XML in Record Time - Softcover

Sybex ; Pitts, Natanya

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ISBN 10: 0782123406 ISBN 13: 9780782123401

Publisher: Sybex Inc, 1998

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Tutorial-type coverage is given of XML programming--taught through real-world examples. Topics include creating your own design time controls; migrating HTML documents to XML; and using XSL style sheets.

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XML in Record Time offers a comprehensive look at the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and provides rather lengthy coverage of HTML as well. Author Natanya Pitts uses several chapters of this book to lay a foundation of HTML knowledge and then builds upon it with the ins and outs of XML.

After covering the basics of markup languages, Pitts presents XML document-type definitions (DTDs) and XML documents in the broad context of hypertext documents. The book then moves into the more detailed aspects of XML with in-depth discussion of DTDs and content models. The author describes the various entities and introduces you to XLink and XPointer--specifications governing XML links.

Next the author presents XML processors, cascading style sheets (CSS), conversions from HTML to XML, and a look at the present landscape of XML tools and client support. Then it's on to the topic of building XML applications and working with XML vocabularies such as Web Interface Definition Language (WIDL), Channel Definition Format (CDF), Open Software Description Format (OSD), Open Financial Exchange (OFX), and Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). The title finishes with practical discussions of the implementation challenges of XML, the tools to choose, and Web sites to watch for updated information. If you want to learn about where the Web is headed and stay on the bleeding edge, this guide is for you. --Stephen W. Plain

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