Xml in Office 2003: Information Sharing With Desktop Xml - Softcover

Goldfarb, Charles F.; Walmsley, Priscilla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013142193X ISBN 13: 9780131421936

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 2003

Synopsis

Goldfarb (the inventor of SGML) and Walmsley (a consultant specializing in XML architecture) explain what XML and schemas are all about, how they help users share information, and how desktop XML enables easy integration of Office apps with back-end data sources and Web services. Individual chapters concentrate on topics like basic concepts, creating documents, spreadsheets, forms, web-based publishing, the XML language, XPath, datatypes, and web services technologies. The guide comes with a CD containing a trial version of InfoPath 2003. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

CHARLES F. GOLDFARB is the father of XML Technology. He invented SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language on which both XML and HTML are based. His XML Handbook is now in its fifth edition, with more than 100,000 copies in print.

PRISCILLA WALMSLEY is a developer of the XML Schema Recommendation on which Office 2003’s XML support is built. She is a consultant specializing in XML architecture and data management, a power user of Microsoft Office, and the author of Definitive XML Schema.

From the Back Cover

• Co-authors are the world-renowned inventor of markup languages and a developer of the W3C XML Schema specification
• Detailed coverage of Office 2003 Professional XML features, plus all the XML knowledge you need to use them
• Learn to edit your XML document with Word, analyze its data with Excel, store it with Access, and publish it to the Web with FrontPage®
• Build dynamic custom XML forms with the remarkable new InfoPath™ 2003—structured data collection with word processing flexibility

From the Foreword by Jean Paoli, Microsoft XML Architect and co-editor of the W3C XML specification:

“XML enabled the transfer of information from server to server and server to client, even in cross-platform environments. But the desktop, where documents are created and analyzed by millions of information workers, could not easily participate. Business-critical information was locked inside data storage systems or individual documents, forcing companies to adopt inefficient and duplicative business processes.

“This is a book on re-inventing the way millions of people write and interact with documents. It succeeds in communicating the novel underlying vision of Office 2003 XML while focusing on task-oriented, hands-on skills for using the product.”

Desktop XML affects every Office 2003 Professional Edition user!

It transforms millions of desktop computers from mere word processors into rich clients for Web services, editing front-ends for XML content management systems, and portals for XML-based application integration.

And this book shows you how to benefit from it. You’ll learn exactly what XML can do for you, and you’ll master its key concepts, all in the context of the Office products you already know and use.

With 200 tested and working code and markup examples and over 150 screenshots and illustrations from the actual shipped product (not betas), you’ll see step by step how:

• Office users can share documents more easily, without error-prone rework, re-keying, or cut-and-paste.
• Office data from your documents can be captured for enterprise databases.
• Office documents can be kept up-to-date with live data from Web Services and enterprise data stores.
• Office solutions can overcome traditional limitations by using XML and Smart Documents.

BONUS XML SKILLS SECTION! All the XML expertise you’ll need, adapted for Office 2003 users from the best-selling Charles F. Goldfarb’s XML Handbook, Fifth Edition: the XML language, XML Schema, XPath, XSLT, Web services … and more!

CD-ROM INCLUDED: Provides a fully functional 60-day trial version of Microsoft InfoPath 2003.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013142193X
• ISBN 13: 9780131421936
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448