XML Bible

If XML can do it, you can do it too… XML is revolutionizing Web-site development by making difficult tasks easier — and many new tasks possible. Based on the latest W3C standards, this thorough tutorial-plus-reference takes you step by step through everything you need to know to put XML to work, from the fundamentals of the XML language to document construction and simple XML-based solutions for specialized markup problems. Numerous examples, specifications, and addresses for relevant Web sites leave no questions unanswered. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of XML

• Follow simple rules to create well-formed XML documents
• Define tags that make sense for your document
• Format your documents with style sheets
• Create your own markup languages
• Validate documents with DTDs
• Explore RDF, VML, CDF, and other XML applications

Essential XML tools and code samples on CD-ROM include:

• Code for all numbered listings in the book
• XML browsers and tools
• World Wide Web Consortium XML standards

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About the Author Elliotte Rusty Harold is an internationally respected writer, programmer, and educator both on the Internet and off. He got his start by writing FAQ lists for the Macintosh newsgroups on Usenet, and has since branched out into books, Web sites, and newsletters. He lectures about Java and object-oriented programming at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn. His Cafe con Leche Web site at http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/has become one of the most popular independent XML sites on the Internet. Elliotte is originally from New Orleans where he returns periodically in search of a decent bowl of gumbo. However, he currently resides in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn with his wife Beth and cats Charm (named after the quark) and Marjorie (named after his mother-in-law). When not writing books, he enjoys working on genealogy, mathematics, and quantum mechanics. His previous books include The Java Developer's Resource, Java Network Programming, Java Secrets, JavaBeans, XML: Extensible Markup Language, and Java I/0.