Special Edition Using Xml

by Gulbransen, David; Bartlett, Kynn; Bingham, Earl; Kachur, Alexander; Rawlings, Kenrick; Watt, Andrew H.

• ISBN13: 9780789727480
• ISBN10: 078972748X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-16
• Publisher: Que Publishing

Summary

Special Edition Using XML, Second Editiongives developers a formal introduction to XML technology, starting with in-depth coverage of basic syntax and fundamental "pieces" of XML, including DTDs, Schemas, and Namespaces. The authors then cover various applications of XML, including transforming and displaying XML documents using CSS and XSL, locating data within XML documents using Xpath, Xlink and Xpointer, programming XML with SAX or DOM, including XML in Java or .NET applications, XML Scripting with Perl, XHTML and WML for presentation on traditional and hand-held Web browsers, and querying data or documents with Xquery. The final chapters cover technologies related to XML such as SVG, SMIL, and RDF, focusing on the practical features developers can put to use today.

Author Biography

David Gulbransen is the CEO of Vervet Logic, an XML tools development company. More than 5,000 businesses have licensed XML Pro, their XML editor, including The European Union, the Library of Congress, IBM, Prudential, Intel, Cisco Systems, New York Life, Harvard University, and Purdue University. More than 30,000 developers receive Vervet's newsletters. David has been involved with XML since before there was a standard, shipping the final version of XML Pro as XML 1.0 was made final. Today Vervet's strategic partnerships include IBM, Sun, BlueStone, Siber Logic, and OpenText. His most recent book was Special Edition Using XML Schema.

Table of Contents

Introduction

I XML Fundamentals

The XML Jigsaw Puzzle

The Basics of XML

XML Building Blocks: Elements and Attributes

Structuring XML Documents with DTDs

Defining XML Document Structures with XML Schemas

Avoiding XML Confusion with XML Namespaces

II XML Presentation Technologies

Using XML with Existing Stylesheet Technologies (CSS)

The New Wave of Stylesheets: XSL

Transforming XML Data Into Other Formats with XSLT

The Nuts and Bolts of XSL: Formatting Objects

III XML Location Technologies

Locating Components in XML Documents with XPath

Extending the Power of XPath with XPointer

Linking Information: XLink, XBase and XInclude

IV XML Programming and Scripting

XML and the Document Object Model

Parsing XML Based on Events

Working with XML and Java

Working with XML and .NET

V Real World XML

XML and Databases

XML and Document Repositories

Querying Documents Using XQuery

VI XML Related Technologies

The Future of the Web: XHTML

XML and Wireless Technologies: WML

Scalable Vector Graphics

XML and Multimedia: SMIL-The Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language

Using XML to Create Forms: XForms

Future Directions and Technologies

The Semantic Web and W3C Activities

Appendixes

A Recommendation Pointers

B Guide to Reading the XML Recommendation

C XML Resources

D XML Software and Applications

Index