Professional XML, 2nd Edition (Programmer to Programmer)

XML has made a major impact in almost every aspect of software development. Designed as an open, extensible, self-describing language, it has become the standard for data and document delivery on the web. The panoply of XML-related technologies continues to develop at breakneck speed, to enable validation, navigation, transformation, linking, querying, description, and messaging of data.This is the new edition of Professional XML, updated to cover the latest developments in XML. This book provides a thorough and practical grounding in the core XML technologies and shows some of the key applications of XML in computing, from presenting and adding meaning to information on the Web, through using it as a data interchange format, to enabling open business-to-business computing. Xml Has Emerged In Just A Few Short Years As Nothing Less Than A Phenomenon In Computing. This Book Provides A Thorough Grounding In The Core Xml Technologies. Introduction -- Introducing Xml -- Basic Xml Syntax -- More Xml Syntax -- The Xml Information Set -- Validating Xml: Dtds -- Introducing Xml Schema -- Schema Alternatives -- Navigating Xml-xpath -- Transforming Xml -- Fragments, Xlink, And Xpointer -- The Document Object Model -- Sax 2 -- Schema Based Programming -- Data Modeling -- Xml Data Binding -- Querying Xml -- Case Study: Databases And Xml -- Presenting Xml Graphically -- Voicexml -- Xsl Formatting Objects: Xsl-fo -- Case Study: Generating A Site Index -- Rdf -- Rdf Code Samples And Rddl -- Soap -- B2b With Microsoft Biztalk Server -- E-business Integration -- B2b Futures: Wsdl And Uddi Mark Birbeck ... [et Al.]. Programmer To Programmer--cover. Includes Index. Chapters written by professional programmers discuss XML specification and navigation, linking, XSLT, presentation technologies, databases, messaging, and B2B applications.