XML in a Nutshell 2e - Softcover

Harold, Elliotte Rusty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596002920 ISBN 13: 9780596002923

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2002

Synopsis

This edition offers developers a comprehensive guide to the rapidly evolving XML space. Topics covered range from fundamental syntax rules, to details of DTD and XML Schema creation, to XSLT transformations, to APIs used for processing XML documents. Whether you're a Web designer using SVG to add vector graphics to Web pages, or a C++ programmer using SOAP to seria lize objects into a remote database, XML in a Nutshell explains the basic rules that all XML documents - and all XML document creators - must adhere to, including: essentials of the core XML standards; key technologies used mainly for narrative XML documents such as Web pages; technologies for building data-intensive XML applications, and for processing XML documents of any kind. The book should help the reader understand the tools and APIs needed to write software that processes XML, including the event-based Simple API for XML (SAX2) and the tree-oriented Document Object Model (DOM). Quick-reference chapters also detail syntax rules and usage examples for the core XML technologies, including XML, DTDs, Xpath, XSLT, SAX, and DOM.

About this title

About the Author

W. Scott Means has been a professional software developer since 1988, when he joined Microsoft Corporation at the age of 17. He was one of the original developers of OS/2 1.1 and Windows NT, and did some of the early work on the Microsoft Network for the Advanced Technology and Business Development group. Most recently, he served as the CEO of Enterprise Web Machines, a South Carolina based Internet infrastructure venture. He is currently writing full-time and consulting on XML and Internet topics. Elliotte Rusty Harold is a noted writer and programmer, both on and off the Internet. He started by writing FAQ lists for the Macintosh newsgroups on Usenet, and has since branched out into books, web sites, and newsletters. He's currently fascinated by Java, which is beginning to consume his life. His Cafe Au Lait web site at http://sunsite.unc.edu/javafaq/ is a frequently visited Java site. Elliotte resides in New York City with his wife Beth and cat Possum. When not writing about Java, he enjoys genealogy, mathematics, and quantum mechanics, and has been known to try to incorporate these subjects into his computer books (when he can slip them past his editors). So far he hasn't been able to, but he suspects that a short, last-minute biography might not be inspected as closely as the rest of a manuscript. His previous book is Java Developer's Resource from Prentice Hall.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0596002920
• ISBN 13: 9780596002923
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 640