Xml Design and Implementation

XML is a mark up language which allows you to define your own tags, and to define data rather than format it. The overall concepts of XML are quite well understood but there is little information available about issues of developing applications using XML. By considering the decisions to be made at various stages of the project, it will help readers understand the various aspects of XML and its related technologies. It will stress the benefits of XML in informational systems, where it can be used to separate content from presentation, and in transactional systems, where it can act as a low-cost alternative to EDI protocols.

Paul Spencer is the owner and managing consultant of Boynings Consulting, which is a specialist XML consultancy. Before this, he worked in travel distribution, running development and MIS departments. He has worked with many of the major tour operators, as well as travel agents, airlines, technology providers and companies outside the travel industry