XML: Principles, Tools, and Techniques (World Wide Web Journal) (Paperback)

~ Dan Connolly (Author)

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With article titles like "The Web Is Ruined and I Ruined It" (a rumination on "HTML terrorism"), Dan Connolly has assembled an amusing and well-paced commentary on XML. XML: Principles, Tools, and Techniques is not strictly a tutorial. However, as Connolly outlines in the introduction, this book attempts to cover "the complete technical specification, primers, implementation case studies, applications, and even historical and philosophical reflections on the emerging role of XML." XML: Principles, Tools, and Techniques is an insider's trove of articles such as Michael Leventhal's, "XML: Can the Desperate Perl Hacker Do It?" This thorough collection also contains articles covering a wide variety of topics relevant to XML implementation: Perl, MathML, cascading style sheets (CSS), Lark, Java Universal Markup Language (JUMBO) and Web Interface Definition Language (WIDL).

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This issue of the prestigious, quarterly Journal includes reports from the World Wide Web Consortium, which is encouraging adoption of XML as either a replacement or supplement to HTML. Papers range over XML, HTML-math, the document object model, XML and cascading style sheets, a chemical markup language, medical records in XML, and much more. While the articles are technical, they are very clearly written and easy to understand, and this diversity of viewpoints will not be available anywhere else. For all academic collections.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 266 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly; 1 edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565923499
• ISBN-13: 978-1565923492
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,263,287 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Good Introduction - Search for something else., May 9, 1998

By	Mohamad Takriti (Doha, Qatar) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are looking for a book to introduce you to XML, this is not the one. This book is basically a bunch of papers and articles slammed together and sold as a book. It doesn't have any continuity or proper flow. Every paper tries to introduce XML in a different way, which leaves the reader confused and disappointed. I will be looking for another book.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best thing out there, September 25, 1999

By	Don Box ([e-mail]) (Redondo Beach CA) - See all my reviews

This was the first XML text I bought back in 1998 and I found it to be great. It is a shame that it is out of print (like O'Reilly's excellent DCE books).