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Description of XML Bible

"The XML Bible provides complete coverage on all XML–related topics and will be an essential resource for any developer." —Sean Rhody, Technical Editor, XML Journal

If XML can do it, you can do it too...

Now revised and expanded to cover the latest XML technologies and applications, this all–in–one tutorial and reference shows you step by step how to put the power of XML to work in your Web pages. From document type definitions and style sheets to XPointers, schemas, the Wireless Markup Language, XHTML and other advanced tools and applications, XML expert Elliotte Rusty Harold gives you all the know–how and examples you need to integrate XML with HTML, solve real–world development challenges, and create data–driven content.

Inside, you′ll find complete coverage of XML

• Create well–formed XML documents
  
• Place international characters in documents
  
• Validate documents against DTDs and schemas
  
• Use entities to build large documents from smaller parts
  
• Embed non–XML data in your documents
  
• Format your documents with CSS and XSL style sheets
  
• Connect documents with XLinks and XPointers
  
• Merge different XML vocabularies with namespace
  
• Write metadata for Web pages using RDF
  
• Harness XML for site design, vector graphics, and other real–world applications

MASTER XML fundamentals including elements, tags, attributes, DTDs, and namespace

HARNESS the power of CSS and XSL to format XML documents

TAKE XML to the limit using XLinks, XPointers, Schemas, SVG, and XHTML

XML Resources on CD–ROM

• Code for all examples in the book, plus additional examples
• XML authoring tools, including expat, XT, Xalan, Xerces, Batik, FOP, SAXON, HTML, Tidy, and Mozilla
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML standards

Title Information

ISBN:

9780764547607

Pages:

1206 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

157538

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

01/06/2001

Edition:

2nd Edition

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About Elliotte Rusty Harold

Elliotte Rusty Harold is an internationally respected writer, programmer, and educator both on the Internet and off. He got his start by writing FAQ lists for the Macintosh newsgroups on Usenet, and has since branched out into books, Web sites, and newsletters. He lectures about Java and object–oriented programming at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn. His Cafe con Leche Web site at http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/ has become one of the most popular independent XML sites on the Internet.

Elliotte is originally from New Orleans where he returns periodically in search of a decent bowl of gumbo. However, he currently resides in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn with his wife Beth and cats Charm (named after the quark) and Marjorie (named after his mother–in–law). When not writing books, he enjoys working on genealogy, mathematics, and quantum mechanics. His previous books include The Java Developer′s Resource, Java Network Programming, Java Secrets, JavaBeans, XML: Extensible Markup Language, and Java I/O.