Joe Fawcett & Danny Ayers 
Beginning XML 

A complete update covering the many advances to the XML
language

The XML language has become the standard for writing documents
on the Internet and is constantly improving and evolving. This new
edition covers all the many new XML-based technologies that have
appeared since the previous edition four years ago, providing you
with an up-to-date introductory guide and reference. Packed with
real-world code examples, best practices, and in-depth coverage of
the most important and relevant topics, this authoritative resource
explores both the advantages and disadvantages of XML and addresses
the most current standards and uses of XML.

* Features the most updated content built on audience feedback
from the previous edition as well as the vast knowledge from XML
developer teams

* Boasts new chapters on RELAX NG and Schematron, XML
functionality in databases, LINQ to XML, Jabber and XMLPP, XHTML,
HTML5, and more

* Offers in-depth coverage on extracting data from XML and
updated material on Web Services

Beginning XML, Fifth Edition delivers the most important
aspects of XML in regard to what it is, how it works, what
technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety
of situations.

Table of Content

INTRODUCTION XXVII

PART I: INTRODUCING XML

CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS XML? 3

CHAPTER 2: WELL-FORMED XML 25

CHAPTER 3: XML NAMESPACES 53

PART II: VALIDATION

CHAPTER 4: DOCUMENT TYPE DEFINITIONS 83

CHAPTER 5: XML SCHEMAS 117

CHAPTER 6: RELAX NG AND SCHEMATRON 175

PART III: PROCESSING

CHAPTER 7: EXTRACTING DATA FROM XML 211

CHAPTER 8: XSLT 239

PART IV: DATABASES

CHAPTER 9: XQUERY 307

CHAPTER 10: XML AND DATABASES 341

PART V: PROGRAMMING

CHAPTER 11: EVENT-DRIVEN PROGRAMMING 403

CHAPTER 12: LINQ TO XML 451

PART VI: COMMUNICATION

CHAPTER 13: RSS, ATOM, AND CONTENT SYNDICATION 485

CHAPTER 14: WEB SERVICES 539

CHAPTER 15: SOAP AND WSDL 573

CHAPTER 16: AJAX 615

PART VII: DISPLAY

CHAPTER 17: XHTML AND HTML 5 649

CHAPTER 18: SCALABLE VECTOR GRAPHICS (SVG) 689

PART VIII: CASE STUDY

CHAPTER 19: CASE STUDY: XML IN PUBLISHING 727

APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 749

APPENDIX B: XPATH FUNCTIONS 773

APPENDIX C: XML SCHEMA DATA TYPES 797

INDEX 811

About the author

Joe Fawcett is the head of software at Kaplan Financial
and was one of the first Microsoft MVPs for XML.

Liam R. E. Quin is the W3C XML Activity Lead and Staff
Contact for the XML Query Working Group, and the XSL-FO subgroup of
the XSL Working Group.

Danny Ayers works for Talis on applications for their
hosted semantic web platform.