- ISBN: 9781118162132 | 1118162137
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/11/2012
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 schematron, XML functionality in Oracle, LINQ, 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.
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.
INTRODUCTION XXVII
PART I: INTRODUCING XML
CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS XML? 3
Steps Leading up to XML: Data Representation and Markups 4
Binary Files 4
Text Files 5
A Brief History of Markup 6
The Birth of XML 6
More Advantages of XML 10
XML Rules 10
Hierarchical Data Representation 11
Interoperability 12
XML in Practice 13
Data Versus Document 13
XML Scenarios 14
XML Technologies 16
Summary 23
CHAPTER 2: WELL-FORMED XML 25
What Does Well-Formed Mean? 26
Creating XML in a Text Editor 26
Forbidden Characters 26
XML Prolog 27
Creating Elements 30
Attributes 33
Element and Attribute Content 34
Processing Instructions 38
CDATA Sections 39
Advanced XML Parsing 40
XML Equivalence 41
Whitespace Handling 42
Error Handling 44
The XML Infoset 47
The Document Information Item 48
Element Information Items 48
Attribute Information Items 48
Processing Instruction Information Items 48
Character Information Item 49
Comment Information Item 49
Namespace Information Item 49
The Document Type Declaration Information Item 49
Unexpanded Entity Reference Information Item 49
Unparsed Entity Information Item 49
Notation Information Item 49
Summary 50
CHAPTER 3: XML NAMESPACES 53
Defi ning Namespaces 54
Why Do You Need Namespaces? 54
How Do You Choose a Namespace? 56
URLs, URIs, and URNs 56
Creating Your First Namespace 57
How to Declare a Namespace 58
How Exactly Does Scope Work? 62
Declaring More Than One Namespace 62
Changing a Namespace Declaration 64
Namespace Usage in the Real World 68
XML Schema 68
Documents with Multiple Namespaces 68
When to Use and Not Use Namespaces 72
When Namespaces are Needed 72
When Namespaces Are Not Needed 73
Versioning and Namespaces 74
Common Namespaces 75
The XML Namespace 75
The XMLNS Namespace 76
The XML Schema Namespace 76
The XSLT Namespace 76
The SOAP Namespaces 77
The WSDL Namespace 77
The Atom Namespace 77
The MathML Namespace 77
The Docbook Namespace 78
Summary 78
PART II: VALIDATION
CHAPTER 4: DOCUMENT TYPE DEFINITIONS 83
What Are Document Type Defi nitions? 83
Working with DTDs 84
Using jEdit 84
The Document Type Declaration in Detail 88
Sharing DTDs 92
Anatomy of a DTD 93
Element Declarations 93
Attribute Declarations 103
Entity Declarations 109
DTD Limitations 114
Summary 114
CHAPTER 5: XML SCHEMAS 117
Benefi ts of XML Schemas 118
XML Schemas Use XML Syntax 118
XML Schema Namespace Support 118
XML Schema Data Types 119
XML Schema Content Models 119
XML Schema Specifi cations 119
XML Schemas in Practice 120
Defi ning XML Schemas 124
<schema> Declarations 124
<element> Declarations 128
Mixed Content 138
<group> Declarations 139
<attribute> Declarations 141
An XML Schema for Contacts 141
Data Types 148
<simpleType> Declarations 155
Creating a Schema from Multiple Documents 161
<import> Declarations 161
<include> Declarations 165
Documenting XML Schemas 167
XML Schema 1.1 170
Relaxed Rules 170
<assert> 171
Summary 171
CHAPTER 6: RELAX NG AND SCHEMATRON 175
Why Do You Need More Ways of Validating XML? 176
Setting Up Your Environment 176
Using RELAX NG 177
Understanding the Basics of RELAX NG 177
Understanding RELAX NG’s Compact Syntax 183
Converting Between the Two RELAX NG Formats 185
Constraining Content 186
Reusing Code in RELAX NG Schema 189
Using Schematron 193
Understanding the Basics of Schematron 193
Choosing a Version of Schematron 194
Understanding the Basic Process 194
Writing Basic Rules in Schematron 195
Creating a Schematron Document 196
Adding More Information to Messages 197
Constraining Values in Schematron 200
Handling Co-Constraints in Schematron 202
Using Schematron from Within XML Schema 203
Summary 207
PART III: PROCESSING
CHAPTER 7: EXTRACTING DATA FROM XML 211
Document Models: Representing XML in Memory 211
Meet the Models: DOM, XDM, and PSVI 212
A Sample DOM Tree 212
DOM Node Types 213
DOM Node Lists 214
The Limitations of DOM 215
The XPath Language 216
XPath Basics 216
XPath Predicates: The Full Story 218
XPath Steps and Axes 220
XPath Expressions 222
Variables in XPath Expressions 226
New Expressions in XPath 2 227
XPath Functions 231
XPath Set Operations 234
XPath and Namespaces 234
Summary 236
CHAPTER 8: XSLT 239
What XSLT Is Used For 240
XSLT as a Declarative Language 240
How Is XSLT a Functional Language? 242
Setting Up Your XSLT Development Environment 242
Setting Up Saxon for .NET 243
Setting Up Saxon for Java 244
Foundational XSLT Elements 245
The <xsl:stylesheet> Element 246
The <xsl:template> Element 247
The <xsl:apply-templates> Element 251
The <xsl:value-of> Element 251
The <xsl:for-each> Element 253
Push-Processing versus Pull-Processing 254
The Role of XPath in XSLT 254
Using Named Templates 256
The <xsl:call-template> Element 259
The document() Function in XSLT 260
Conditional Logic 266
The <xsl:param> element 270
The <xsl:sort> Element 271
<xsl:copy> and <xsl:copy-of> Elements 273
Reusing Code in XSLT 276
The <xsl:include> Element 276
The <xsl:import> Element 279
The <xsl:template> Mode Attribute 280
Understanding Built-In Templates and Built-In Rules 282
Using XSLT 2.0 284
Understanding Data Types in XSLT 2.0 285
Creating User-Defi ned Functions 285
Creating Multiple Output Documents 290
Using the collection() Function 291
Grouping in XSLT 2.0 292
Handling Non-XML Input with XSLT 2.0 295
XSLT and XPath 3.0: What’s Coming Next? 302
Summary 303
PART IV: DATABASES
CHAPTER 9: XQUERY 307
XQuery, XPath, and XSLT 308
XQuery and XSLT 308
XQuery and XPath 308
XQuery in Practice 309
Standalone XQuery Applications 309
Part of SQL 309
Callable from Java or Other Languages 309
A Native-XML Server 310
XQuery Anywhere 310
Building Blocks of XQuery 313
FLWOR Expressions, Modules, and Functions 313
XQuery Expressions Do Not Have a Default Context 317
The Anatomy of a Query Expression 318
The Version Declaration 318
The Query Prolog 319
The Query Body 325
Some Optional XQuery Features 332
XQuery and XPath Full Text 332
The XQuery Update Facility 333
XQuery Scripting Extension 333
Coming in XQuery 3.0 333
Grouping and Windowing 334
The count Clause 335
Try and Catch 335
switch Expressions 336
Function Items and Higher Order Functions 337
JSON Features 338
XQuery, Linked Data, and the Semantic Web 338
Summary 338
CHAPTER 10: XML AND DATABASES 341
Understanding Why Databases Need to Handle XML 341
Analyzing which XML Features are Needed in a Database 343
Retrieving Documents 343
Retrieving Data from Documents 343
Updating XML Documents 344
Displaying Relational Data as XML 344
Presenting XML as Relational Data 344
Using MySQL with XML 345
Installing MySQL 345
Adding Information in MySQL 345
Querying MySQL 348
Updating XML in MySQL 353
Usability of XML in MySQL 353
Client-Side XML Support 354
Using SQL Server with XML 355
Installing SQL Server 355
Presenting Relational Data as XML 356
Understanding the xml Data Type 371
Creating Indexes with the xml Data Type 374
W3C XML Schema in SQL Server 384
Dealing with Namespaced Documents 385
Using eXist with XML 386
Downloading and Installing eXist 387
Interacting with eXist 389
Summary 399
PART V: PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 11: EVENT-DRIVEN PROGRAMMING 403
Understanding Sequential Processing 404
Using SAX in Sequential Processing 404
Preparing to Run the Examples 405
Receiving SAX Events 406
Handling Invalid Content 417
Using the DTDHandler Interface 427
EntityResolver Interface 428
Understanding Features and Properties 429
Using XmlReader 434
Using XmlReaderSettings 441
Controlling External Resources 447
Summary 448
CHAPTER 12: LINQ TO XML 451
What Is LINQ? 451
Why You Need LINQ to XML 454
Using LINQ to XML 454
Creating Documents 457
Creating Documents with Namespaces 459
Creating Documents with Prefi xed Namespaces 460
Extracting Data from an XML Document 461
Modifying Documents 468
Adding Content to a Document 468
Removing Content from a Document 470
Updating and Replacing Existing Content in a Document 470
Transforming Documents 472
Using VB.NET XML Features 474
Using VB.NET XML Literals 474
Understanding Axis Properties in VB.NET 478
Managing Namespaces in VB.NET 480
Summary 480
PART VI: COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 13: RSS, ATOM, AND CONTENT SYNDICATION 485
Syndication 485
XML Syndication 486
Syndication Systems 488
Format Anatomy 491
Working with News Feeds 501
Newsreaders 501
Data Quality 501
A Simple Aggregator 502
Modeling Feeds 502
Program Flow 505
Implementation 505
Extending the Aggregator 521
Transforming RSS with XSLT 524
Generating a Feed from Existing Data 524
Processing Feed Data for Display 528
Browser Processing 531
Preprocessing Feed Data 532
Reviewing the Diff erent Formats 532
Useful Resources 534
Summary 535
CHAPTER 14: WEB SERVICES 539
What Is an RPC? 539
RPC Protocols 541
COM and DCOM 541
COBRA and IIOP 542
Java RMI 543
The New RPC Protocol: Web Services 543
The Same Origin Policy 544
Understanding XML-RPC 546
Choosing a Network Transport 548
Understanding REST Services 559
The Web Services Stack 564
SOAP 565
WSDL 566
UDDI 566
Surrounding Specifications 567
Summary 569
CHAPTER 15: SOAP AND WSDL 573
Laying the Groundwork 574
The New RPC Protocol: SOAP 574
Comparing SOAP to REST 579
Basic SOAP Messages 579
More Complex SOAP Interactions 587
Defining Web Services: WSDL 600
<definitions> 601
<types> 601
<messages> 602
<portTypes> 602
<binding> 603
<service> 605
Other Bindings 609
Summary 612
CHAPTER 16: AJAX 615
AJAX Overview 615
AJAX Provides Feedback 616
Loading Incomplete Data With AJAX 616
AJAX Performs Asynchronous Operations 617
Introduction to JavaScript 617
The Web Browser Console 618
Values, Expressions, and Variables 619
Control Flow Statements 621
Properties, Objects, Functions and Classes 622
The XMLHttpRequest Function 623
Using HTTP Methods with AJAX 628
Accessibility Considerations 629
The jQuery Library 630
Learning jQuery 631
The Domain-Specifi c Language (DSL) Approach 631
jQuery Plug-ins and Add-On Libraries 632
JSON and AJAX 635
JSON Example 635
JSON Syntax 636
JSON and jQuery 636
JSONP and CORS 637
The Web Sever Back End 637
Sending Images and Other Non-Textual Data 638
Performance 638
The Server Logs Are Your Friend 639
A Larger Example 639
Summary 644
PART VII: DISPLAY
CHAPTER 17: XHTML AND HTML 5 649
Background of SGML 650
HTML and SGML 650
XML and SGML 651
The Open Web Platform 651
Introduction to XHTML 652
The XHTML <html> Element 653
The XHTML <head> Element 654
The XHTML <body> Element 656
More Advanced HTML Topics 668
XHTML and HTML: Problems and Workarounds 669
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 670
CSS Levels and Versions 670
CSS at a Glance 671
CSS Selectors 673
CSS Properties 675
CSS Special Rules 680
CSS and XML 681
Separating Style and Markup: Unobtrusive CSS 682
Unobtrusive JavaScript 682
HTML 5 683
Benefits of HTML 5 683
Caveats of HTML 5 683
New Elements in HTML 5 684
Summary 686
CHAPTER 18: SCALABLE VECTOR GRAPHICS (SVG) 689
Scalable Vector Graphics and Bitmaps 689
Procedural Graphics 690
Declarative Graphics 690
Bitmap Graphics 691
Vector Images 692
SVG Images 692
The SVG Graphics Model 694
SVG and CSS 696
SVG Tools 698
SVG Basic Built-in Shapes 700
Rectangles 701
Circles 702
Ellipses 702
Straight Lines 703
Polylines and Polygons 704
SVG Paths 705
SVG Transforms and Groups 708
Transforms 708
Groups 709
SVG Defi nitions and Metadata 709
The SVG <title> and <desc> Elements 709
The SVG <metadata> Element 710
The SVG <defs> Element and Reusable Content 711
Viewports and Coordinates 712
SVG Colors and Gradients 713
Including Bitmap Images in SVG 715
SVG Text and Fonts 716
SVG Animation Four Ways 717
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 718
Scripted Animation 719
CSS Animation 719
External Libraries 720
SVG and HTML 5 720
SVG and Web Apps 721
Making SVG with XQuery or XSLT 722
Resources 722
Summary 723
PART VIII: CASE STUDY
CHAPTER 19: CASE STUDY: XML IN PUBLISHING 727
Background 727
Project Introduction: Current Workfl ow 728
Introducing a New XML-Based Workfl ow 728
Consultations 729
Documenting the Project 729
Prototyping 729
Creating a New Process 730
Challenging Criteria 730
The New Workfl ow 731
Document Conversion and Technologies 731
Costs and Benefi ts Analysis 732
Deployment 733
Some Technical Aspects 733
XQuery and Modules 734
XInclude 734
Equations and MathML 734
XProc: An XML Pipelining Language 737
XForms, REST, and XQuery 738
Formatting to PDF with XSL-FO 738
XML Markup for Documentation 741
Markup for the Humanities: TEI 741
The Hoy Books Website 741
Summary 746
APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 749
APPENDIX B: XPATH FUNCTIONS 773
APPENDIX C: XML SCHEMA DATA TYPES 797
INDEX 811
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