XML and web services: unleashed

The Extensible Markup Language is changing the way that information is being stored and exchanged. It is also changing the very way that we think about data. XML Unleashed allows you to unlock this new power and get you well on your way towards developing XML applications and systems that enable your most important business processes, or your simplest visions for data representation and exchange. Written for those already familiar with many of the concepts of XML, but still not sure how to make best use of the technologies, this book helps you become a more advanced user of XML. This book covers all the necessary topics from the basics of Document Type Definitions (DTDs) to the more advanced topics in XML database integration and the semantic web. This book is designed to be the only XML book that the reader will ever need on their shelf. XML is a standard and has become the common thread facilitating very different computer applications communicate by categorizing and tagging the data, reading, interpreting, sorting and linking the results. Within this book you will find coverage of important existing and emerging XML Standards as well as many varied and popular implementations of XML in this 21st century. We include WSDL, UDDI, SVG, ebXML Microsoft?s .NET, which is the world?s largest XML implementation to date and the Semantic Web which is just now being articulated. The complete and up-to-date XML Reference book on topics that matter.

Top authors from each "HOT" and emerging XML area drill deep to bring you competency and confidence within the areas of XML that are normally outside of your everyday world.

Code samples, examples and context make the XML developer comfortable and confident in launching into new areas of XML

Authorship comes from Java, Microsoft and Open Source backgrounds to provide all sides of the story.

The Extensible Markup Language is changing the way that information is being stored and exchanged. It is also changing the very way that we think about data. XML Unleashed! allows the reader to unlock this new power and get well on the way towards developing XML applications and systems that enable their most important business processes, or the simplest visions for data representation and exchangeThis book covers all the necessary topics from the basics of Document Type Definitions (DTDs) to the more advanced topics in XML database integration and the semantic web. This book is designed to be the only XML book that the reader will ever need on their shelf. Ron Schmelzer, as the lead author, ties all the XML chapters and topics together for us just as he does with his organization "ZapThink". Founder and senior analyst of ZapThink, Ron Schmelzer is a well-known expert in the field of XML and XML-based standards and initiatives. Ron has been featured and written for periodicals, and has spoken at numerous industry conferences including XML One, Comdex, and Internet World on the topic of XML.

The complete and up to date XML Reference book on topics that matter. The XML literate developer is certain to have plenty of new topics and emerging specs that they have never explored previously.