Mastering XML

The Extensible Markup Language (XML), along with XML derivatives, has generated quite a revolution in document publishing and electronic data interchange on the Web. XML has been standardized (although the derivative specialized languages have not as of this date), parsers are available and the latest versions of all browsers support XML. This comprehensive tutorial and application guide to the XML family is intended for programmers, developers, document designers and publishers new to XML, but you should already be familiar with HTML and web document publishing concepts to get the most benefit.

Highlights:

• Takes you through the building blocks of XML and shows how to create documents, along with elements, attributes and entities.
• Guides you through XML design principles and explains how to design data and create document type definitions (DTDs).
• Details parsing & processing, working with namespaces and cascading style sheets (CSS), and converting data from HTML to XML.
• Shows how to use development tools, XML enabled browsers, server technologies and how to extract data with JavaScript.
• Utilizes example applications that solve real business problems using specific case studies to guide the reader through business-to-business data integration, content management and corporate XML implementation frameworks.

Advantages:

• This comprehensive guide presents a lot of information in a logically organized and easily readable manner, but be prepared to burn the midnight oil; the authors introduce a number of technologies and concepts you will need to master. (This is definitely not a point and click tutorial.)
• The accompanying CD-ROM contains sample code from this publication as well as tools and utilities.