The arrival of support for XML--the Extensible Markup Language--in browsers and authoring tools has followed a long period of intense hype. Major databases, authoring tools (including Microsoft's Office 2000), and browsers are committed to XML support. Many content creators and programmers for the Web and other media are left wondering, "What can XML and its associated standards really do for me?" Getting the most from XML requires being able to tag and transform XML documents so they can be processed by web browsers, databases, mobile phones, printers, XML processors, voice response systems, and LDAP directories, just to name a few targets.In Learning XML, the author explains XML and its capabilities succinctly and professionally, with references to real-life projects and other cogent examples. Learning XML shows the purpose of XML markup itself, the CSS and XSL styling languages, and the XLink and XPointer specifications for creating rich link structures.The basic advantages of XML over HTML are that XML lets a web designer define tags that are meaningful for the particular documents or database output to be used, and that it enforces an unambiguous structure that supports error-checking. XML supports enhanced styling and linking standards (allowing, for instance, simultaneous linking to the same document in multiple languages) and a range of new applications.For writers producing XML documents, this book demystifies files and the process of creating them with the appropriate structure and format. Designers will learn what parts of XML are most helpful to their team and will get started on creating Document Type Definitions. For programmers, the book makes syntax and structures clear It also discusses the stylesheets needed for viewing documents in the next generation of browsers, databases, and other devices.

Learning XML

Computers & Technology

Ray, Erik T.

Programming Languages

O'Reilly

Xml is a text-based markup language that has taken the programming world by storm. More powerful than Html yet less demanding than Sgml, Xml has proven itself to be flexible and resilient. Xml is the perfect tool for formatting documents with even the smallest bit of complexity, from Web pages to legal contracts to books. However, Xml has also proven itself to be indispensable for organizing and conveying other sorts of data as well, thus its central role in web services like Soap and Xml-Rpc.As the Perl programming language was tailor-made for manipulating text, few people have disputed the fact that Perl and Xml are perfectly suited for one another. The only question has been what's the best way to do it. That's where this book comes in.Perl &amp; Xml is aimed at Perl programmers who need to work with Xml documents and data. The book covers all the major modules for Xml processing in Perl, including Xml: Simple, Xml: Parser, Xml: LibXml, Xml: Xpath, Xml: Writer, Xml: Pyx, Xml: Parser: PerlSax, Xml: Sax, Xml: SimpleObject, Xml: TreeBuilder, Xml: Grove, Xml: Dom, Xml: Rss, Xml: Generator: Dbi, and Soap: Lite. But this book is more than just a listing of modules; it gives a complete, comprehensive tour of the landscape of Perl and Xml, making sense of the myriad of modules, terminology, and techniques. This book covers: parsing Xml documents and writing them out again working with event streams and Sax tree processing and the Document Object Model advanced tree processing with Xpath and Xslt Most valuably, the last two chapters of Perl &amp; Xml give complete examples of Xml applications, pulling together all the tools at your disposal. All together, Perl &amp; Xml is the single book that gives you a solid grounding in Xml processing with Perl.

Perl and XML: XML Processing with Perl

McIntosh, Jason

Web Development & Design

O'Reilly Media

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