Learning XML Creating Self-Describing Data

Name: Learning XML Creating Self-Describing Data
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ISBN: 9780596004200

ISBN-10: 0596004206

ISBN-13: 9780596004200

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Erik T. Ray

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This new edition of the bestselling "Learning XML provides web developers with a concise but grounded understanding of XML (the Extensible Markup Language) and its potential-- not just a whirlwind tour of XML. The author explains the important and relevant XML technologies and their capabilities clearly and succinctly with plenty of real-life projects and useful examples. He outlines the elements of markup--demystifying concepts such as attributes, entities, and namespaces--and provides enough depth and examples to get started. "Learning XML is a reliable source for anyone who needs to know XML, but doesn't want to waste time wading through hundreds of web sites or 800 pages of bloated…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/14/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 418
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.19" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Foreword


Preface



Introduction


What Is XML?


Where Did XML Come From?


What Can I Do with XML?


How Do I Get Started?



Markup and Core Concepts


Tags


Documents


The Document Prolog


Elements


Entities


Miscellaneous Markup



Modeling Information


Simple Data Storage


Narrative Documents


Complex Data


Documents Describing Documents



Quality Control with Schemas


Basic Concepts


DTDs


W3C XML Schema


Relax NG


Schematron


Schemas Compared



Presentation Part I: CSS


Stylesheets


CSS Basics


Rule Matching


Properties


Examples



XPath and XPointer


Nodes and Trees


Finding Nodes


XPath Expressions


XPointer



Transformation with XSLT


History


Concepts


Running Transformations


The stylesheet Element


Templates


Formatting



Presentation Part II: XSL-FO


How It Works


A Quick Example


The Area Model


Formatting Objects


An Example: TEI


A Bigger Example: DocBook



Internationalization


Character Encodings


MIME and Media Types


Specifying Human Languages



Programming


Limitations


Streams and Events


Trees and Objects


Pull Parsing


Standard APIs


Choosing a Parser


PYX


SAX


DOM


Other Options



Resources



A Taxonomy of Standards


Glossary


Index