Inside XML DTDS : Scientific and Technical

by St Laurent, Simon

• ISBN13: 9780071346214
• ISBN10: 007134621X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media

Summary

A well-known author in the XML community presents a complete handbook to the DTDs created for specific and technical purposes. The CD-ROM contains DTDs discussed in the text, browsers capable of analyzing the individual DTDs, sample documents, and data for each format.

Author Biography

Simon St. Laurent is a consultant specializing in XML. He is the author of Cookies, the definitive reference on one of the most controversial Web programming tools, and coauthor (with Ethan Cerami) of Building XML Applications (both McGraw-Hill). Robert Biggar is a professional programmer with a PhD in Physics.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Chapter Technology, Science, and Information	1	(16)
A Strong Generic Framework	2	(2)
Why Use XML for Scientific and Technical Applications?	4	(13)
Reusable Protocols and Parts	5	(1)
Easy Indexing and Searching	5	(1)
Distributed Research	6	(1)
Sophisticated Presentation	7	(1)
Documents as Data	8	(5)
Hierarchies and Webs	13	(1)
Notation and Calculation	14	(1)
Getting There from Here	14	(3)
Chapter 2 Chapter XML: What and Why	17	(8)
SGML: Document Management and Publishing	18	(3)
HyTime: Hypermedia Meets Markup	19	(1)
HTML: The Web Takes Command	20	(1)
Style Sheets: A First Step Towards Cleaner Markup	21	(1)
XML: Markup Done Right	22	(3)
Chapter 3 Chapter XML Document Syntax: Fundamental XML Structures	25	(20)
Well-Formed and Valid Documents: An Introduction	26	(1)
Case-Sensitivity	27	(1)
Describing the Document: The XML Declaration	27	(3)
Elements: Creating Structures	30	(4)
Describing Element Structures	33	(1)
Attributes: Detailing Elements	34	(2)
Comments: Documenting Your Documents	36	(1)
Avoid Using Markup Characters in Text	37	(1)
Character References	37	(2)
Putting It All Together	39	(5)
Traditional Document	39	(1)
Raw Data	40	(2)
Hierarchically Organized Information	42	(2)
Moving Forward	44	(1)
Chapter 4 Chapter XML Extras: Processing Instructions, Namespaces, and More	45	(12)
Processing Instructions	46	(2)
The xml:lang Attribute	48	(1)
The xml:space Attribute	49	(1)
CDATA Sections	50	(2)
Namespaces	52	(5)
Chapter 5 Chapter DTDs I: Describing Document Content	57	(18)
Document Type Definitions: Contents and Applications	58	(1)
Document Type Declarations and Document Type Definitions	58	(4)
What Are These Public Identifiers?	61	(1)
Notations	62	(1)
Entities	63	(8)
Parsed General Entities	63	(3)
Unparsed Entities	66	(1)
Parameter Entities	67	(3)
Sequence and Entity Declarations	70	(1)
IGNORE and INCLUDE	71	(4)
Chapter 6 Chapter DTDs II: Describing Document Structures	75	(28)
Describing Element Structures	76	(6)
ANY Content Model	77	(1)
EMPTY Content Model	77	(1)
Specifying Child Elements as a Content Model	78	(2)
Mixed Content Models	80	(1)
Using Parameter Entities in Content Models	81	(1)
Describing Attribute Structures	82	(7)
Attribute Declarations and Non-Validating Parsers	88	(1)
Building Document Structures	89	(11)
Traditional Document	89	(7)
Raw Data	96	(2)
Hierarchically Organized Information	98	(2)
Schemas: The Next Generation	100	(3)
Chapter 7 Chapter Sophisticated XML: Tricks and Traps	103	(8)
Identifying Document Types	104	(2)
Non-Validating and Validating Conflicts	106	(2)
DTD Architectures	108	(2)
Namespaces and Validation	110	(1)
Chapter 8 Chapter Linking Information with XLink and XPointer	111	(26)
XPointers: An Introduction	112	(9)
Combining XPointer Location Terms	112	(1)
Absolute Location Terms	113	(1)
Relative Location Terms	114	(5)
String Location Term	119	(1)
Attribute Location Term	120	(1)
Span Location Term	120	(1)
XLink: An Introduction	121	(16)
What Is a Link?	122	(1)
Locator Syntax	123	(1)
Simple Links	124	(2)
Extended Links	126	(5)
Remapping Attribute Names	131	(2)
Extended Link Groups	133	(1)
Traversal and Other Complicating Issues	134	(3)
Chapter 9 Chapter Supporting Standards: Styles, Transport, Object Models, and APIs	137	(20)
Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets	138	(10)
Formatting and Transforming with Extensible Style Language	148	(3)
Transporting with Hypertext Transfer Protocol	151	(1)
Processing with the Document Object Model	152	(2)
Processing with the Simple API for XML	154	(3)
Chapter 10 Chapter MathML	157	(38)
Motivation	158	(1)
Description	159	(2)
Content Markup	161	(31)
Prefix Notation	161	(1)
(ci) and (cn) Tags	162	(2)
Basic Functions	164	(1)
Relations and Declarations	165	(3)
Calculus	168	(4)
Advanced Data Types	172	(3)
Additional Functions	175	(1)
Additional Content Attributes	176	(1)
Presentation Markup	177	(2)
Numbers, Identifier, and Operators	179	(1)
(mrow)	180	(1)
Display Functions and Marks	180	(3)
Fences, Phantoms, and Padding	183	(3)
Tables	186	(4)
Comparison with LaTeX	190	(2)
Renderer-Specific Elements	192	(1)
Mixing Presentation and Content Markup	192	(3)
Chapter 11 Chapter Tools for Using MathML	195	(12)
Renderers	196	(6)
Equation Editors	202	(5)
Chapter 12 Chapter Organizing Information: RDF and Dublin Core	207	(22)
RDF: From Abstraction to Implementation	208	(17)
Metadata: Describing Information	209	(3)
Modeling Metadata	212	(2)
RDF Syntax	214	(7)
RDF Schemas	221	(1)
Using RDF	221	(4)
Dublin Core: Providing a Vocabulary	225	(4)
Chapter 13 Chapter Creating Dictionaries: The Virtual Hyperglossary (VHGTM)	229	(10)
VHG Application Components and Foundations	230	(1)
Reading a Glossary	231	(3)
VHG Document Structures: The DTD	234	(1)
Creating Virtual Hyperglossaries	235	(3)
Applying a VHG: Waiting for XLink and XSL	238	(1)
Chapter 14 Chapter Marking Up Molecules: Chemical Markup Language	239	(16)
Documents and Molecules	240	(1)
JUMB0	241	(1)
The CML Vocabulary	242	(11)
The CML Element	242	(1)
Using RDF for Metadata	243	(1)
Using HTML for Document Content	244	(3)
Building and Describing Molecules	247	(5)
Creating Bibliographies	252	(1)
The Future of CML	253	(2)
Chapter 15 Chapter Markup for Biology: BioML and BSML	255	(32)
BioML	256	(10)
Using the BioML Browser	257	(1)
Getting Started: The bioml element	258	(1)
Specifying Organisms and Chromosomes	259	(1)
Describing Proteins	260	(3)
Describing Genetic Sequences	263	(2)
Referring to External Resources	265	(1)
BSML	266	(17)
BSML Document Structures	266	(7)
BSML Examples	273	(10)
Futures	283	(4)
Chapter 16 Chapter Weather Observation Markup Format	287	(12)
OMF Structures	288	(11)
Chapter 17 Chapter Markup for Astronomy: AML and AIML	299	(26)
General Resources: NASA's XML for Astronomy Site	300	(1)
Astronomical Instrument Markup Language (AIML), an IML Dialect	300	(9)
Instrument Markup Language (IML)	301	(1)
Astronomical Instrument Markup Language (AIML)	302	(2)
Using AIML	304	(3)
Supporting Iterative Development	307	(1)
Futures	308	(1)
Astronomical Markup Language (AML)	309	(16)
Chapter 18 Chapter Graphics Markup Languages	325	(16)
PGML: PostScript to XML	326	(7)
PGML and PostScript	326	(1)
PGML Objects and Markup	327	(6)
VML: Competing Approach, Similar Goals	333	(3)
Toward Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)	336	(1)
Implications of XML Vector Graphics	337	(1)
3DML: Simple Virtual Reality	338	(3)
Chapter 19 Chapter Other Developments in XML	341	(8)
XML Bibliography and Resource-Finding Tools	342	(1)
XML Projects Underway and Announced	343	(6)
XML Metadata Interchange (XMI)	343	(1)
Ontology and Conceptual Knowledge--OML and CKML	344	(1)
Geospatial Information Metadata--ANZMETA	344	(1)
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language--SMIL	345	(1)
XArc	346	(3)
Chapter 20 Chapter Building Your Own ML	349	(10)
Do I Really Need to Build?	350	(1)
What Do I Need to Build?	350	(3)
How Do I Need to Build?	352	(1)
Analyzing Needs	353	(4)
Containment	354	(1)
Complex and Simple Structures	355	(2)
Document Structures versus Data Structures	357	(1)
Building Structures	357	(2)
Chapter 21 Chapter Tools for Networked Applications	359	(14)
From Centralization to Client-Server to the Web	360	(5)
Repositories, Gateways, Processors, and Viewers	365	(4)
Repositories	366	(1)
Gateways	367	(1)
Processors	367	(1)
Viewers	368	(1)
Integration	369	(4)
Chapter 22 Chapter Building XML Processing Applications with Perl	373	(42)
Why Perl?	374	(1)
Starting the Development Process	375	(1)
Generating XML Documents	375	(12)
Processing Documents	387	(4)
Using XML::Parser	391	(5)
Program Listings	396	(19)
Program 1: Interactively Create a Lab Notebook Entry	396	(8)
Program 2	404	(8)
Program 3	412	(3)
Chapter 23 Chapter Building XML Processing Applications with Java	415	(14)
Why Java for XML?	416	(1)
The Java-XML Toolkit	417	(7)
Keeping Overhead Low--Event-Based Applications and SAX	418	(2)
Maximum Flexibility--Tree-Based Applications and DOM	420	(1)
Combined Approaches	421	(3)
Application Models	424	(5)
Browsers	424	(1)
Repositories and Middleware	425	(2)
Interfaces to Other Devices	427	(1)
Building Java Applications Using XML	427	(2)
Chapter 24 Chapter XML, Documents, and Data: Moving Beyond the Foundations	429	(8)
Bridging the Gap	430	(7)
Look Around	431	(1)
Join the XML Community	432	(1)
Create Your Own Community	433	(1)
Start Simple	434	(1)
Keep Reading	434	(3)
Appendix A	437	(18)
Index	455