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Effective XML: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your XML
By Elliotte  Rusty  Harold
Publisher	: Addison Wesley
Pub Date	: September 22, 2003
ISBN	: 0-321-15040-6
Pages	: 336
	Copyright
		Praise for Effective XML
		Effective Software Development Series
			Titles in the Series
		Preface
			Acknowledgments
		Introduction
			Element versus Tag
			Attribute versus Attribute Value
			Entity versus Entity Reference
			Entity Reference versus Character Reference
			Children versus Child Elements versus Content
			Text versus Character Data versus Markup
			Namespace versus Namespace Name versus Namespace URI
			XML Document versus XML File
			XML Application versus XML Software
			Well-Formed versus Valid
			DTD versus DOCTYPE
			XML Declaration versus Processing Instruction
			Character Set versus Character Encoding
			URI versus URI Reference versus IRI
			Schemas versus the W3C XML Schema Language
		Part 1:   Syntax
			Item  1.   Include an XML Declaration
				The version Info
				The encoding Declaration
				The standalone Declaration
			Item  2.   Mark Up with ASCII if Possible
			Item  3.   Stay with XML 1.0
				New Characters in XML Names
				C0 Control Characters
				C1 Control Characters
				NEL Used as a Line Break
				Unicode Normalization
				Undeclaring Namespace Prefixes
			Item  4.   Use Standard Entity References
			Item  5.   Comment DTDs Liberally
				The Header Comment
				Declarations
			Item  6.   Name Elements with Camel Case
			Item  7.   Parameterize DTDs
				Parameterizing Attributes
				Parameterizing Namespaces
				Full Parameterization
				Conditional Sections
			Item  8.   Modularize DTDs
			Item  9.   Distinguish Text from Markup
			Item  10.   White Space Matters
				The xml:space Attribute
				Ignorable White Space
				Tags and White Space
				White Space in Attributes
				Schemas
		Part 2:   Structure
			Item  11.   Make Structure Explicit through Markup
				Tag Each Unit of Information
				Avoid Implicit Structure
				Where to Stop?
			Item  12.   Store Metadata in Attributes
			Item  13.   Remember Mixed Content
			Item  14.   Allow All XML Syntax
			Item  15.   Build on Top of Structures, Not Syntax
				Empty-Element Tags
				CDATA Sections
				Character and Entity References
			Item  16.   Prefer URLs to Unparsed Entities and Notations
			Item  17.   Use Processing Instructions for Process-Specific Content
				Style Location
				Overlapping Markup
				Page Formatting
				Out-of-Line Markup
				Misuse of Processing Instructions
			Item  18.   Include All Information in the Instance Document
			Item  19.   Encode Binary Data Using Quoted Printable and/or Base64
				Quoted Printable
				Base64
			Item  20.   Use Namespaces for Modularity and Extensibility
				Choosing a Namespace URI
				Validation and Namespaces
			Item  21.   Rely on Namespace URIs, Not Prefixes
			Item  22.   Don't Use Namespace Prefixes in Element Content and Attribute Values
			Item  23.   Reuse XHTML for Generic Narrative Content
			Item  24.   Choose the Right Schema Language for the Job
				The W3C XML Schema Language
				Document Type Definitions
				RELAX NG
				Schematron
				Java, C#, Python, and Perl
				Layering Schemas
			Item  25.   Pretend There's No Such Thing as the PSVI
			Item  26.   Version Documents, Schemas, and Stylesheets
			Item  27.   Mark Up According to Meaning
		Part 3:   Semantics
			Item  28.   Use Only What You Need
			Item  29.   Always Use a Parser
			Item  30.   Layer Functionality
			Item  31.   Program to Standard APIs
				SAX
				DOM
				JDOM
			Item  32.   Choose SAX for Computer Efficiency
			Item  33.   Choose DOM for Standards Support
			Item  34.   Read the Complete DTD
			Item  35.   Navigate with XPath
			Item  36.   Serialize XML with XML
			Item  37.   Validate Inside Your Program with Schemas
				Xerces-J
				DOM Level 3 Validation
		Part 4:   Implementation
			Item  38.   Write in Unicode
				Choosing an Encoding
				A char Is Not a Character
				Normalization Forms
				Sorting
			Item  39.   Parameterize XSLT Stylesheets
			Item  40.   Avoid Vendor Lock-In
			Item  41.   Hang On to Your Relational Database
			Item  42.   Document Namespaces with RDDL
				Natures
				Purposes
			Item  43.   Preprocess XSLT on the Server Side
				Servlet-Based Solutions
				Apache
				IIS
			Item  44.   Serve XML+CSS to the Client
			Item  45.   Pick the Correct MIME Media Type
			Item  46.   Tidy Up Your HTML
				MIME Type
				HTML Tidy
				Older Browsers
			Item  47.   Catalog Common Resources
				Catalog Syntax
				Using Catalog Files
			Item  48.   Verify Documents with XML Digital Signatures
				Digital Signature Syntax
				Digital Signature Tools
			Item  49.   Hide Confidential Data with XML Encryption
				Encryption Syntax
				Encryption Tools
			Item  50.   Compress if Space Is a Problem
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