Beginning XML: XML Schemas, SOAP, XSLT, DOM, and SAX 2.0

by David Hunter, Kurt Cagle, Chris Dix

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a rapidly maturing technology with powerful real-world applications, particularly for the management, display, and organization of data. Together with its many related technologies it is an essential technology for anyone using markup languages on the web or internally. This book teaches you all you need to know about XML - what it is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety of situations, from simple data transfer to using XML in your web pages. It builds on the strengths of the first edition, and provides new material to reflect the changes in the XML landscape - notably SOAP and Web Services, and the publication of the XML Schemas Recommendation by the W3C. This book XML syntax and writing well-formed XML
Using XML Namespaces
Transforming XML into other formats with XSLT
XPath and XPointer for locating specific XML data
XML Validation using DTDs and XML Schemas
Manipulating XML documents with the DOM and SAX 2.0
SOAP and Web Services
Displaying XML using CSS and XSL
Incorporating XML into tradition databases and n-tier architectures
XLink and XPointer for linking XML and non-XML resources

Genres: Programming, Technology, Reference, Business, Computers, Nonfiction, Technical

900 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2001

Reviews

[Heather Noggle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference.

[Adrian McCarthy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not actually a beginner with XML. I've used it (and some of the related technologies a little bit). So I'd learned bits and pieces but never had a formal overview. This book helped me fill in some of the wholes, understand the relationship between similar technologies (like DTD and XSL). The writing and formatting aren't anything special, and it's a beginner book in that it had lots of breadth but limited depth. The examples were interesting enough, though they often felt redundant or unnecessary. I'd recommend it if you're like me and need enough of an overview of the landscape to get going.