What is this book about?
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a rapidly maturing
technology with powerful real-world applications, particularly for
the management, display, and organization of data. Together with
its many related technologies it is an essential technology for
anyone using markup languages on the web or internally.
This book teaches you all you need to know about XML - what it
is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can
best be used in a variety of situations, from simple data transfer
to using XML in your web pages. It builds on the strengths of the
first edition, and provides new material to reflect the changes in
the XML landscape - notably SOAP and Web Services, and the
publication of the XML Schemas Recommendation by the W3C.
What does this book cover?
Here are just a few of the things this book covers: XML syntax
and writing well-formed XML Using XML Namespaces Transforming XML
into other formats with XSLT XPath and XPointer for locating
specific XML data XML Validation using DTDs and XML Schemas
Manipulating XML documents with the DOM and SAX 2.0 SOAP and Web
Services Displaying XML using CSS and XSL Incorporating XML into
tradition databases and n-tier architectures XLink and XPointer for
linking XML and non-XML resources
Who is this book for?
"Beginning XML, 2nd Edition is for any developer who is
interested in learning to use XML in web, e-commerce or
data-storage applications. Some knowledge of mark up, scripting,
and/or object oriented programming languages is advantageous, but
not essential, as the basis of these techniques are explained as
required.