Professional Xml

by Richard Anderson

• ISBN13: 9781861003119
• ISBN10: 1861003110
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

The book's scope is XML, XSL, and the whole Document Object Model. All major implementations are covered--Sun, Netscape, and Microsoft--as well as the W3C standard, and is a broad compendium that investigates and describes how the total XML concept will work for programmers of any language.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Introducing XML	p. 9
Markup Languages	p. 9
Origins and Goals of XML	p. 11
Web Architectures: Past and Future	p. 13
The Nature of XML	p. 15
Vocabularies	p. 16
The Main Features of XML Technology	p. 20
An Example Application of XML	p. 28
Summary	p. 29
XML Syntax	p. 31
Markup Syntax	p. 31
Document Parts	p. 34
Elements	p. 35
Character Data	p. 42
Attributes	p. 43
Character and Entity References	p. 48
Processing Instructions (PIs)	p. 51
Comments	p. 52
CDATA Sections	p. 52
Document Structure	p. 54
Summary of XML Syntax	p. 60
Well-formed Documents	p. 61
Parsers	p. 62
The Book Catalog Application	p. 64
Summary	p. 67
Document Type Definitions	p. 69
Why Formal Structure?	p. 70
Writing DTDs: General Principles	p. 71
Formal DTD Structure	p. 75
The Shortcomings of DTDs	p. 91
A DTD for the Book Catalog Domain	p. 92
Summary	p. 103
Data Modeling and XML	p. 105
Information Modeling	p. 105
Designing XML Documents	p. 117
Schema Languages and Notations	p. 132
Summary	p. 142
The Document Object Model	p. 145
What is the Document Object Model?	p. 145
Working with the DOM	p. 155
Sample Application Using DOM and XML	p. 161
Future of the DOM and XML	p. 182
Summary	p. 183
SAX 1.0: The Simple API for XML	p. 185
An Event-Based Interface	p. 186
The Origins of SAX	p. 189
Advanced SAX features	p. 208
Some SAX Design Patterns	p. 215
SAX 2.0	p. 232
Summary	p. 235
Namespaces and Schemas	p. 237
Mixing Vocabularies	p. 239
Namespaces	p. 242
Using and Declaring Namespaces	p. 243
Using Namespaces in a Well-Formed Book Example	p. 247
Schemas	p. 248
W3C Work on XML Schemas	p. 258
XML Data--Reduced	p. 272
Variations on the Book Catalog	p. 281
Summary	p. 292
Linking and Querying	p. 295
XML Information Set	p. 296
Linking	p. 306
XPointer	p. 322
The W3C XPath Recommendation	p. 326
XML Fragment Interchange	p. 335
Querying	p. 347
Summary	p. 367
Transforming XML	p. 369
Why Transform XML?	p. 370
XSL	p. 373
XSLT Style Sheet Structure	p. 386
Examples of Using XSLT	p. 390
Transformation of an XML Document with the DOM	p. 408
Comparing XSL Transformations with DOM Transformations	p. 417
Summary	p. 417
XML and Databases	p. 421
Storing XML	p. 422
XML for Interchange	p. 447
Book Catalog Sample	p. 460
Conclusion	p. 494
Server to Server	p. 497
Transporting XML	p. 497
XML as a Distributed Component Model	p. 500
XML-RPC	p. 508
SOAP	p. 543
WebDAV	p. 573
Summary	p. 574
eBusiness and XML	p. 577
What is E-Commerce?	p. 578
Applying XML in eBusiness	p. 587
Looking to the Future	p. 601
Wrapping Up The Theory	p. 610
eBusiness Solutions	p. 610
Industry Solutions	p. 611
Human Resources	p. 614
cXML--A Detailed Example of Vertical Industries	p. 626
First Steps--Horizontal Industries	p. 638
First Horizontal Steps	p. 642
Summary	p. 659
Styling XML	p. 663
Rendition location	p. 664
Client side XML transformation	p. 665
Rendition Models	p. 665
Summary	p. 717
Wireless Application Protocol	p. 719
Introducing the New Client	p. 720
Understanding the Wireless Environment	p. 724
Introducing WML	p. 730
Generating WML on the Server	p. 753
The WROX WML Application	p. 755
WML Script	p. 759
Libraries	p. 760
Where to Get More Information	p. 768
Summary	p. 768
Case Study 1--Data Duality	p. 771
Business Need	p. 772
System Requirements	p. 772
Design Time: Let the Games Begin	p. 772
Implementation Overview	p. 773
Setting Up the Database	p. 775
XML-providing ASP	p. 775
Client-side Page	p. 779
The "view-by-number" XSL Style Sheet	p. 787
The "view by name" XSL Style Sheet	p. 789
Invoking the XSL Style Sheets	p. 790
Problem: Keeping the Tree in Sync	p. 791
Summary	p. 794
Case Study 2--XML and Distributed Applications	p. 797
Where Are Our Present Weaknesses?	p. 798
Five Principles for Building Networked Applications	p. 799
The Business Case	p. 806
Application Design	p. 806
Implementation	p. 812
Entering and Editing Programmers	p. 815
Searching for Staff Programmers	p. 823
Clearing the Programmer Form	p. 826
Entering Programmer Performance Reports	p. 827
Clearing the Performance Report History Form	p. 829
Retrieving a Programmer's Performance History	p. 830
Lessons Learned	p. 833
Summary	p. 835
Case Study 3--Book Catalog Information Service	p. 837
The Book Catalog Information Service	p. 838
Summary	p. 884
Case Study 4--SOAP	p. 887
To the Ends of the Earth	p. 888
A SOAP Opera	p. 892
Summary	p. 934
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Specification	p. 937
IE5 XML Document Object Model	p. 983
SAX 1.0: The Simple API for XML	p. 1041
XML Schemas and Data Types	p. 1073
IE5 XSL Reference	p. 1085
CSS Properties	p. 1101
Installing XT	p. 1117
Support and Errata	p. 1121
Index	p. 1129
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