Mastering XML Premium Edition

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 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 to 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

Contents

• Getting started with XML
• Designing your data
• XML standards
• Industry vocabularies
• The XML Toolbox
• Parsing and processing XML
• Applications studies: XML and database
• Case studies
• Appendices