XML by Example is practical through-and-through: the first book to teach XML from the standpoint of Web and software developers. The book introduces the features of XML through a real-world e-commerce application that's used as a running example throughout the book. Using this ongoing example, learn how to create XML documents, parse them, display them, link and store them. Understand how to build client- and server-side XML applications. In Part III, you'll look at today's most important XML applications, including Channel Definition Format, Open Financial Exchange, Wen Interface Definition Language, Cold Fusion Markup Language and many others. The accompanying CD-ROM includes an extraordinary wide range of tools for creating and deploying XML applications, including Microsoft's Java-based XML parser for use with Internet Explorer 4.0; Microsoft's implementation of XSL stylesheets; Microstar's XML Parser AElfred, the Cold Fusion Evaluation Edition from Allaire; the Amaya XM Web browser, and much more.
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Sean McGrath makes understanding XML simple by gently easing his readers into the topic. His overview discusses what XML is and how it differs philosophically from HTML without competing with it. This introduction shows why XML is generating such excitement and how it will be of great importance to electronic commerce.
Next, McGrath demonstrates XML in action in an electronic-commerce environment. His conversational style leads the reader through what could be very dry topics, such as publishing databases with XML or using Channel Definition Format (CDF) to create a push-publishing channel. His friendly tone is all the handier in the section that examines XML and related standards.
The final section looks at three e-commerce initiatives based on XML--Open Financial Exchange, Electronic Data Exchange, and Open Trading Protocol. An enclosed CD-ROM contains an excellent collection of XML e-commerce development tools and useful reference material. The book's editor, Charles Goldfarb, is the developer of SGML, the parent mark-up language upon which XML is based. --Elizabeth Lewis
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This is the best introduction of the four. The author writes well and begins with a gentle introduction that leads into examples with Internet Explorer 4 and HTML. McGrath then tackles all the big related issues: database publishing, web automation, channel publishing, E-commerce, and other technical details.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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There are no useful examples!,
By A Customer
This review is from: XML by Example: Building E-Commerce Applications (Charles F. Goldfarb Series on Open Information Management) (Paperback)
This book fails to deliver in almost every aspect. The front cover promises "Build XML e-commerce applications start to finish", this is entirely misleading. A more accurate title would be "XML syntax and some vague examples". Do not buy this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Best of all worst XML books,
By Sanjay "houstontechie" (HOUSTON TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: XML by Example: Building E-Commerce Applications (Charles F. Goldfarb Series on Open Information Management) (Paperback)
I was greatly disappointed with the contents of this book and above all after learning that the editor is the one who invented SGML(Mother of XML)...they should think a hundred times before writing this kinda books. Please stop circulating this book in the market. Why are you people giving wrong information to people???
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
little more than a "gee-whiz" book for non-techies,
By A Customer
This review is from: XML by Example: Building E-Commerce Applications (Charles F. Goldfarb Series on Open Information Management) (Paperback)
Others have already said it better than I, so I'll keep this short:* not enough information to be useful * poor presentation of the details * it only babbles on and on about how great XML is, without telling you anything about any pitfalls or, for example, the shortcomings of DTDs. Charles Goldfarb should actually look at these books, before lending his name to them. If you want the real deal, go with the Wrox Press book: Professional XML. Sure, it's big, weighs a ton, and you'll probably never need to look at more than a third of it, but I swear even just the first 4 chapters are worth the price of the entire book!
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