XML: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series) - Softcover

Williamson, Heather

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072127341 ISBN 13: 9780072127348

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

Synopsis

Master eXtensible Markup Language! This complete reference covers a very broad range of topics--including XML parsers, validators, schemas, DTDs, style sheets (both XSL and CSS), namespaces, XLink and XPointers, XBase, and XML Queries. In addition, several supporting standards, including the Resource Description Framework (RDF), XML Digital Sigs, Synchronized Markup Languages, and Scalable Vector Graphics formats are addressed. Using this book, you'll be able to go from creating simple XML documents to developing full-fledged Web-based XML solutions.

About this title

About the Author

Heather Williamson (Enterprise, OR) has spent more than 4 years designing and developing Web pages for both corporate intranets and Internet sites. She is an experienced author and has written several books for various computer book publishers. Heather has tech edited several competing XML titles, so she has a unique perspective on what the competition is doing right and wrong and how she can create a better book.

From the Back Cover

The Most In-Depth Guide to XML Available

Create simple to complex XML documents and build full-fledged Web applications using this one-stop resource. Covering a wide range of topics from reviewing XML parsers and validators to using scripts and converting databases into XML documents this all-inclusive reference shows you everything you need to work with this popular tag-based language. Learn to enhance text with either cascading or extensible style sheets, use schemas to improve functionality, select portions of a document using XLink and XPointer, and much more. Additionally, XML: The Complete Reference covers SMIL and Math languages used for multimedia presentations and displaying mathematical equations. Thorough, useful, and comprehensive, this is the only XML book you'll need.

-Get an overview of related standards and requirements for using XML
-Create organized, well-formed XML document structures
-Identify attributes and add data to your XML documents
-Use schemas in XML applications to restrict values and create reports
-Discover where and when to use style sheets, including CSS and XSL
-Expand XML applications with XLinks, XPointers, and XQuery
-Learn how to change HTML to XHTML
-Manipulate XML with JavaScript, and use CGI to convert database information to an XML document

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072127341
• ISBN 13: 9780072127348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1008