Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit (3rd Edition)
Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit (3rd Edition)
ISBN: 067232797X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 266
Pages: 266
Authors: Michael Morrison
- Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, Third Edition
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You
- Introduction
- How This Book Is Structured
- What You ll Need
- How to Use This Book
- Part I: XML Essentials
- Hour1.Getting to Know XML
- The What and Why of XML
- XML and Web Browsers
- Real-World XML
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour2.Creating XML Documents
- A Quick XML Primer
- Selecting an XML Editor
- Constructing Your First XML Document
- Viewing Your XML Document
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part II: Defining XML Data
- Hour3.Defining Data with DTD Schemas
- Creating Your Own Markup Languages
- Schemas and XML Data Modeling
- Comparing Schema Technologies
- The Importance of Document Validation
- DTD Construction Basics
- Digging Deeper into Elements
- Putting Attributes to Work
- A Complete DTD Example
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour4.Digging Deeper into XML Documents
- Leaving a Trail with Comments
- Characters of Text in XML
- The Wonderful World of Entities
- The Significance of Notations
- Working with CDATA
- Using XML to Create an Online Radio
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour5.Putting Namespaces to Use
- Understanding Namespaces
- Naming Namespaces
- Declaring and Using Namespaces
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour6.Using SVG to Draw Scalable Graphics
- What Is SVG?
- SVG and Related Technologies
- Inside the SVG Language
- Creating an SVG Drawing
- Embedding an SVG Drawing in a Web Page
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour7.Using XML Schema
- XML Schema Construction Basics
- Working with Simple Types
- Digging into Complex Types
- Namespaces and XSD Schemas
- A Complete XML Schema Example
- RELAX NG and the Future of XML Schema
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour8.Validating XML Documents
- Document Validation Revisited
- Validation Tools
- Repairing Invalid Documents
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part III: Formatting and Displaying XML Documents
- Hour9.XML Formatting Strategies
- Style Sheets and XML Formatting
- Leveraging CSS, XSLT, and XSL-FO
- Style Sheets in Action
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour10.Styling XML Content with CSS
- Getting to Know CSS
- Wiring a Style Sheet to an XML Document
- Your First CSS Style Sheet
- Inside CSS Positioning
- The Ins and Outs of Text Formatting
- Your Second Complete Style Sheet
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour11.Getting Started with XSL
- XSL Basics
- The Pieces and Parts of XSL
- An XSLT Primer
- Wiring an XSL Style Sheet to an XML Document
- Your First XSLT Style Sheet
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour12.Transforming XML with XSLT
- A Closer Look at XSLT
- Pattern Essentials
- Putting Expressions to Work
- A Complete XSLT Example
- Yet Another XSLT Example
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour13.Access Your iTunes Music Library via XML
- The Role of XML in iTunes
- Digging Into the iTunes Library File
- Linking to Tracks in the iTunes Store
- Building an iTunes Web Viewer
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour14.Formatting XML with XSL-FO
- What Is XSL-FO?
- Working with the XSL-FO Language
- Validating an XSL-FO Document
- Converting an XSL-FO Document to PDF
- A More Complete XSL-FO Example
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour15.Using XML to Hack Google Maps
- Getting to Know Google Maps
- Google Maps Customization Basics
- Brainstorming a Custom Mapping Application
- Developing a Custom Map Document
- Hacking Together a Custom Google Map
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part IV: Processing and Managing XML Data
- Hour16.Parsing XML with the DOM
- What Is the DOM?
- How the DOM Works
- DOM Interfaces
- Binding XML Data to a Web Page
- Using the DOM to Access XML Data
- A Complete DOM Example
- Updating the DOM Tree
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour17.SAX: The Simple API for XML
- What Is SAX?
- Writing Programs That Use SAX Parsers
- Obtaining a SAX Parser
- Using SAX with Java
- Inside the SAX Sample Program
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour18.Querying XML Data with XQuery
- What Is XQuery?
- XML Data Querying 101
- Processing XQuery Results
- Getting to Know Saxon
- Practical XML Querying with XQuery and Saxon
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour19.Using XML with Databases
- A Quick Relational Database Primer
- The World s Shortest Guide to SQL
- Databases and XML
- Exporting an XML Document from a Database
- Accessing Data from a Database as XML
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour20.Using XML to Assist Search Engines
- Web Crawling Basics
- Getting to Know Google Sitemaps
- Inside the Google Sitemap Protocol
- Creating Your Own Sitemap
- Validating Your Sitemap
- Submitting Your Sitemap to Google
- Using an Automated Sitemap Tool
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part V: XML s Impact on HTML
- Hour21.Adding Structure to the Web with XHTML
- XHTML: A Logical Merger
- Comparing XHTML and HTML
- Creating and Validating XHTML Documents
- Migrating HTML to XHTML
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour22.Addressing and Linking XML Documents
- Understanding XPath
- Navigating a Document with XPath Patterns
- Using XPath Functions
- The Role of XPath
- HTML, XML, and Linking
- Addressing with XPointer
- Linking with XLink
- A Complete XLink Example
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour23.Going Wireless with WML and XHTML Mobile
- XML and the Wireless Web
- WML Essentials
- Creating WML Documents
- Blending WML with XHTML Mobile
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Hour24.Syndicating the Web with RSS News Feeds
- A Brief History of RSS
- Using an RSS News Aggregator
- Inside the RSS 2.0 Language
- Creating and Validating a News Feed
- Displaying a News Feed
- Summary
- QA
- Workshop
- Part VI: Appendix
- Appendix A. XML Resources
- General XML Resources
- XML Tools
- XML-Based Languages
- XML Specifications
- Index
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Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit (3rd Edition)
ISBN: 067232797X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 266
Pages: 266
Authors: Michael Morrison