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Just XML

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ISBN-10: 013018554X

ISBN-13: 9780130185549

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: John E. Simpson

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Cutting through the hype of XML, this work gives experienced Web developers the plain facts about how to use it. Simpson's work is written for HTML users who want to upgrade to the new language and is also suitable for SGML users.
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Book details

List price: $34.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/4/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Preface
Markup Laid Down
Revealing Codes
The XML Difference
What XML Isn't
What XML Is
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
Breaking the Ice
How Valid Is It?
Rules of Thumb
Anatomy of an XML Document
Summary
Into the Root
Naming of Parts
Multimedia
Namespaces
Summary
Why XLink?
Linking Basics
Trouble in Hyperlink Paradise
XML Linking: the Back Story
All Aboard the Digression Express
Summary
XLink: Getting from Here to There
Words, Words
Anatomy of an XLink
Simple XLinks
From the Ground Up (but not too far up)
Extending Links to a New Plane
The Twilight Zone: External Linksets
Summary
XPointers and XPath: The "Where" of XML
XPointing the Way
Getting around Downtown: XPath
XPointer Extensions to XPath
Summary
XML and Cascading Style Sheets
The Style Problem
The Style Sheet Solution
Declaring a CSS for XML Documents
Basic CSS Syntax
More Advanced CSS2 Syntax
CSS2 Shortcuts
Summary
Transforming XML with Style: XSL
Why XSL(T)?
Differences between CSS2 and XSL
Other Key XSL (T) Concepts
Linking to an XSLT Style Sheet
Anatomy of an XSL Style Sheet
HTML Recap
Template Rules
XSLT Stylesheet Syntax
Little Funny Bits: "Special" Text
Making Life Easier
External Resources
Summary
The XML DTD
Why a DTD?
Getting Started
Types of XML Document Content
Back to the Road Map
Anatomy of a DTD
DTD Syntax
Elements
Attributes
Entities
Notations
Summary
XML Software
State of the Art
Parsers
Document Editors
DTD Editors/Generators
Style Sheet Tools
Stylesheet Processors
XML-ized Generic Web Browsers
Summary
Whither XML?
Upcoming XML Specifications
XML and Data
XML Vocabularies
Whither You?
The FlixML Files
The FlixML DTD (Version 3.0)
Sample FlixML Review
XSLT Stylesheet
CSS2 Stylesheet
App. B Other Resources
XML-related W3C Specifications/Proposals
Other Web resources
Mailing lists and newsgroups
B movie information
Index