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Jacobson, Dov.

Flash and XML : a developer's guide / Dov Jacobson and Jesse Jacobson.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-201-72920-2 (alk. paper)

1. XML (Document markup language) 2. Web sites ”Design. 3. Flash (Computer file)

I. Jacobson, Jesse. II. Title.

QA 76.76.H94 J334 2002

005.7'2 ”dc21 2001045738

Copyright 2002 by Dov Jacobson and Jesse Jacobson

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Dedication

To three we love ” Shez, Judy, and Anna Leah Jacobson