XML All–in–One Desk Reference For Dummies

Discover how to speak XML, display XML in a browser, and validate XML
Your one–stop guide to understanding and using all of XML’s features and specifications
In less than five years, XML has become the universal format for exchanging information. Don’t get lost in the translation! With the seven minibooks in this all–in–one guide, you’ll have everything at your fingertips – from creating XML documents and working with schemas to using Xpointer, understanding SOAP, and diving into WSDL.
The Dummies WayCoverage of the essentials and beyondExplanations in plain English"Get in, get out" informationThumbtabs and other navigation aidsTear–out cheat sheetA dash of humor and fun

Spis treści:
Introduction.
Book I: Describing Data with XML.
Chapter 1: Introducing XML.
Chapter 2: Dissecting an XML Document.
Chapter 3: Creating Well–Formed XML Documents.
Chapter 4: Namespaces — Avoiding Naming Conflicts.
Book II: Validating XML.
Chapter 1: Validating XML Documents.
Chapter 2: Creating Document Type Definitions.
Chapter 3: Creating XML Schemas.
Chapter 4: XML Schema Data Types.
Chapter 5: Designing XML Schemas.
Chapter 6: Validating Documents Using DTDs and XML Schemas.
Chapter 7: Working with XML–Data Reduced.
Book III: Presenting XML.
Chapter 1: Styling XML with Stylesheets.
Chapter 2: Cascading Style Sheets — Displaying XML in a Browser.
Chapter 3: Printing XML Using XSL–FO.
Book IV: Transforming XML.
Chapter 1: XML’s Swiss Army Knife — XSLT.
Chapter 2: Powered by Template Rules.
Chapter 3: XPath — Scouting Out XML Data.
Chapter 4: Adding Logic to Your XSLT.
Chapter 5: Variables and Parameters.
Chapter 6: The Output Side of XSLT.
Book V: Working with the Rest of the XR 11;Team.
Chapter 1: XLink — Linking XML Documents.
Chapter 2: XPointer — Pointing to Resources.
Chapter 3: XForms — Processing Forms.
Chapter 4: XHTML — Next–Generation HTML.
Book VI: Processing XML.
Chapter 1: Introduction to XML APIs.
Chapter 2: Reading XML with SAX and XMLReader.
Chapter 3: Understanding the XML DOM.
Chapter 4: Processing XML Using the DOM.
Book VII: XML Web Services.
Chapter 1: Introduction to XML Web Services.
Chapter 2: XML–RPC — Simple Distributed Computing.
Chapter 3: SOAP — Accessing Web Services the Clean and Slippery Way.
Chapter 4: WSDL — Telling the World about Your Web Services.
Chapter 5: UDDI — Finding Web Services.
Chapter 6: Voice and Wireless Services.
Chapter 7: Web Services Security.
Chapter 8: Implementing Web Services.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Richard Wagner is the inventor and architect of the award–winning NetObjects ScriptBuilder.
Richard Mansfield has authored more than 30 computer books since 1982.

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Discover how to speak XML, display XML in a browser, and validate XML
Your one–stop guide to understanding and using all of XML’s features and specifications
In less than five years, XML has become the universal format for exchanging information. Don’t get lost in the translation! With the seven minibooks in this all–in–one guide, you’ll have everything at your fingertips – from creating XML documents and working with schemas to using Xpointer, understanding SOAP, and diving into WSDL.
The Dummies WayCoverage of the essentials and beyondExplanations in plain English"Get in, get out" informationThumbtabs and other navigation aidsTear–out cheat sheetA dash of humor and fun