and suggest appropriate XML Schema representations and mappings, to reduce complexity of describing and integrating new data formats. Pre-built support is included for a variety of data formats, including CICS, CORBA, Excel, EDI, Java, .Net, and WSDL/SOAP. Support for proprietary or non-standard formats can be added by data analysts.The product also supports Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) for sequential workflows and composite Web services. Through this support, users can chain sets of Web services to deliver a single, composite service, Cape Clear said. Cape Clear Data Interchange is available now and is part of the Cape Clear Business Integration Suite. Software Development