Essential XML for web professionals

• Learn XML fundamentals and build Web applications—fast!
• Focused on the XML skills Web professionals need most
• Learn by doing, as you work on a fictional e-commerce site
• Up-to-the-minute coverage includes schemas, namespaces, XSLT, XLink, XPointer, XHTML, and more
• Learn practical techniques, based on real-world scenarios

Essential XML for Web Professionals is the fastest way for busy professionals to master the XML skills needed for building dynamic, portable, and scalable applications. By completeing hands-on projects covering a wide range of development tasks, you'll master key XML technologies—including schemas, namespaces, XSLT, XLink, XHTML, and more. Start with simple examples, then work your way up to sophisticated projects. Learn practical techniques! All sample applications found in the book are downloadable from the companion Web site. You can reuse and adapt the code to see exactly how your applications should look and work!

You'll master all this, and much more!

• Mastering XML fundamentals, structure, and syntax
• Defining XML using DTDs and schemas
• Using namespaces to resolve naming conflicts
• Building XML schema utilizing complex types
• Using XHTML to bridge HTML with XML
• Working with XLink
• Using CSS in XML environments
• Linking to XML fragments with XPointer
• Making the most of XSL Transformations (XSLT)
• Using key XML applications: SMIL, SVG, and WDDX
• Manipulating XML with the DOM

Contents

• Chapter 1 Introduction to XML
• Chapter 2 Your First XML
• Chapter 3 Defining XML : DTDs
• Chapter 4 Defining XML: XML Schema
• Chapter 5 XML Schema : Complex Types
• Chapter 6 Namespaces
• Chapter 7 Xlink : Creating Links in XML
• Chapter 8 XHTML : Create Working Web
• Chapter 9 Beginning XSLT : Xpath
• Chapter 10 XSLT : An Overview
• Chapter 11 Xpointer : Xlinking to XML Fragments
• Chapter 12 Common Examples of XML
• Chapter 13 Manipulating XML : The DOM
• Appendixes