Brian Benz & John Durant 
XML Programming Bible 

* Covers all the most recent XML core and related specificationsincluding XML 1.1, J2EE 1.4, Microsoft .NET’s latest iteration, aswell as open source XML items from the Apache project.* Strong coverage of XML use with databases, transactions, and XML security.* Discusses both Microsoft (.NET) and Sun (Java) programmingintegration with XML, an approach not taken in any other book.* Presents extensive business examples, including several majorapplications developed throughout the book.* No previous exposure to XML is assumed.

Table of Content

Preface.Acknowledgments.Part I: Introducing XML.Chapter 1: XML Concepts.Chapter 2: XML Documents.Chapter 3: XML Data Format and Validation.Chapter 4: XML Parsing Concepts.Chapter 5: Parsing XML with DOM.Chapter 6: Parsing XML with SAX.Chapter 7: XSLT Concepts.Chapter 8: XSL Transformations.Chapter 9: XSL Formatting Objects.Part II: Microsoft Office and XML.Chapter 10: Microsoft XML Core Services.Chapter 11: Working with the MSXML DOM.Chapter 12: Generating XML from MS Access Data.Chapter 13: Creating an Excel Spreadsheet from an XML Data Source.Part III: XML Web Applications Using J2EE.Chapter 14: XML Tools for J2EE: IBM, Apache, Sun, and Others.Chapter 15: Xerces.Chapter 16: Xalan.Chapter 17: XML APIs from Sun.Part IV: Relational Data and XML.Chapter 18: Accessing and Formatting XML from SQL Server Data.Chapter 19: Accessing and Formatting XML from Oracle Data.Chapter 20: Accessing and Formatting XML from DB2.Chapter 21: Building XML-Based Web Applications with JDBC.Chapter 22: Transforming Relational XML Output into Other Formats.Part V: Introducing Web Services.Chapter 23: Web Service Concepts.Chapter 24: SOAP.Chapter 25: WSDL.Chapter 26: UDDI.Chapter 27: Microsoft Web Services.Chapter 28: J2EE Web Services.Part VI: Microsoft.NET and Web Services.Chapter 29: Creating and Deploying .NET Web Services.Chapter 30: Accessing .NET Web Services.Chapter 31: Building a .NET Web Services Client.Part VII: Web Services and J2EE.Chapter 32: Web Service Tools for J2EE: IBM, Apache, Sun, and Others.Chapter 33: Web Services with the Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack.Chapter 34: Apache Axis.Chapter 35: Accessing Web Services from Java Applications.Part VIII: Advanced Web Services.Chapter 36: Accessing Relational Data via Web Services.Chapter 37: Authentication and Security for Web Services.Index.