XML by example : building E-commerce applications. [The Charles F. Goldfarb series on open information management]

xlviii, 470 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; stiff paper wrappers ; CD-Rom not present ; ISBN: 0139601627 (pbk.); 9780139601620 (pbk.) LCCN: 98-7398 ; OCLC: 38966041 ; LC: QA76.76.H94; MRC; Dewey: 005.7/2 ; "XML by Example is practical through-and-through: th e first book to teach XML from the standpoint of Web and software developers. The book introduces the features of XML through a real-world e-commerce application that's used as a running example throughout the book. Using this ongoing example, learn how to create XML documents, parse them, display them, link and store them. Understand how to build client- and server-side XML applications. In Part III, you'll look at today's most important XML applications, including Channel Definition Format, Open Financial Exchange, Wen Interface Definition Language, Cold Fusion Markup Language and many others. The accompanying CD-ROM includes an extraordinary wide range of tools for creating and deploying XML applications, including Microsoft's Java-based XML parser for use with Internet Explorer 4.0; Microsoft's implementation of XSL stylesheets; Microstar's XML Parser AElfred, the Cold Fusion Evaluation Edition from Allaire; the Amaya XM Web browser, and much more." ; G.…