Inside XML DTDS Scientific and Technical

Name: Inside XML DTDS Scientific and Technical
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ISBN: 9780071346214

ISBN-10: 007134621X

ISBN-13: 9780071346214

Edition: 1999

Authors: Simon Laurent, Robert J. Biggar

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Document type definitions enable developers to build into XML applications, specific tags for specialised languages. These include for example, mathematical and technical symbols. This handbook explains how to use them and lists many of them.

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 466
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Simon St. Laurent is Senior Editor at O'Reilly Media, Inc., focusing primarily on JavaScript and web-related projects. He is co-chair of the Fluent conference. He's authored or co-authored books including Introducing Elixir, Introducing Erlang, Learning Rails 3, XML Pocket Reference, 3rd, XML: A Primer, and Cookies. You can find more of his writing on technology, Quakerism, and the Town of Dryden at simonstl.com.

Chapter Technology, Science, and Information	p. 1
A Strong Generic Framework	p. 2
Why Use XML for Scientific and Technical Applications?	p. 4
Chapter XML: What and Why	p. 17
SGML: Document Management and Publishing	p. 18
Style Sheets: A First Step Towards Cleaner Markup	p. 21
XML: Markup Done Right	p. 22
Chapter XML Document Syntax: Fundamental XML Structures	p. 25
Well-Formed and Valid Documents: An Introduction	p. 26
Case-Sensitivity	p. 27
Describing the Document: The XML Declaration	p. 27
Elements: Creating Structures	p. 30
Attributes: Detailing Elements	p. 34
Comments: Documenting Your Documents	p. 36
Avoid Using Markup Characters in Text	p. 37
Character References	p. 37
Putting It All Together	p. 39
Moving Forward	p. 44
Chapter XML Extras: Processing Instructions, Namespaces, and More	p. 45
Processing Instructions	p. 46
The xml:lang Attribute	p. 48
The xml:space Attribute	p. 49
CDATA Sections	p. 50
Namespaces	p. 52
Chapter DTDs I: Describing Document Content	p. 57
Document Type Definitions: Contents and Applications	p. 58
Document Type Declarations and Document Type Definitions	p. 58
Notations	p. 62
Entities	p. 63
IGNORE and INCLUDE	p. 71
Chapter DTDs II: Describing Document Structures	p. 75
Describing Element Structures	p. 76
Describing Attribute Structures	p. 82
Building Document Structures	p. 89
Schemas: The Next Generation	p. 100
Chapter Sophisticated XML: Tricks and Traps	p. 103
Identifying Document Types	p. 104
Non-Validating and Validating Conflicts	p. 106
DTD Architectures	p. 108
Namespaces and Validation	p. 110
Chapter Linking Information with XLink and XPointer	p. 111
XPointers: An Introduction	p. 112
XLink: An Introduction	p. 121
Chapter Supporting Standards: Styles, Transport, Object Models, and APIs	p. 137
Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets	p. 138
Formatting and Transforming with Extensible Style Language	p. 148
Transporting with Hypertext Transfer Protocol	p. 151
Processing with the Document Object Model	p. 152
Processing with the Simple API for XML	p. 154
Chapter MathML	p. 157
Motivation	p. 158
Description	p. 159
Content Markup	p. 161
Mixing Presentation and Content Markup	p. 192
Chapter Tools for Using MathML	p. 195
Renderers	p. 196
Equation Editors	p. 202
Chapter Organizing Information: RDF and Dublin Core	p. 207
RDF: From Abstraction to Implementation	p. 208
Dublin Core: Providing a Vocabulary	p. 225
Chapter Creating Dictionaries: The Virtual Hyperglossary (VHGTM)	p. 229
VHG Application Components and Foundations	p. 230
Reading a Glossary	p. 231
VHG Document Structures: The DTD	p. 234
Creating Virtual Hyperglossaries	p. 235
Applying a VHG: Waiting for XLink and XSL	p. 238
Chapter Marking Up Molecules: Chemical Markup Language	p. 239
Documents and Molecules	p. 240
JUMBO	p. 241
The CML Vocabulary	p. 242
The Future of CML	p. 253
Chapter Markup for Biology: BioML and BSML	p. 255
BioML	p. 256
BSML	p. 266
Futures	p. 283
Chapter Weather Observation Markup Format	p. 287
OMF Structures	p. 288
Chapter Markup for Astronomy: AML and AIML	p. 299
General Resources: NASA's XML for Astronomy Site	p. 300
Astronomical Instrument Markup Language (AIML), an IML Dialect	p. 300
Astronomical Markup Language (AML)	p. 309
Chapter Graphics Markup Languages	p. 325
PGML: PostScript to XML	p. 326
VML: Competing Approach, Similar Goals	p. 333
Toward Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)	p. 336
Implications of XML Vector Graphics	p. 337
3DML: Simple Virtual Reality	p. 338
Chapter Other Developments in XML	p. 341
XML Bibliography and Resource-Finding Tools	p. 342
XML Projects Underway and Announced	p. 343
Chapter Building Your Own ML	p. 349
Do I Really Need to Build?	p. 350
What Do I Need to Build?	p. 350
Analyzing Needs	p. 353
Building Structures	p. 357
Chapter Tools for Networked Applications	p. 359
From Centralization to Client-Server to the Web	p. 360
Repositories, Gateways, Processors, and Viewers	p. 365
Integration	p. 369
Chapter Building XML Processing Applications with Perl	p. 373
Why Perl?	p. 374
Starting the Development Process	p. 375
Generating XML Documents	p. 375
Processing Documents	p. 387
Using XML::Parser	p. 391
Program Listings	p. 396
Chapter Building XML Processing Applications with Java	p. 415
Why Java for XML?	p. 416
The Java-XML Toolkit	p. 417
Application Models	p. 424
Chapter XML, Documents, and Data: Moving Beyond the Foundations	p. 429
Bridging the Gap	p. 430
	p. 437
Index	p. 455
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