| Overview
This powerful new edition provides developers with a comprehensive
guide to the rapidly evolving XML space. Serious users of XML will
find topics on just about everything they need, from fundamental
syntax rules, to details of DTD and XML Schema creation, to XSLT
transformations, to APIs used for processing XML documents. Simply
put, this is the only reference of its kind among XML books.
Whether you're a Web designer using SVG to add vector graphics to
web pages, or a C++ programmer using SOAP to serialize objects into
a remote database, XML in a Nutshell thoroughly explains the
basic rules that all XML documents -- and all XML document creators
-- must adhere to, including:
Essentials of the core XML standards: With this
book, you can develop an understanding of well-formed XML, DTDs,
namespaces, Unicode, and W3C XML Schema quickly. Key technologies used mainly for narrative XML
documents such as web pages, books, and articles: You'll gain a
working knowledge of XSLT, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, CSS, and
XSL-FO. Technologies for building data-intensive XML
applications, and for processing XML documents of any kind: One of
the most unexpected developments in XML has been its enthusiastic
adoption for structured documents used for storing, and exchanging
used by a wide variety of programs. This book will help you
understand the tools and APIs needed to write software that
processes XML, including the event-based Simple API for XML (SAX2)
and the tree-oriented Document Object Model (DOM).
Quick-reference chapters also detail syntax rules and usage
examples for the core XML technologies, including XML, DTDs, Xpath,
XSLT, SAX, and DOM. If you need explanation of how a technology
works, or just need to quickly find the precise syntax for a
particular piece, this up-to-date edition is ready with the
information. XML in a Nutshell is an essential guide for
developers who need to create XML-based file formats and data
structures for use in XML documents. This is one book you'll want
to close at hand as you delve into XML.
Editorial ReviewsProduct DescriptionThis powerful new edition provides developers with a comprehensive guide to the rapidly evolving XML space. Serious users of XML will find just about everything they need, from fundamental syntax rules, to details of vocabulary creation, to transformations, to APIs used for processing XML documents. XML in a Nutshell, in fact, is the only reference of its kind among XML books. Whether you're a Web designer using SVG to add vector graphics to web pages, or a C++ programmer using SOAP to serialize objects into a remote database, this expanded second edition provides a thorough explanation of all the basic rules -- including XML, DTDs, namespaces, Unicode, XML Schemas, XSLT, Xpath, SAX, and DOM. If you need explanation of how a technology works, or just need to quickly find the precise syntax for a particular piece, this is the place to look. XML in a Nutshell is an essential guide for developers who need to create XML-based file formats and data structures for use in any XML document. | Amazon.com ReviewContinuing in the tradition of the Nutshell series, XML in a Nutshell provides a dense tutorial on its subject, as well as a useful day-to-day reference. While the reader isn't expected to have prior expertise in XML, this book is most effective as an add-on to a more introductory tutorial because of its relatively fast pace. The authors set out to systematically--and rapidly--cover the basics of XML first, namely the history of the markup language and the various languages and technologies that compose the standard. In this first section, they discuss the basics of XML markup, Document Type Definitions (DTDs), namespaces, and Unicode. From there, the authors move into "narrative-centric documents" in a section that appropriately focuses on the application of XML to books, articles, Web pages and other readable content. This book definitely presupposes in the reader an aptitude for picking up concepts quickly and for rapidly building cumulative knowledge. Code examples are used--only to illustrate the particular point in question--but not in excess. The book gets into "data-centric" XML, exploring the difference between the object-driven Document Object Model (DOM) and the event-driven Simple API for XML (SAX). However, these areas are a little underpowered and offer a bit less detail about this key area than the reader will expect. At the core of any Nutshell book is the reference section, and the installment found inside this text is no exception. Here, the XML 1.0 standard, XPath, XSLT, DOM, SAX, and character sets are covered. Some material that is covered earlier in the book--such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)--is not re-articulated, however. XML in a Nutshell is not the only book on XML you should have, but it is definitely one that no XML coder should be without. --Stephen W. Plain Topics covered: - XML history
- Document Type Definitions (DTDs)
- Namespaces
- Internationalization
- XML-based data formats
- XHTML
- XSL
- XPath
- XLink
- XPointer
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- XSL-FO
- Document Object Model (DOM)
- Simple API for XML (SAX)
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 36 reviews. XML in a Nutshell, 2005-06-07 Reviewer rating: This is a well-written reference on XML 1.1. Slightly over half the book is tutorial in nature, while the remainder of the book is reference material (on XML, Schemas, XPath, XSLT, DOM, SAX, and character sets). The explanations were clear and the reference portion quite complete. I recommend this book as a good reference on XML.
| Specialized reference book for XML with JAVA, 2004-06-25 Reviewer rating: This books starts out with a quick explanation and walkthrough or XML 1.0 specification that is pretty good. It is lacking a XML Schema (XSD) section as well covers very briefly the XSLT (XML Stylesheets) anyone wishing to anything with sytlesheets after reading this book will be disappointed. XPath coverage is pretty good as well as SAX, & DTD. XLink, XPointer, are talking about but nothing in depth. All example code is in JAVA. Anyone wanting specialized knowledge of ASP.NET / .NET / MS SQL usage of XML should look elsewhere (this is somewhat understandable due to the publish date.) | Great book, 2004-03-27 Reviewer rating: This is the only XML book I have - I skimmed through several and this one was far and away the best. You will have to know what you are trying to do and sort of figure out which parts of the book to pay attention to as there is so much there. I spent some time with DTDs only to realize they were unnecessary for what I was doing. But the book allowed me to build an application from scratch. | Much more than good value for money, 2003-05-03 Reviewer rating: The authors managed to compress an amazing amount of information in a very small amount of space, without affecting readability. Including coverage of XML, DTD, Namespaces, XSL, Xpath, Xlinks, DOM and much more, including Schemas (missing from previous edition). As a bonus we get reference for XML, Schemas, Xpath, XSLT, DOM and SAX. Much more than good value for money, it's a real bargain. Just not recommended to absolute newbies | bad organization with some typo erros., 2002-11-30 Reviewer rating: I have read part of the book and tried to use it as a reference, but always confused with the bad organization, not to mention some typo errors. personally, I don't recommend it. |
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