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Programming Microsoft
XSLT and XPATH: A Guide to XML Transformations
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Using XSLT and XPath, developers can take full advantage of virtually any XML data in both Web applications and printed documents. Guide to XML Transformations: XSLT & XPath delivers a thorough understanding of the concepts and inner workings of Xpath and the XSLT processing model. Leading XSL experts Zarella Rendon and John Robert Gardner teach XSLT and XPath through extensive example code, explained line by line. Guide to XML Transformations assumes basic HTML and/or skills, but no familiarity with programming concepts. Readers can utilize its hands-on exercises to quickly begin performing substantive transformations of XML to HTML and, soon after, to virtually any other format.
XML Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations: XML Certification Review
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The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for XML Developers and Programmers! Over 150 Certification Questions, Answers, and Explanations It’s clear that mastery of XML is essential for any developer who wants to be competitive in today’s job market. Over 150 XML Certification Questions, Answers, and Explanations guide you through your learning process. From helping you to assess your skills to evaluating candidates for a job, XML Certification Questions, Answers, & Explanations will help you understand what you really need to know, and what you can safely ignore. Each question includes everything you need to know to master the interview or properly evaluate a candidate, and each question is based on project knowledge and experience gained on successful high-profile web applications. Key certification and interview topics include: Universal Character Set, Coding, and Document Standards, Challenges of Data Interchange, XML for Document Storage, Difficulties of Applying XML Where Bandwidth is Limited, and Web Application Security
XML Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations: XML Certification Review
Water: Simplified Web Services and XML Programming
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* The essential guide to this exciting new programming language and the first book on the topic, written by one of the creators of Water programming
* Water is a new, native Web service programming language that allows the developer to program in XML syntax, replacing the different languages of the various technologies required to build Web applications
* Shows readers how to greatly speed and simplify their Web applications and Web services development using Water
* Offers hands-on tutorials with more than 100 fully functional examples of Water applications
* Companion Web site provides additional information and connects the reader with an active user community
Intelligent Search on XML Data: Applications, Languages, Models, Implementations, and Benchmarks
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Recently, we have seen steep increase in popularity and adoption of XML, in areas such as traditional databases, e-business, the scientific environment, and on the web. Quering XML documents and data efficiently is a challenging issue; this book approaches search on XML data by combining content-based methods from information retrieval and structure-based XML query methods and presents the following parts: applications, query languages, retrieval models, implementing intelligent XML systems, and evaluation. To appreciate the book, basic knowledge of traditional database technology, information retrieval, and XML is needed. The book is ideally suited for courses or seminars at the graduate level as well as for angoing education of research and development professionals working on Web applications, digital libraries, database systems, and information retrieval.
Intelligent Search on XML Data: Applications, Languages, Models, Implementations, and Benchmarks




