An Introduction to XML and Web Technologies

“A unique, detailed, and technically sophisticated introduction to current XML and Web technologies” – Jan Chomicki, Buffalo University.

The evolution of the World Wide Web has been staggering. To support the ever-increasing demands we make on the Web’s capabilities, there has been an explosion of technologies, protocols and standards that all promise to make the Web Developer's life easier, such as XML, XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery, JDOM, Servlets, JSP, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI.

In An Introduction to XML and Web Technologies, Anders Møller and Michael Schwartzbach expertly decipher this alphabet soup of Web technologies. They lucidly describe the technical features of each standard, compare closely related technologies and show how to implement them in various application scenarios. Part One of this book covers the key XML schema and transformation languages and explains how XML can co-exist with general purpose programming languages. Part Two describes technologies for building Web servers and the standards for defining, publishing and connecting to Web services. This book is essential reading for students on Web development or XML courses, as well as practitioners seeking to improve their insight into this exciting subject area.

Features

·        Covers the most important XML and Web technologies in a concise and easy to understand fashion.

·        Examples throughout and exercises at the end of every chapter to maximize understanding.

·        Introduces cutting edge research developments.

·        Comprehensive lists of online resources and further reading to aid development in each area.

·        Outstanding supporting material available at the accompanying website: http://www.brics.dk/ixwt/

Anders Møller and Michael Schwartzbach both teach at the prestigious BRICS research center at the University of Aarhus.