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)
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.