Begining XML.

This book explains and demonstrates XML and related
technologies. This is the exciting new way of marking up
and manipulating data within your applications. XML is
platform independent and versatile, meaning that it is
rapidly becoming a major technology. Anywhere that
data is exchanged between applications or tiers is a
potential application for XML. This book will teach you
how to use it in your data exchange applications – on the
web, for e-commerce or in n-tier architectures – by
explaining XML theory, reinforced with plenty of
practical examples and real life solutions.

Beginning XML is for any developer who is interested in
learning what XML is, what it can do, and how to use it
in their web, e-commerce or data-storage applications.
Some knowledge of mark up, scripting and/or object
orientated programming languages and system
architecture is advantageous, but not essential, as the
basics of these techniques are explained as required.

Summary of Contents

 Introduction   
 Chapter 1: What is XML?
 Chapter 2: Well-Formed XML     
 Chapter 3: XML in the Browser: Cascading Style Sheets  
 Chapter 4: XSLT and XPath      
 Chapter 5: XSLT – The Gory Details     
 Chapter 6: The Document Object Model (DOM)     
 Chapter 7: The Simple API for XML (SAX)
 Chapter 8: Namespaces  
 Chapter 9: Basic Valid XML: DTDs       
 Chapter 10: Valid XML: Schemas 
 Chapter 11: Advanced Valid XML 
 Chapter 12: Linking XML
 Chapter 13: XML and Databases  
 Chapter 14: Other Uses for XML 
 Case Study 1: Lydia's Lugnuts Web Store    
 Case Study 2: Discussion Group System  
 Case Study 3: XML for a Business-to-Business Application        611
 Appendix A: The XML Document Object Model      
 Appendix B: SAX 1.0: The Simple API for XML    
 Appendix C: ASP Quick Start Tutorial   
 Appendix D: JavaScript Quick Start Tutorial    
 Appendix E: Support, Errata, and P2P.Wrox.Com
 Appendix F: Useful Web Resources       
 Appendix G: XML Schema Datatypes
 Index