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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
        Recommended Reading


Effective XML. 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your XML
Effective XML: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your XML
ISBN: 0321150406
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 144

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