XML: Extensible Markup Language [Paperback]

Elliotte Rusty Harold (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764531999 | ISBN-13: 978-0764531996 | Publication Date: July 24, 1998

XML: Extensible Markup Language Deliver Rich Web Content Make complex, structured content available on the Web regardless of browser or client software. With real-world examples, XML shows you how to use this fully internationalized language to create documents that are easy to transmit across the Web and filled with readily reusable information — from statistics and mathematics to graphics and multimedia. Working Solutions for Web Development Challenges

• Expert strategies for creating XML documents and converting HTML to XML
• Hands-on techniques for adding customized structure to documents
• Detailed examples of using XSL style sheets to design Web pages
• Practical solutions for assembling documents from multiple data sources
• Complete coverage of international scripts, character sets, fonts, and Unicode
• Advanced techniques for validating documents
• In-depth analysis of XLinks and XPointers
• Rules for writing well-formed XML documents

CD-ROM contains the source code for all the code fragments and examples in the book Plus

• Internet Explorer 4
• Netscape Communicator

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

In the crowd of XML books, this book stands out, with its specific focus on the needs of Web-page authors. Elliotte Harold handles the technical details and programming aspects as briefly as possible in order to concentrate on the pragmatic issues of producing efficient Web sites.

Harold divides the 11 chapters of the book into three parts. The first part covers the basics of XML, providing enough information to start creating XML Web pages. This section includes information on the philosophy behind XML, how XML uses extensibility in place of a multitude of tags, how to render XML documents into HTML, how to get pages onto the Web, and how to use Extensible Style Language (XSL) style sheets.

The second part discusses more advanced issues, such as document type definitions, how to assemble documents from a variety of sources, how to use attributes to describe elements, and how to use Xlinks and Xpointers to provide greater functionality than HTML's hyperlinks and anchors. Each chapter builds upon the preceding ones so by the time you get to part 3, "Practical XML," you're able to follow right along as Harold demonstrates XML in action. In this section, Harold uses XML to build a push technology site and then a genealogy site, element by element. An enclosed CD-ROM contains the source code for all the book's examples. --Elizabeth Lewis

About the Author

About the Author Elliotte Rusty Harold is a New York City-based consultant and author. He runs Café con Leche, one of the most popular XML resource sites on the Web, and is the author of IDG Books Worldwide's bestselling Java^™ Secrets^® and JavaBeans^™.

Product Details

• Paperback: 426 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (July 24, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764531999
• ISBN-13: 978-0764531996
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,258,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elliotte is originally from New Orleans to which he returns periodically in search of a decent bowl of gumbo. However, he currently resides in Irvine, California with his wife Beth, dog Shayna, and cats Charm (named after the quark) and Marjorie (named after his mother-in-law). He's a frequent speaker at industry conferences including Software Development, Dr. Dobb's Architecure & Design World, SD Best Practices, Extreme Markup Languages, and too many user groups to count. He's currently working on the XOM Library for processing XML with Java, the Jaxen XPath engine, and the Amateur media player.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

69 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! GET *THE XML BIBLE*, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: XML: Extensible Markup Language (Paperback)

This book has been updated by Elliotte Harold and for some unfortunate reason is now called The XML Bible. (unfortunate for me, I just got this book to discover that it's completely revised. I'm out $32.)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Out-dated, June 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: XML: Extensible Markup Language (Paperback)

Author makes a good point from the start. He notes that since the web public will take time to convert to XML-ready browsers, all works should be converted to HTML until technologies play a catch-up. Author's method for this HTML conversion is done through a Microsoft-DOS based utility called "MSXSL." Well, Guess what? Microsoft has taken this tool off the market, probably to promote it's Internet Explorer 5.0 browser which has built-in XML parser. But without the "MSXSL" examples starting from chapter 2 are not possible. It's a pity, since his writing on XML are well written. But it's just too hard to overcome the frustration of not being able apply your knowledge. I will return this book and use the money to buy a book with examples of IE5 - the 'bleeding' edge of technology.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The book is out of date. It has to be rewritten, July 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: XML: Extensible Markup Language (Paperback)

No software support, the contents are not comply with the technology. I couldn't get anything out of it. I found myself reading sample chapters from here and there.