Mastering XML Premium Edition
- 18h 14m
- Chuck White, Liam Quin, Linda Burman
- Sybex
- 2001
The Ultimate Guide To XML
Perhaps no other web standard is having as great an impact as XML. The reason? XML is all about structuring data so that you can you use it the way you need--getting it into and out of databases and displaying it on any browser, including wireless devices. Mastering XML Premium Edition gives you everything you need to leverage the power of XML: Structure data for seamless multi-platform processing, create links that point ot multiple documents, and dynamically incorporate data in the linking page. You will also learn about the evolving standards, new vocabularies for vertical markets, and the way XML is being used in real enterprises.
Coverage Includes:
- Creating XML documents
- Creating elements, attributes, and entities
- Employing sound XML design principles
- Creating your own DTDs
- Writing XML schemas
- Displaying XML using XSLFO, CSS, and SVG
- Using XML linking
- Using XML-related standards: XHTML, SMIL, XSLT, XPath, RDF, SOAP, and more
- Understanding industry vocabularies, including DocBook and the TEI
- Choosing and using XML development tools
- Understanding XML-enabled browsers
- Choosing and using XML server technologies
- Understanding XML parsing and processing
- Working with Java and SAX
- Understanding the Document Object Model
- Using object-oriented programming with XML
- Extracting XML Data with JavaScript
- Understanding Microsoft's .NET platform and XML
- Using XML with Oracle and SQL Server
About the Authors
Chuck White is a communications professional who has done extensive work for numerous Fortune 500 companies. He is president and chief executive officer of The Tumeric Partnership, an integrated marketing communications company, and author of several Web development books.
Liam Quin is an XML, open source, and digital typography consultant in Toronto. Mastering XML Premium Edition is Liam's third book on XML. He has been using SGML since 1987 and was involved in the original development of XML.
Linda Burman is Vice President of Kinecta Corporation. A respected XML industry consultant and analyst, she chairs the PRISM Working Group, teaches XML at the University of Toronto, and helps companies develop their XML strategies.
In this Book
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Mastering XML Premium Edition
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Introduction
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The Road to XML: The Evolution of Markup Languages
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Who's Using XML?
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Creating XML Documents
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Understanding and Creating Elements
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Understanding and Creating Attributes
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Understanding and Creating Entities
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XML Design Principles
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Creating Your Own DTD
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An Introduction to XML Schemas
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Standards, Applications, and Vocabularies
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Understanding Namespaces: Core Standard
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Writing XML Schemas
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Using the XML Linking Language
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XHTML: HTML Goes XML
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Transforming XML: Introducing XSLT
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Displaying XML: Using XSLFO for Document Creation
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Displaying XML: Working with Cascading Style Sheets
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Displaying XML: Working with SVG
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Making XML for Multimedia: SMIL
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Understanding RDF
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Introducing SOAP and XML Protocols
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Additional Standards: XForms, XML Query, XML Signature, and Others
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Introducing the Dublin Core
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Producing Documents Using DocBook
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Additional XML Vocabularies
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Understanding the Microsoft Office XML Syntax
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Microsoft .NET and XML
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Open Source and XML
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XML Development Tools
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XML-Enabled Browsers
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XML-Enabled Servers and Server Technologies
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Learning about XML Parsing and Processing
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XML, Java, and SAX
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Introducing the Document Object Model
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Using Object-Oriented Programming with XML
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Extracting XML Data with JavaScript
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Using XML with Oracle and SQL Server
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Using XML with Other Relational Database Management Systems
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Introduction to Real-World Examples
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Using XML for Business-to-Business Data Integration: A webMethods Case Study
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WDDX: An Allaire Case Study
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Content Management with XML: A Dell Case Study
