Product Description
With its extra power and extensibility, XML is the Web’s hot next mark-up language, destined to be the universal data format on the Web. This complete and definitive guide is written by a team of people who have actually developed full-scale XML-based applications. This is the first book on the market that uses real-world examples, explains the specifics of developing for Internet Explorer and Netscape browsers, and delivers a full explanation of the XSL specification. The companion CD contains all code and pages presented in the book, along with third-party tools.
Mastering Xml
Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours
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Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, Second Edition focuses on teaching the reader the fundamental concepts of XML using practical, hands-on examples. Rather than dwelling on dry theory, the book is filled with clear, real-world examples of how the technology can be used today.
This book includes coverage of topics such as:
- Displaying XML files in HTML files;
- Parsing HTML files into corresponding hierarchical tree structure;
- Embedding XML code into an HTML file;
- Using Extensible Style Sheets (XSL) ;
- Performing queries in XSL;
- Building an online store.
JAX: Java APIs for XML Kick Start
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JAX: Java APIs for XML Kick Start covers the JAX APIs – fundamental for development of Java-based Web service applications as well as other e-Commerce applications requiring the exchange and manipulation of data. The book includes an overview of Web service fundamentals including SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL, all of which will be built upon in later examples. The book then covers the current set of JAX APIs for data processing, for messaging, for writing data to registries and for calling remote applications.
Each API is covered from an architectural and implementation perspective, using real-world examples and case studies throughout to illustrate their usefulness. The author will demonstrate both Web service and traditional JAX applications, giving a complete picture of the uses of JAX. The final chapter looks ahead to new developments and new APIs in progress at Sun.
XPath Kick Start: Navigating XML with XPath 1.0 and 2.0
Product Description
XPath is to XML as SQL is to databases: XML applications need XPath to locate specific data within an XML document for further processing with other XML applications such as XSLT, XQuery, XPointer, XLink and DOM level 3. With XPath, these applications offer developers a full toolkit for transforming, linking, and searching XML data. Developers need to understand XPath to fully exploit XML in their applications, and they have few resources beyond the W3C specification. XPath Kick Start will examine every aspect of XPath in detail, including its influence on and use with these other XML standards.
With each technique illustrated with real-world examples, the book starts with coverage of the essentials of XPath, including nodes, expressions, functions and operators. The second half of the book details XPath in practice – from manipulating XML data to transforming, linking and querying XML documents.




