Oracle 9I Xml Handbook

From the official Oracle Press comes a comprehensive guide to developing XML-based e-Commerce applications on the Oracle Internet Platform. Written by the Oracle XML Development Team, this insider's resource explains how to take full advantage of the Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDKs) and maximize Oracle9i's XML-enabled features.

Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
Oracle and XML	p. 1
XML Basic Concepts and Terminology	p. 2
Why XML?	p. 20
Oracle's XML Strategy	p. 21
Oracle's Efforts in the XML Industry	p. 22
Oracle's Technology Network and XML Link	p. 25
Overviews of Oracle's XML-Enabled Products	p. 30
Overviews of Use of Oracle's XML Components	p. 34
An Example and an Application	p. 35
Oracle's XML CORE Technologies	p. 39
XML Parser for Java V2	p. 40
The Java Class Generator	p. 65
Viewing and Transforming XML with Java	p. 72
XML Parser for PL/SQL	p. 84
The XML Parser and XSLT Processor for C	p. 88
The XML Parser, XSLT Processor, XML Schema Processor for C++	p. 104
The C++ Class Generator	p. 105
Developing for the Oracle9i Database	p. 109
Oracle9i--An XML-Enabled Database	p. 111
Oracle's JServer and Java XML Components	p. 111
Database Schema and XML Documents	p. 119
XSQL--XSLT/SQL Server Pages	p. 127
The Book-Selling Example	p. 135
Developing for Oracle Application Servers	p. 143
Oracle Application Server Architecture	p. 146
Oracle Internet Application Server Architecture	p. 149
iAS Client Components	p. 155
The Bookstore Application as an OAS Servlet	p. 155
The Bookstore Application as an iAS Servlet	p. 167
The Oracle Internet File System (iFS)	p. 169
Features	p. 170
Benefits	p. 172
Components	p. 173
XML	p. 173
interMedia Text/Oracle Text	p. 174
Document Model	p. 175
Document Properties	p. 176
Document Processing	p. 180
Defining Document Types	p. 181
File Extensions	p. 190
Using iFS	p. 192
Using iFS with XML Files	p. 195
Additional Important Considerations Regarding XML Files	p. 199
Searching XML Documents with Oracle Text	p. 201
Oracle Text as a Next-Generation Text Search Engine	p. 202
Oracle Text Indexing Architecture	p. 203
Working with Oracle Text	p. 207
Oracle E-Business XML Services	p. 221
XML Services Overview	p. 222
XML Services Components	p. 222
Terminology	p. 223
XML Services and SOAP	p. 225
Service Group Guidelines	p. 228
Service Guidelines	p. 229
Security Model	p. 231
Service Execution Details	p. 232
Invocation Guidelines	p. 232
Service Invocation Example	p. 234
Events Guidelines	p. 235
Signal Events Example	p. 236
Signal Event with Filtered Subscribers Example	p. 237
Services That Are Event Subscribers	p. 239
Deploying a New Service	p. 239
Creating an Authentication Profile	p. 252
Creating an Invocation Record	p. 253
Running a Sample Service	p. 255
Invocation and Event APIs	p. 260
Oracle and XML in Action	p. 271
Oracle XML SQL Utility	p. 272
Oracle XSQL Servlet	p. 280
An XML-Powered Web Site	p. 292
XML-Powered Messaging for E-Business	p. 298
A Case Study Using Oracle's XML-Enabled Technology Stack	p. 311
An XML-Enabled FAQ Web Site	p. 312
The Application Requirements	p. 313
The Application Design	p. 313
The Database Schema Design	p. 314
Generating the XML Schema	p. 316
Generating the Java Classes	p. 317
Storing XML Documents as XML Type	p. 318
Creating the Web Application	p. 322
Submitting FAQs	p. 322
Searching for FAQs	p. 330
Using HASPATH and INPATH for XML Type Searches	p. 333
Using Functional Indexes to Improve Search Performance	p. 334
Linking Directly to Database Content with URI-Refs	p. 334
Building the Glossary	p. 335
Extending the Application	p. 337
XML-Based Applications Offered on OTN	p. 339
Accessing the XML Applications	p. 340
What the XML Applications Demonstrate	p. 342
The XML Applications	p. 344
Installing and Running the XML Applications	p. 376
Future Trends	p. 383
The Role of Standards Bodies	p. 385
Industry-Wide Schemas for XML	p. 396
XML's Impact on the Internet	p. 400
W3C XML, DOM, SAX, and XSLT Specifications	p. 405
The XML Specification	p. 406
The DOM Specification	p. 410
The SAX Specification	p. 419
The XML Namespace Specification	p. 423
The XPath Specification	p. 426
The XSLT Specification	p. 431
W3C XML Schema Specification	p. 445
What Is XML Schema?	p. 446
Introduction	p. 448
Other W3C Specifications	p. 453
Other W3C Specifications	p. 454
Glossary	p. 463
Index	p. 477
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