Rob Ericsson comments on the XML for Analysis (XMLA) data standard as a means to explore and query multi-dimensional data through web services in his October 19, 2004 SQL Server Magazine article, "XML for Analysis: Marrying OLAP and Web Services". Rob discusses the merits of XMLA as a standard that enables analytical applications to move from a traditional client/server environment to a more flexible web services environment. [SQL Server Mag subscription required]
