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Structuring XML Documents (Charles F. Goldfarb Series on Open Information Management)
 
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Structuring XML Documents (Charles F. Goldfarb Series on Open Information Management) (Paperback)

by David Megginson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 419 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pap/Cdr edition (7 April 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0136422993
  • ISBN-13: 978-0136422990
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.9 x 3.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,182,005 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #40 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Programming > Languages > XML > XML & Databases
    #93 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Databases > XML & Databases
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This book is perfect for anyone ready to build sophisticated XML or SGML DTDs that solve complex, real-world document systems challenges. In Structuring DTD Documents, David Megginson shares his extensive experience and wisdom about quality structured document design and DTD development. Learn proven techniques for building DTDs that are easier to learn, use, and process. Working with five detailed industry-standard models, discover how to: analyze DTDs and adapt them for your specific needs. Understand how to ensure structural compatibility throughout your DTDs. Finally, learn how to use the brand-new Architectural Forms standard to simplify many of the most complex DTD problems.



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Real XML help for webmasters, developers, and publishing professionals!

Structuring XML Documents is the perfect book for you, if...

  • You're tired of toy exercises and are ready to build XML/SGML DTDs for real-world document systems .
  • You need to write DTDs that work both for your authors and for your computer specialists.
  • You're starting with XML and want to make the most of it.
  • You're migrating from SGML to XML - or thinking about it.

In this book, David Megginson shares his extensive expertise in quality structured document design and DTD development. Starting with five detailed industry-standard models, learn how to:

  • Analyze DTDs and adapt them for your specific needs
  • Build DTDs that are easier to learn, use, and process
  • Ensure structural compatibility throughout your DTDs
  • Use the new Architectural Forms standard to simplify complex DTD problems.

Whether you're a technical writer, documentation project manager, document systems implementor, or consultant, you'll refer to this book constantly.

On the CD-ROM...All these state-of-the-art model DTDs-pre-catalogued for plug-and-play parsing...

  • ISO 12083 DTDs
  • DocBook 3.0 DTD with documentation
  • TEI P3 and TEI-Lite 1.6 DTDs
  • MIL-STD-38784 DTD with Official Navy Baseline Tagset Library
  • HTML 4.0

Plus...

  • Ælfred-a small, fast, DTD-aware Java(tm)-based XML parser, especially suitable for use in Java applets
  • SP/NSGMLS parser - source code and Windows binaries, for XML and SGML parsing and validating
  • ISO character entity sets - a Web page indexing all the CD's contents, and including links to all the URLs cited in the book-sites where you can find the most up-to-date information on XML and SGML and more.



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1.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not for learning XML, 29 Jun 1999
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The first 1/3 defines DTD syntax. This section is horrible unless you already know it. It briefly mentions a topic and regurgitates a definition and then fails to explain the syntax and intricasies. The 2nd 1/3 covers some examples. However, this is done at a very high level. It explains almost nothing about how they work. The last 1/3 is worthwhile and covers some interesting advanced topics. This book is only worth something to someone who is not interested in hands-on XML development. Also, it was confusing how it kept describing SGML-only features and mixing these with the SGML/XML features.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for DTD designers, 28 Jun 1998
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This book is great if you are looking on how to design DTDs. For that you need to already know about XML. It is not a "software" book in the sense that it does not have a line of code and it does not explain to you how to "program" XML. I have already read some books about XML and how to program it. I wanted a book which could explain to me how to design a DTD so I could create my own XML application. I found that book! However, before you buy this book, make sure that it really corresponds to what you are looking for.
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