The XML Handbook (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Charles F. Goldfarb; Paul Prescod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013055068X ISBN 13: 9780130550682

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2000

Synopsis

Information and tutorials on XML applications, products, technologies, and jargon. XML, a sibling to HTML, is the "smart" markup language that's making the Web a global commercial and financial hub. Goldfarb who invented the standard generalized markup language, or SGML, that XML is based on and Prescod an XML software developer have revised the handbook to reflect the latest standards and industry trends. The accompanying CD-ROM includes free software packages such as the IBM alphaWorks suite, trialware, demonstrations, examples, and specifications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

CHARLES F. GOLDFARB is the father of markup languages, a term that he coined in 1970. He is the inventor of SGML, the International Standard on which both XML and HTML are based. Find him on the Web at xmltimes

PAUL PRESCOD is a leading XML software developer for ActiveState and a member of the W3C group that developed XML.

From the Back Cover

• The definitive XML resource: applications, products, technologies, and tutorials!
• Revised and enhanced Third Edition—latest standards and industry trends
• Two CD-ROMs: 175 genuinely free software packages including the IBM alphaWorks suite—plus unique trialware, demos, examples, specs, and more
• eXcelon Stylus
• XSL Stylesheet Manager—FREE Trial
• FREE XMLZip and ExeterXML Server from XMLSolutions
• FREE Trial Version of XML Authority Schema Editor
• Adobe FrameMaker+SGML—Free Tryout
• CD-ROMs: 175 no-time-limit FREE packages
• FREE TRIAL Arbortext Adept Editor LE
• FREE Personal Version—Enigma Publishing Software

"This book is an excellent starting point where you can learn and experiment with XML. As the inventor of SGML, Dr. Charles F. Goldfarb is one of the most respected authorities on structured information. Charles and I share a common vision: that the most valuable asset for the user or for a corporation, namely the data, can be openly represented in a simple, flexible, and human-readable form. This vision can now be realized through XML." —From the Foreword by Jean Paoli, Microsoft XML architect and co-editor of the W3C XML specification

The definitive resource for the Brave New Web of smart structured data and electronic commerce

• Start by understanding what XML is, why it came to be, how it differs from HTML, and the handful of vital concepts that you must understand to apply XML quickly and successfully.
• Experience what it's like to use XML, through illustrated walk-throughs of XML tools and applications—including hot new Web servers for B2B, EDI, e-commerce, portals, content management, conversion, syndication, and presentation.
• Master the details of the XML language and related technologies from reader-friendly, in-depth presentations on XML, XSL, XSLT, XLink, XPath, XSDL, datatypes, schemas, namespaces, topic maps, and extended linking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013055068X
• ISBN 13: 9780130550682
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1034