Learning Xml

by Ray, Erik T.

• ISBN13: 9780596004200
• ISBN10: 0596004206
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

XML (Extensible Markup Language), the flexible programming language that allows data and data formats to be shared across multiple systems, is here to stay, and its constantly growing and evolving. Learning XML is the book serious developers need for a sophisticated understanding of this powerful web tool. The author explains XML and its capabilities succinctly and professionally with references to real-life projects and other cogent examples.This new edition addresses the emergence of new and revised specifications in W3C XML Schema, XSL-FO, and XLink, and includes revisions reflecting the new and varied audiences who use XML.

Author Biography

Erik T. Ray has worked for O'Reilly Media, Inc. as a software developer and XML specialist since 1995. He helped to establish a complete publishing solution using DocBook-XML and Perl to produce books in print, on CD-ROM, and for the new Safari web library of books. As the author of the O'Reilly best seller Learning XML and numerous articles to technical journals, Erik is known for his clear and entertaining writing style. When not hammering out code, he enjoys playing card games, reading about hemorrhagic fevers, practicing Buddhist meditation, and collecting toys. He lives in Saugus, MA with his wife Jeannine and 7 parrots.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
1. Introduction	1	(48)
What Is XML?	2	(10)
Where Did XML Come From?	12	(4)
What Can I Do with XML?	16	(12)
How Do I Get Started?	28	(21)
2. Markup and Core Concepts	49	(29)
Tags	49	(2)
Documents	51	(1)
The Document Prolog	52	(5)
Elements	57	(9)
Entities	66	(8)
Miscellaneous Markup	74	(4)
3. Modeling Information	78	(30)
Simple Data Storage	78	(7)
Narrative Documents	85	(14)
Complex Data	99	(4)
Documents Describing Documents	103	(5)
4. Quality Control with Schemas	108	(56)
Basic Concepts	108	(5)
DTDs	113	(19)
W3 C XML Schema	132	(7)
RELAX NG	139	(20)
Schematron	159	(3)
Schemas Compared	162	(2)
5. Presentation Part I: CSS	164	(41)
Stylesheets	164	(9)
CSS Basics	173	(5)
Rule Matching	178	(6)
Properties	184	(12)
Examples	196	(9)
6. XPath and XPointer	205	(20)
Nodes and Trees	205	(4)
Finding Nodes	209	(4)
XPath Expressions	213	(5)
XPointer	218	(7)
7. Transformation with XSIT	225	(36)
History	226	(1)
Concepts	227	(4)
Running Transformations	231	(1)
The stylesheet Element	232	(1)
Templates	232	(9)
Formatting	241	(20)
8. Presentation Part II: XSL-F0	261	(54)
How It Works	262	(6)
A Quick Example	268	(3)
The Area Model	271	(3)
Formatting Objects	274	(13)
An Example: TEI	287	(6)
A Bigger Example: DocBook	293	(22)
9. Internationalization	315	(15)
Character Encodings	315	(10)
MIME and Media Types	325	(2)
Specifying Human Languages	327	(3)
10. Programming	330	(31)
Limitations	330	(1)
Streams and Events	331	(2)
Trees and Objects	333	(1)
Pull Parsing	334	(3)
Standard APIs	337	(1)
Choosing a Parser	338	(1)
PYX	339	(1)
SAX	340	(5)
DOM	345	(14)
Other Options	359	(2)
A. Resources	361	(1)
B. A Taxonomy of Standards	361
Glossary	319	(68)
Index	387