XML: A Primer (Professional mindware) [Paperback]

St.Laurent′s popular primer offers Web developers a quick start to understanding and implementing XML. This third edition of XML: A Primer, 3rd Edition, includes new developments in XML technology regarding XLink, XPointer, XPath and XSLT. This guide for Web developers explains the differences and similarities between SGML, HTML, and XML, and provides you with a solid understanding of how to create custom tags and Document Type Definitions (DTDs). You′ll also find discussion on the impact of XML Schemas and RELAX.

Introducing XML to HTML Developers
HTML developers need to prepare for yet another revolution. XML is far more than a flexible version of HTML that lets you choose your own tags - XML will change the way web developers, database designers, and client-server programmers work.

This guide to XML shows developers how XML fits into the current landscape of emerging standards. It presents a complete guide to the syntax of XML, explaining how to create well-formed and valid XML documents. Style sheets, including the Cascading Style Sheets standard, are applied to XML documents to create documents that are attractive to humans as well as to computers. Document Type Declarations (DTDs) receive extensive coverage, with several chapters exploring their application through well-documented examples. XML: A Primer presents DTDs suited to a variety of tasks, including document management, EDI, device control, and traditional web page development.

Although XML's origins are in the world of SGML, it is a far simpler and cleaner standard. This book invites HTML developers without any background in SGML to explore the new world of XML. Rather than discussing standards abstractly, XML:A Primer presents step-by-step examples that don't assume prior knowledge of SGML.

XML standards are still in flux, and applications that can harness its power are in the works. This book focuses on the basics, using available standards to show developers how to apply XML solutions to real-world projects.

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XML A Primer 3rd Edition Your XML Road Map In the past few years, XML has roared from specification to buzzword to implementation. Now revised to cover the latest W3C specifications and development tools for Xlink, XPointer, XPath, XSLT, and more, this lucid, example–filled primer shows you how to get a handle on this powerful Web language and begin creating data–driven applications, even if you have no prior experience with XML or SGML. Put XML to Work
∗ Understand the latest W3C XML specifications
∗ Get up to speed on the best available development tools
∗ Integrate CSS, DHTML, XSL, and other technologies with XML
∗ Create and implement Document Type Definitions and custom tags
∗ Build an online catalog and structure online documents
∗ Develop data formats to exchange information between databases and the Web
Updates and all sample code at simonstl.com "A comprehensive, well–organized introduction to XML. St.Laurent′s writing is both clear and engaging." – Ronald Bourret, author of "XML and Databases" www.mandtbooks.com

Simon St.Laurent is an experienced Web developer and network specialist whose clients range from small start–ups to Fortune 500 corporations. The author of XHTML: Moving Toward XML, XML Elements of Style, Building XML Applications, Inside XML DTDs, and Dynamic HTML: A Primer, among other books, he lectures widely and is a regular contributor to xmlhack.com.