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“XML Schema 1.1 has gone from strong data typing to positively stalwart—so powerful it can enforce database level constraints and business rules, so your data transfer code won’t have to. This book covers the 1.1 changes—and more—in its 500 revisions to Priscilla Walmsley’s 10-year best-selling classic. It’s the guide you need to navigate XML Schema’s complexity—and master its power!”
—Charles F. Goldfarb
For Ten Years the World’s Favorite Guide to XML Schema—Now Extensively Revised for Version 1.1 and Today’s Best Practices!
To leverage XML’s full power, organizations need shared vocabularies based on XML Schema. For a full decade, Definitive XML Schema has been the most practical, accessible, and usable guide to working with XML Schema. Now, author Priscilla Walmsley has thoroughly updated her classic to fully reflect XML Schema 1.1, and to present new best practices for designing successful schemas.
Priscilla helped create XML Schema as a member of the W3C XML Schema Working Group, so she is well qualified to explain the W3C recommendation with insight and clarity. Her book teaches practical techniques for writing schemas to support any application, including many new use cases. You’ll discover how XML Schema 1.1 provides a rigorous, complete specification for modeling XML document structure, content, and datatypes; and walk through the many aspects of designing and applying schemas, including composition, instance validation, documentation, and namespaces. Then, building on the fundamentals, Priscilla introduces powerful advanced techniques ranging from type derivation to identity constraints. This edition’s extensive new coverage includes
- Many new design hints, tips, and tricks – plus a full chapter on creating an enterprise strategy for schema development and maintenance
- Design considerations in creating schemas for relational and object-oriented models, narrative content, and Web services
- An all-new chapter on assertions
- Coverage of new 1.1 features, including overrides, conditional type assignment, open content and more
- Modernized rules for naming and design
- Substantially updated coverage of extensibility, reuse, and versioning
- And much more
If you’re an XML developer, architect, or content specialist, with this Second Edition you can join the tens of thousands who rely on Definitive XML Schema for practical insights, deeper understanding, and solutions that work.
- ISBN-100132886723
- ISBN-13978-0132886727
- Edition2nd
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2013
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Print length768 pages
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About the Author
PRISCILLA WALMSLEYserves as Managing Director of Datypic, a consultancy specializing in XML architecture and design, SOA and Web services implementation, and content management.
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- Publisher : Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (January 1, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 768 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0132886723
- ISBN-13 : 978-0132886727
- Item Weight : 2.65 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #642,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #18 in XML Programming (Books)
- #136 in Web Services
- #2,005 in Internet & Social Media
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Priscilla Walmsley serves as Managing Director of Datypic, a contract software development company specializing in XML architecture and design, SOA and Web services implementation, and content management. She is the author of Definitive XML Schema (Prentice Hall), as well as XQuery (O'Reilly Media). She also co-authored Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA (Prentice Hall).
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This book has shown me that I could be getting so much more information into and out of applications. Here are the main reasons that I gave the book 5 stars:
1. Font: Basic stuff like this can kill a book. This book’s font is large and clear enough to read comfortably.
2. Structure: The book is laid out in a logical fashion that makes it easy for someone to read cover-to-cover instead of simply using it as a reference book.
3. Authoritative: The author has established a reputation as an XML schema expert and her books have been among the top rated for many years. If you’re a computer / IT professional of any kind, don’t make the common mistake of buying an introductory book to learn from and simply leave a book like this on the shelf as your “Definitive Reference”. This is the only book you require so save your money. Don’t be intimidated by a 700+ page book on the exciting world of XML schema (lol). It’s an easier read than you think, trust me. On the other hand, beginners rarely profit from my advice.
4. Accurate: Typos are an endanger species.
5. Emphasis on Design: This is where I had been cutting corners. Throughout the book there are sections titled ‘Design Hints’ that point out key design considerations. Furthermore, she dedicated chapters 21, 22, and 23 to design topics. Anyone can knock out a simple XSD file but to get the most functionality out of it, you need to design it properly. Introductory books like ‘XML Visual Quick Start Guide’ by Goldberg won’t give you that level of insight.
That’s about as good as a book on XML schema is going to get.
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Es ist absolut übersichtlich und auch die Bespiele passen, sofern natürlich entsprechende XML-Grundkenntnisse vorliegen.
Hatte auch andere Bücher, nutze aber nur noch dieses.
Erklärt auch sehr schön noch einmal die Themen Namespaces. Daneben natürlich auch Unions, Assertions, Named Groups, Versionierung und mehr.
Auch den DTD-Umsteigern werden bedient, wobei die Verweise aus meiner Sicht nicht zu umfangreich sind.
Eines der besten Bücher, die ich als Softwareentwickler bisher gelesen habe.
Thanks you..



