XML Elements of Style Guide

Name: XML Elements of Style Guide
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ISBN: 9780072122206

ISBN-10: 007212220X

ISBN-13: 9780072122206

Edition: 2000

Authors: Simon St. Laurent

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This work teaches Web developers to make the most of XML, with short, clear chapters written in jargon-free English. The book presumes prior knowledge of XML and SGML and focuses on creating documents with maximum flexibility.

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Elementary Rules of Usage
XML Documents: An Overview	p. 3
Unicode Text as the Foundation	p. 4
Conformance: Well-formed and Valid Documents	p. 4
Inside XML Documents	p. 5
A Sample XML Document	p. 5
Starting the Document: The Prolog	p. 7
The XML Declaration	p. 7
The Document Type Declaration	p. 9
Foundations: Elements, Attributes, and Namespaces	p. 15
"Sculpting" and "Designing" XML	p. 15
Elements	p. 16
Attributes	p. 18
Naming Your Elements and Attributes	p. 19
Elements and/vs. Attributes (and Other Alternatives)	p. 20
Namespaces	p. 23
Documents, "Reality," and Modeling Models	p. 25
Structures, Reality, and Back Again	p. 25
Top-down or Bottom-up?	p. 26
The Document and Data Debate	p. 27
How to Proceed?	p. 28
Processing Models and Document Structures	p. 29
Transformations and Their Importance	p. 29
Keeping Information Meaningful	p. 30
Middleware Possibilities	p. 32
"Terminal" Vocabularies	p. 32
Common Document Patterns	p. 35
Hierarchies	p. 35
Lists	p. 37
Tables	p. 39
Extended Tables	p. 41
Messages	p. 42
Objects	p. 42
Chaos: "Document Documents"	p. 42
Describing Foundations: Element Type Declarations	p. 45
Describing Containers	p. 45
Basic Syntax	p. 46
The EMPTY Content Model	p. 47
The ANY Content Model	p. 47
Structured-Element Content Models	p. 48
Mixed-Content Models	p. 51
Data Models	p. 52
Describing Foundations: Attribute List Declarations	p. 53
Describing Annotation	p. 53
Basic Syntax	p. 54
Naming Attributes	p. 55
Attribute Types	p. 55
Attribute Defaults	p. 57
Putting It All Together	p. 58
Overriding Attribute List Declarations in the Internal Subset (and Elsewhere)	p. 60
Extras: Comments, Processing Instructions, and CDATA Sections	p. 63
Comments	p. 63
Processing Instructions	p. 65
CDATA Sections	p. 66
White Space	p. 69
An Introduction to White Space Handling	p. 69
White Space in Declarations and Markup	p. 70
White Space in Element Content	p. 71
White Space in Mixed Content	p. 72
A Way to Sneak in #xD	p. 72
xml:space	p. 73
White Space in Attribute Content	p. 73
White Space on the Fringes: The Prolog and Epilogue	p. 73
Implications for Applications and Stylesheets	p. 74
Data Typing in XML 1.0	p. 75
Extra Information	p. 75
Data Type Descriptors	p. 79
Elementary Principles of Composition
Using Character References and Predefined Entities	p. 83
Identifying Characters--Character References	p. 83
Avoiding Collisions with Markup--Predefined Entities	p. 84
Multiple Interpretation of Character References	p. 86
Using General Entities for Reusable Document Content	p. 87
Types of Entities	p. 87
Basic Syntax	p. 88
Using General Entities	p. 90
Including Inclusions	p. 92
Using General Entities	p. 93
Issues of Inclusion	p. 94
Using Parameter Entities for Reusable Declarations	p. 97
Basic Syntax	p. 97
Using Parameter Entities	p. 100
Using Notations and Unparsed Entities	p. 107
Basic Syntax	p. 107
Using Notations	p. 110
Using Unparsed Entities	p. 113
Using Conditional Sections: INCLUDE and IGNORE	p. 117
Basic Syntax	p. 117
Using Conditional Sections	p. 119
A Few Matters of Form
Types of Markup: Semantic to Application Specific	p. 125
Semantics, Semantics, and More Semantics	p. 125
Focus on Meaning	p. 127
Focus on Structure	p. 129
Focus on Applications	p. 131
Planning for Transformation and Presentation	p. 135
When Transformation is Useful	p. 135
Different Kinds of Transformation Tools	p. 136
Annotative Presentation	p. 140
Transformative Presentation	p. 140
Staying Flexible	p. 141
Building Modular DTDs	p. 143
Manageability vs. Reusability	p. 143
Limitations	p. 144
Naming Conventions and Namespaces	p. 145
Documentation	p. 146
Mapping	p. 146
Leaving Room for the Future: Extensible DTDs	p. 149
Easy Extensions	p. 149
Valid XML's Closed World	p. 150
Opening the Doors: ANY and Omitted Declarations	p. 150
Notes on Notations	p. 151
Dependencies and Other Structural Issues	p. 152
Documenting Extensibility	p. 153
Shrinkability	p. 153
Developing for an International Audience	p. 155
Unicode 2.0 and ISO10646	p. 155
Beyond Character Encodings: Identifying Languages	p. 159
Beyond XML: Style Sheets and More	p. 161
The Importance of Documentation	p. 171
Documenting DTDs	p. 171
Documenting Documents	p. 175
Documentation Outside of XML 1.0	p. 176
Documenting for the Machine--PIs as Comments	p. 177
Creating Webs of Documents: XLink	p. 179
Modeling Relationships	p. 180
The XLink Approach	p. 181
Simple Links	p. 182
Extended Links	p. 184
Identifying XML Resource Fragments with XPointer and XPath	p. 189
Extended Link Groups	p. 193
Limitations	p. 193
Tools and Features Commonly Misused
Integrating Namespaces with XML 1.0	p. 197
The Problem of Changing Prefixes	p. 197
Defaulting (and Declaring) Namespace Declarations	p. 200
Disappearing Prefixes	p. 200
Validating Qualified Names	p. 201
An Argument for Well-Formedness	p. 201
Describing Document Types Precisely	p. 203
The Hazards of Self-Identifying Documents (DTDs and Namespaces)	p. 203
MIME Types and Content Negotiation	p. 205
Building Better Packages	p. 207
Processing Instructions: Working Outside Content	p. 211
Abusing Comments	p. 211
Abusing Processing Instructions	p. 214
Using Processing Instructions	p. 216
Creating Generalized Processing Instructions	p. 218
The Need for an Application Framework	p. 219
Troubles with Non-validating Parsers	p. 221
The Problem	p. 221
The Standalone Declaration	p. 223
Controlling Your Applications	p. 223
Document and Double-Check	p. 225
Don't Use the Features	p. 225
The Future? Layers of Processing?	p. 226
XML Processing Architectures: Trees and Streams	p. 229
Reading Event Streams	p. 230
Writing (and Modifying) Event Streams	p. 232
Reading Trees	p. 232
Writing Trees	p. 235
Choosing	p. 235
Waiting for the Future: XML Schemas and Data Typing	p. 237
The Problems	p. 238
Examples	p. 239
Advanced Features	p. 245
Planning the Transition	p. 245
An Approach to Style
Seeking Consistency	p. 249
Consistent Criteria	p. 249
Consistent Communications	p. 250
Consistent Conventions	p. 252
Consistent Decision-Making	p. 253
Consistent Application Design	p. 253
Building on Past Works	p. 255
History Can Be Useful	p. 255
Remodeling or Demolition and Rebuilding?	p. 256
Providing an Upward (and Downward) Path: Transformations	p. 257
Preserving Compatibility	p. 257
Thinking Ahead	p. 258
Maximizing Information Quantity and Quality	p. 261
Including and Excluding Information	p. 261
Choosing Conventions	p. 262
Working Toward Multiple Purposes	p. 263
Document Your Meanings	p. 264
Designing for Large-Scale Interchange	p. 265
Collecting Input	p. 265
Managing Expectations	p. 266
Focus on Meaning	p. 267
Testing, Testing, Testing	p. 267
Communicating Outside XML	p. 268
XML and Data Integration	p. 271
Documents as Data	p. 271
Data as Documents	p. 272
Extending XML to Support Data	p. 273
Middleware Solutions	p. 273
Moving Forward	p. 274
Maximizing Flexibility: Radical Extensibility	p. 277
Don't Count on Consistency	p. 277
Machine Reading	p. 279
Plan for Change	p. 280
Model Jobs, Not Data	p. 280
Build Up Your Toolset	p. 282
Moving Toward an Adaptable Web	p. 282
Index	p. 285
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