Programming Start XML

Author: Dave Mercer
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: This book is written for XML beginners and adopts a step-by-step approach, interspersed with numerous examples, self-assessment questions, project exercises, and common FAQs. The book is divided into four parts, 12 chapters, and two appendices. Part 1 covers XML fundamentals, focusing on XML history, syntax, DTDs, schemas, and namespaces. The second part introduces the use of XML, including graphics and multimedia processing in XML, XML applications, XLink, XPath, XPointer, and methods for building XML-based websites. The third part explores advanced XML knowledge, including the Document Object Model (DOM), methods for creating XML data models, database operations in XML, stylesheets, XML document conversion, and the application of XML in e-commerce and wireless fields. The final part is the appendix, which provides answers to chapter quizzes and lists XML schema and DTD syntax.