19.12. Web Resourceswww.w3.org/XML The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) facilitates the development of common protocols to ensure interoperability on the Web. Its XML page includes information about upcoming events, publications, software, discussion groups and the latest developments in XML. www.xml.org xml.org is a reference for XML, DTDs, schemas and namespaces. www.w3.org/Style/XSL This W3C site provides information on XSL, including such topics as XSL development, learning XSL, XSL-enabled tools, the XSL specification, FAQs and XSL history. www.w3.org/TR This is the W3C technical reports and publications site. It contains links to working drafts, proposed recommendations and other resources. www.xmlbooks.com This site provides a list of XML books recommended by Charles Goldfarb, one of the original designers of GML (General Markup Language), from which SGML, HTML and XML were derived. www.xml-zone.com The DevX XML Zone is a complete resource for XML information. This site includes FAQs, news, articles and links to other XML sites and newsgroups. wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/Languages/XML The Web Developer's Virtual Library XML site includes tutorials, FAQs, the latest news and extensive links to XML sites and software downloads. www.xml.com This site provides the latest news and information about XML, conference listings, links to XML Web resources organized by topic, tools and other resources. msdn.microsoft.com/xml/default.aspx The MSDN XML Development Center features articles on XML, Ask-the-Experts chat sessions, samples, demos, newsgroups and other helpful information. www.oasis-open.org/cover/xml.html This site includes links to several FAQs, online resources, industry initiatives, demos, conferences and tutorials. www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml The IBM developerWorks XML site is a great resource for developers that provides news, tools, a library, case studies and information about XML-related events and standards. www.devx.com/projectcool/door/7051 The Project Cool DevX site includes several tutorials covering introductory through advanced XML topics. www.ucc.ie/xml This site provides a detailed XML FAQ. Developers can read responses to some popular questions or submit their own questions through the site. www.w3.org/XML/Schema This W3C site provides information on XML Schema, including links, tools, resources and the XML Schema specification. tools.decisionsoft.com/schemaValidate.html DecisionSoft provides a free online XML Schema validator from DecisionSoft. www.sun.com/software/xml/developers/multischema/ The Web page for downloading the Sun Multi-Schema XML Validator (MSV), which validates XML documents against several kinds of schemas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBNF This site provides detailed information about Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF). www.garshol.priv.no/download/text/bnf.html This site introduces Backus-Naur Form (BNF) and EBNF, and discusses the differences between these notations. www.w3schools.com/schema/default.asp This site provides an XML Schema tutorial. www.w3.org/2001/03/webdata/xsv This is an online tool for validating XML Schema documents. apps.gotdotnet.com/xmltools/xsdvalidator This is an online tool for validating XML documents against an XML Schema. www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2 This is part 2 of the W3C XML Schema specification, which defines the types allowed in an XML Schema. |