Xml Demystified / Edition 1

by Ken Davidson, Jim Keogh

Overview

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There is no easier way to learn XML!

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the language that enables efficient interchange of structured data across the Web. Written in non-technical language, this book covers the details of the language and demonstrates its use through real-world examples. The book also explains how to build an XML application from start to finish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072262100
Publisher:	Osborne
Publication date:	09/26/2005
Series:	Demystified
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

Jim Keogh is on the faculty of Columbia University and Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey. He developed the e-commerce track at Columbia University. Keogh has spent decades developing applications for major Wall Street corporations and is the author of more than 60 books, including J2EE: The Complete Reference, Java Demystified, ASP.NET Demystified, Data Structures Demystified, and others in the Demystified series.

Ken Davidson is a Columbia University faculty member in the computer science department. In addition to teaching, Davidson develops applications for major corporations in both Java and C++.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	xv
Chapter 1	XML: An Inside Look	1
	XML: In the Beginning	2
	What Is XML?	3
	Why Is XML Such a Big Deal?	6
	Document Type Definitions	6
	Where to Place the DTD	8
	Reading an XML Document	10
	Why Are Corporations Switching to XML?	12
	Web Services	13
	Looking Ahead	13
	Quiz	14
Chapter 2	Creating an XML Document	17
	Identifying Information	18
	Creating XML Markup Tags	19
	Parent...Parent/Child...Child	20
	Creating a Document Type Definition	22
	Creating an XML Document	23
	Attributes	25
	Comments	27
	Entities	28
	Processing Instructions	29
	CDATA Sections	29
	Looking Ahead	30
	Quiz	31
Chapter 3	Document Type Definitions	33
	Types of Document Type Definition	34
	External Document Type Definition	35
	Shared Document Type Definition	38
	Element Declarations	40
	Specifying the Number of Occurrences in an Element	41
	Optional Child Elements	42
	Grouping Elements	43
	EMPTY and ANY Elements	45
	Naming Elements	45
	Attribute Declarations	46
	Entity Declarations	47
	Looking Ahead	47
	Quiz	48
Chapter 4	XML Schema	51
	Inside an XML Schema	52
	Document Type Definition vs. XML Schema	53
	An Inside Look at an XML Schema	55
	Defining Simple Elements	56
	Defining Attributes	57
	Facets	58
	Working with Whitespace Characters	62
	Complex Elements	63
	Setting the Number of Occurrences	65
	Looking Ahead	66
	Quiz	67
Chapter 5	XLink, XPath, XPointer	69
	An Inside Look at XLink	70
	Speaking the XLink Language	71
	XPath	73
	A Closer Look at XPath	75
	Predicates	76
	Functions	77
	XPointer	80
	Looking Ahead	80
	Quiz	81
Chapter 6	XSLT	83
	What Is XSLT?	84
	XPath and the Transformation	84
	Source and Result Documents	85
	XSLT in Action	85
	A Closer Look at XSL Stylesheet	87
	Looking Ahead	92
	Quiz	93
Chapter 7	XML Parsers and Transformations	95
	Parsing an XML Document	96
	The Simple API for XML (SAX)	96
	Components of a SAX Parser	97
	The DTD Handler	99
	The Document Object Model	100
	Java and Parsing an XML Document	104
	Looking Ahead	105
	Quiz	106
Chapter 8	Really Simple Syndication (RSS)	109
	What Is Really Simple Syndication (RSS)?	110
	Inside an RSS Document	110
	More About the channel Element	112
	Communicating with the Aggregator	114
	More About the item Element	116
	Looking Ahead	118
	Quiz	118
Chapter 9	XQuery	121
	Getting Started	122
	Testing Saxon-B	122
	How XQuery Works	126
	For, Let, and Order By Clauses	126
	The Where and Return Clauses	126
	A Walkthrough of an XQuery	127
	Constructors	128
	Conditional Statements	131
	Retrieving the Value of an Attribute	136
	Retrieving the Value of an Attribute and the Attribute Name	138
	Functions	141
	Looking Ahead	145
	Quiz	146
Chapter 10	MSXML	149
	What Is MSXML?	149
	Getting Down and Dirty with MSXML	150
	Loading a Document	158
	The LoadDocument() Function	159
	Adding a New Element	161
	The LoadNewNode() Function	162
	The InsertFirst() Method	163
	The InsertLast() Method	166
	The InsertBefore() Function	168
	The InsertAfter() Function	171
	Create a New Element Programmatically	173
	Select, Extract, Delete, and Validate	177
	The SelectArtist() Function-Filtering an XML Document	177
	The DisplayTitles() Function	179
	The DeleteNodes() Function	180
	The ValidateDocument() Function	181
	MSXML and XSLT	184
	CD Listing	186
	Summary	186
	Quiz	187
	Final Exam	189
	Answers to Quizzes and Final Exam	205
	Index	215