XML in Record Time [Paperback]

Sybex (Author), Natanya Pitts (Author)

Book Description

Series: In Record Time | Publication Date: December 1998

This guide to the Web design tool XML provides tutorial-type coverage taught through real-world examples. It focuses on the most practical skills needed by people working with this language and covers such topics as creating your own design time controls and using XSL Style sheets.

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Amazon.com Review

XML in Record Time offers a comprehensive look at the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and provides rather lengthy coverage of HTML as well. Author Natanya Pitts uses several chapters of this book to lay a foundation of HTML knowledge and then builds upon it with the ins and outs of XML.

After covering the basics of markup languages, Pitts presents XML document-type definitions (DTDs) and XML documents in the broad context of hypertext documents. The book then moves into the more detailed aspects of XML with in-depth discussion of DTDs and content models. The author describes the various entities and introduces you to XLink and XPointer--specifications governing XML links.

Next the author presents XML processors, cascading style sheets (CSS), conversions from HTML to XML, and a look at the present landscape of XML tools and client support. Then it's on to the topic of building XML applications and working with XML vocabularies such as Web Interface Definition Language (WIDL), Channel Definition Format (CDF), Open Software Description Format (OSD), Open Financial Exchange (OFX), and Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). The title finishes with practical discussions of the implementation challenges of XML, the tools to choose, and Web sites to watch for updated information. If you want to learn about where the Web is headed and stay on the bleeding edge, this guide is for you. --Stephen W. Plain

Product Details

• Paperback: 548 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782123406
• ISBN-13: 978-0782123401
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,233,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for the beginner, February 7, 1999

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This review is from: XML in Record Time (Paperback)

This book is well arranged. In every chaper, there is a topic, you could follow the it and make progress step by step. I think it give you a clear understanding of XML. However, this is a beginner's book, as I mentioned, if you want to learned more about XML, you have to forward to other books.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars In Record Time? Maybe. - In Depth? No Way., April 16, 2000

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Jan Van Bulck (Brussels) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: XML in Record Time (Paperback)

Indeed, it explains XML and DTD's pretty well. But probably, you're looking for more. Especially when the back-cover mentions "Coverage includes 'XSL', 'Converting HTML to XML', 'WIDL',..." The book merely 'touches' these topics. For real implementation instructions, it redirects you to the Internet. Other books offer you the same thing AND much more (eg. the 'XML Bible' for great XSL-coverage and 'XML by Example' for a Java-point-of-view).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book to give to a manager, April 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: XML in Record Time (Paperback)

I gave this book to a new manager in the company to help him up to speed. He is not responsible for dealing with all details of implimentation but when I came to him every day with a new use for XML at work he needed a good read to explain things. This is exactly what this book is. As a technical reference it is really only the introduction. Almost every chapter points to some URL for more information. As a managers introduction to the technology and for ease of reading - it's a 5 out of 5.