David Hunter & Jeff Rafter 
Beginning XML 

What is this book about?Beginning XML, 3rd Edition, like the first twoeditions, begins with a broad overview of the technology and thenfocuses on specific facets of the various specifications for thereader. This book teaches you all you need to know about XML: what it is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety of situations, from simpledata transfer to using XML in your Web pages. It builds on thestrengths of the first and second editions, and provides newmaterial to reflect the changes in the XML landscape –notably RSS and SVG.

Table of Content

Introduction.Part I: Introduction.Chapter 1: What Is XML?Chapter 2: Well-Formed XML.Chapter 3: XML Namespaces.Part II: Validation.Chapter 4: Document Type Definitions.Chapter 5: XML Schemas.Chapter 6: RELAX NG.Part III: Processing.Chapter 7: XPath.Chapter 8: XSLT.Part IV: Databases.Chapter 9: XQuery, the XML Query Language.Chapter 10: XML and Databases.Part V: Programming.Chapter 11: The XML Document Object Model (DOM).Chapter 12: Simple API for XML (SAX).Part VI: Communication.Chapter 13: RSS and Content Syndication.Chapter 14: Web Services.Chapter 15: SOAP and WSDL.Part VII: Display.Chapter 16: XHTML.Chapter 17: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).Chapter 18: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).Chapter 19: Xforms.Part VIII: Case Studies.Chapter 20: Case Study 1: .NET XML Web Services.Chapter 21: Case Study 2: XML and PHP.Part IX: Appendixes.Appendix A: Exercise Solutions.Appendix B: The XML Document Object Model.Appendix C: XPath 1.0 Reference.Appendix D: XSLT 1.0 Reference.Appendix E: XML Schema Element and Attribute Reference.Appendix F: Schema Data Types Reference.Index.