 Trade In this Item for up to £0.25
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in XML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.25, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Authors
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Product Description
Product Description
XML, the Extensible Markup Language, is everywhere: the syntax of choice for newly designed document formats across almost all computer applications. Now used daily by developers, XML is living up to its reputation as one of the most important developments in document interchange in the history of computing.
A perennial bestseller, the handy XML Pocket Reference from O'Reilly has been revised once again to give you quick access to the latest goods. In addition to its comprehensive look at XML, this third edition has been updated with new material on Namespaces and XML Schema--considered among the most important elements in current XML use--along with RELAX NG and Schematron, additional powerful tools for describing XML document structures.
Like other titles in O'Reilly's Pocket Reference series, the XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition features a well-organized format that gets right to the point. As a result, it's already won over the allegiance of developers everywhere. If you need XML answers quick and on the fly, this compact book is most definitely the book for you.
From the Publisher
A perennial bestseller, the handy XML Pocket Reference from O'Reilly has been revised once again to give you quick access to the latest goods. In addition to its comprehensive look at XML, this third edition has been updated with new material on Namespaces and XML Schema. If you need XML answers quick and on the fly, this compact book is most definitely the book for you.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was disappointed that this 3rd edition had dropped many useful pages from the earlier edition. Of the 160 pages in this book:
70 are about XML-Schema
30 about an alternative Schema language called RelaxNG
10 more about yet another Schema language called Schematron
that leaves only 50 pages for the rest of XML.
The book does cover DTDs.
The section on XSL templates has been dropped. I could not find one example of how to link an XSL template to an XML document.
My other irritation is that I do not find these authors explanations of concepts like 'namespace' as easy to understand as those in the previous edition.
If you want a pocket reference book for XML Schema then this will do, but if you were hoping for a wider scope then you may be disappointed.
XML_Schema Pocket Reference would have been a better title.
70 are about XML-Schema
30 about an alternative Schema language called RelaxNG
10 more about yet another Schema language called Schematron
that leaves only 50 pages for the rest of XML.
The book does cover DTDs.
The section on XSL templates has been dropped. I could not find one example of how to link an XSL template to an XML document.
My other irritation is that I do not find these authors explanations of concepts like 'namespace' as easy to understand as those in the previous edition.
If you want a pocket reference book for XML Schema then this will do, but if you were hoping for a wider scope then you may be disappointed.
XML_Schema Pocket Reference would have been a better title.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Well, it is meant to be a reference rather than a tutorial but I'm used to the O'Reilly books delivering more than they promise. Whilst the internet can provide plenty of examples of XSD/XML, I needed something that gave a more comprehensive view that a knowledgable, experienced guy such as myself could dip into to get the information he needed. This book kind of does that (although it includes a section on DTD which should have ceased to bother anyone by now) but isn't as penetrable as I'd have liked - some examples of how each XSD tag would be used would have been helpful, and a chart of how the tags are used to construct the schema would have been a good reference point (I can never remember where to start - oh, wait, yes I can - with XMLSpy).
This book helps clear some of the fog around XSD/XML but I suspect a larger book giving detailed coverage and which lso contains its own reference section is a better buy.
This book helps clear some of the fog around XSD/XML but I suspect a larger book giving detailed coverage and which lso contains its own reference section is a better buy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book contains absolutely nothing on XSL - XSL does not even occur in the index.
I own about 20 O'Reilly pocket references and this is the only one that collects dust.
This book could be so much better.
I'm guessing if XML schemas are your thing it may be somewhat useful.
I own about 20 O'Reilly pocket references and this is the only one that collects dust.
This book could be so much better.
I'm guessing if XML schemas are your thing it may be somewhat useful.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Computing & Internet > Digital Lifestyle > Online Shopping > Amazon
- Books > Computing & Internet > Software & Graphics > Business & Home Office > Spreadsheets
- Books > Computing & Internet > Software & Graphics > Business & Home Office > Word Processing
- Books > Computing & Internet > Web Development > Web Scripting & Programming
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
