Programming the web using XML

The book begins with a comparison of HTML, XHTML, and XML, and includes real-life examples of how XML is being used today to help readers appreciate the power of XML. It also provides comprehensive coverage of the rules and standards for XML, which is very critical in programming XML.

Programming the web using XML

Ellen Pearlman; Eileen Mullin

Mc Graw Hill

2004

Abstract

"Programming the Web Using XML" is designed to help those who have a background in HTML make the transition to XML, is designed to ensure that those who are new to Web design get the best introduction possible into developing sites in XML. The book begins with a comparison of HTML, XHTML, and XML, and includes real-life examples of how XML is being used today to help readers appreciate the power of XML. It also provides comprehensive coverage of the rules and standards for XML, which is very critical in programming XML. After completing this book, users will receive a comprehensive foundation to the rules and standards of XML syntax, complete with a series of lessons that walk he/she through the process of creating XML documents and related files.

The content of this book includes 14 chaptes:

+ Chapter 1: An overview of XML

+ Chapter 2: Comparing HTML, XHTML, and XML

+ Chapter 3: Understanding how XML works: The fundamentals

+ Chapter 4: Creat document type definitions

+ Chapter 5: Schemas

+ Chapter 6: Using XML parsers and unicade

+ Chapter 7: Applying cascading style sheets

+ Chapter 8: Applying extensible style sheets

+ Chapter 9: Linking XML documents

+ Chapter 10: Scripting with the DOM

+ Chapter 11: Scalable vector graphics