Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days

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ISBN: 9780672325762 | 0672325764
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/10/2003

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Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days, written by expert author Steve Holzner, offers hundreds of real-world examples demonstrating the uses of XML and the newest tools developers need to make the most of it. In Week One, he starts from basic syntax, and discusses XML document structure, document types, and the benefits of XML Schema. Week Two covers formatting using either CSS or the Extensible Sytlesheet Language, and working with XHTML and other tools for presenting XML data on the Web, or in multimedia applications. The final chapter of week two discusses XForms, the newest way to process forms in XML applications. Week Three applies XML to programming with Java, .NET or JavaScript, and building XML into database or Web Service applications with SOAP. Along the way, Steve shows readers the results of every lesson and provides both the "how" and "why" of the inner working of XML technologies.

Introduction	p. 1
At a Glance	p. 7
Welcome to XML	p. 9
All About Markup Languages	p. 10
All About XML	p. 12
Looking at XML in a Browser	p. 17
Working with XML Data Yourself	p. 20
Structuring Your Data	p. 24
Creating Well-Formed XML Documents	p. 24
Creating Valid XML Documents	p. 25
How XML Is Used in the Real World	p. 26
Online XML Resources	p. 37
Creating XML Documents	p. 43
Choosing an XML Editor	p. 44
Using XML Browsers	p. 46
Using XML Validators	p. 48
Creating XML Documents Piece by Piece	p. 51
Creating Prologs	p. 58
Creating an XML Declaration	p. 59
Creating XML Comments	p. 60
Creating Processing Instructions	p. 62
Creating Tags and Elements	p. 63
Creating CDATA Sections	p. 70
Handling Entities	p. 73
Creating Well-Formed XML Documents	p. 77
What Makes an XML Document Well-Formed?	p. 78
Creating an Example XML Document	p. 80
Understanding the Well-Formedness Constraints	p. 84
Using XML Namespaces	p. 92
Understanding XML Infosets	p. 102
Understanding Canonical XML	p. 103
Creating Valid XML Documents: DTDs	p. 107
All About DTDs	p. 108
Validating a Document by Using a DTD	p. 112
Creating Element Content Models	p. 113
Commenting a DTD	p. 127
Supporting External DTDs	p. 128
Handling Namespaces in DTDs	p. 133
Handling Attributes and Entities in DTDs	p. 141
Declaring Attributes in DTDs	p. 142
Specifying Default Values	p. 146
Specifying Attribute Types	p. 150
Handling Entities	p. 160
Creating Valid XML Documents: XML Schemas	p. 179
Using XML Schema Tools	p. 181
Creating XML Schemas	p. 189
Dissecting an XML Schema	p. 192
The Built-in XML Schema Elements	p. 193
Creating Elements and Types	p. 195
Specifying a Number of Elements	p. 200
Specifying Element Default Values	p. 201
Creating Attributes	p. 202
Creating Types in XML Schemas	p. 207
Restricting Simple Types by Using XML Schema Facets	p. 208
Creating XML Schema Choices	p. 214
Using Anonymous Type Definitions	p. 215
Declaring Empty Elements	p. 217
Declaring Mixed-Content Elements	p. 218
Grouping Elements Together	p. 219
Grouping Attributes Together	p. 221
Declaring all Groups	p. 222
Handling Namespaces in Schemas	p. 222
Annotating an XML Schema	p. 233
Part I In Review	p. 239
Well-Formed Documents	p. 241
Valid Documents	p. 241
At a Glance	p. 247
Formatting XML Documents	p. 247
Formatting XML by Using Cascading Style Sheets	p. 249
Our Sample XML Document	p. 250
Introducing CSS	p. 252
Connecting CSS Style Sheets and XML Documents	p. 254
Creating Style Sheet Selectors	p. 256
Using Inline Styles	p. 262
Creating Style Rule Specifications in Style Sheets	p. 263
Formatting XML by Using XSLT	p. 285
Introducing XSLT	p. 286
Transforming XML by Using XSLT	p. 288
Writing XSLT Style Sheets	p. 293
Using [left angle bracket]xsl:apply - templates[right angle bracket]	p. 295
Using [left angle bracket]xsl:value - of[right angle bracket] and [left angle bracket]xsl:for - each[right angle bracket]	p. 298
Matching Nodes by Using the match Attribute	p. 301
Working with the select Attribute and XPath	p. 309
Using [left angle bracket]xsl:copy[right angle bracket]	p. 321
Using [left angle bracket]xsl:if[right angle bracket]	p. 323
Using [left angle bracket]xsl:choose[right angle bracket]	p. 324
Specifying the Output Document Type	p. 327
Working with XSL Formatting Objects	p. 331
Introducing XSL-FO	p. 332
Using XSL-FO	p. 333
Using XSL Formatting Objects and Properties	p. 341
Building an XSL-FO Document	p. 344
Handling Inline Formatting	p. 353
Formatting Lists	p. 362
Formatting Tables	p. 365
Part II In Review	p. 371
Using CSS	p. 371
Using XSLT	p. 373
Using XSL-FO	p. 375
At a Glance	p. 379
XML at Work	p. 379
Extending HTML with XHTML	p. 381
Why XHTML?	p. 382
Writing XHTML Documents	p. 386
Validating XHTML Documents	p. 390
The Basic XHTML Elements	p. 391
Organizing Text	p. 397
Formatting Text	p. 408
Selecting Fonts: [left angle bracket]font[right angle bracket]	p. 411
Comments: [left angle bracket]!--[right angle bracket]	p. 415
Putting XHTML to Work	p. 419
Creating Hyperlinks: [left angle bracket]a[right angle bracket]	p. 419
Linking to Other Documents: [left angle bracket]link[right angle bracket]	p. 422
Handling Images: [left angle bracket]img[right angle bracket]	p. 425
Creating Frame Documents: [left angle bracket]frameset[right angle bracket]	p. 427
Creating Frames: [left angle bracket]frame[right angle bracket]	p. 429
Creating Embedded Style Sheets: [left angle bracket]style[right angle bracket]	p. 432
Formatting Tables: [left angle bracket]table[right angle bracket]	p. 435
Creating Table Rows: [left angle bracket]tr[right angle bracket]	p. 437
Formatting Table Headers: [left angle bracket]th[right angle bracket]	p. 438
Formatting Table Data: [left angle bracket]td[right angle bracket]	p. 440
Extending XHTML	p. 443
Creating Graphics and Multimedia: SVG and SMIL	p. 449
Introducing SVG	p. 450
Creating an SVG Document	p. 454
Creating Rectangles	p. 456
Adobe's SVG Viewer	p. 456
Using CSS Styles	p. 457
Creating Circles	p. 460
Creating Ellipses	p. 461
Creating Lines	p. 462
Creating Polylines	p. 462
Creating Polygons	p. 463
Creating Text	p. 464
Creating Gradients	p. 466
Creating Paths	p. 467
Creating Text Paths	p. 469
Creating Groups and Transformations	p. 471
Creating Animation	p. 472
Creating Links	p. 474
Creating Scripts	p. 476
Embedding SVG in HTML	p. 478
Introducing SMIL	p. 479
Handling XLinks, XPointers, and XForms	p. 485
Introducing XLinks	p. 486
Beyond Simple XLinks	p. 494
Introducing XPointers	p. 498
Introducing XBase	p. 504
Introducing XForms	p. 504
Creating Input Controls	p. 512
Part III In Review	p. 521
At a Glance	p. 529
Programming and XML	p. 529
Using JavaScript and XML	p. 531
Introducing the W3C DOM	p. 532
Introducing the DOM Objects	p. 534
Working with the XML DOM in JavaScript	p. 544
Searching for Elements by Name	p. 549
Reading Attribute Values	p. 551
Getting All XML Data from a Document	p. 554
Validating XML Documents by Using DTDs	p. 560
Using Java and .NET: DOM	p. 567
Using Java to Read XML Data	p. 568
Finding Elements by Name	p. 584
Creating an XML Browser by Using Java	p. 589
Navigating Through XML Documents	p. 596
Writing XML by Using Java	p. 597
Using Java and .NET: SAX	p. 607
An Overview of SAX	p. 608
Using SAX	p. 610
Using SAX to Find Elements by Name	p. 623
Creating an XML Browser by Using Java and SAX	p. 628
Navigating Through XML Documents by Using SAX	p. 633
Writing XML by Using Java and SAX	p. 637
Working with SOAP and RDF	p. 645
Introducing SOAP	p. 646
A SOAP Example in .NET	p. 650
A SOAP Example in Java	p. 656
Introducing RDF	p. 668
Part IV In Review	p. 683
At a Glance	p. 691
Data Handling and XML	p. 691
Handling XML Data Binding	p. 693
Introducing DSOs	p. 694
Binding HTML Elements to HTML Data	p. 696
Binding HTML Elements to XML Data	p. 703
Binding HTML Tables to XML Data	p. 706
Accessing Individual Data Fields	p. 709
Binding HTML Elements to XML Data by Using the XML DSO	p. 711
Binding HTML Tables to XML Data by Using the XML DSO	p. 714
Searching XML Data by Using a DSO and JavaScript	p. 716
Handling Hierarchical XML Data	p. 720
Working with XML and Databases	p. 727
XML, Databases, and ASP	p. 728
Storing Databases as XML	p. 731
Using XPath with a Database	p. 743
Introducing XQuery	p. 749
Handling XML in .NET	p. 765
Creating and Editing an XML Document in .NET	p. 766
From XML to Databases and Back	p. 776
Reading and Writing XML in .NET Code	p. 777
Using XML Controls to Display Formatted XML	p. 784
Creating XML Web Services	p. 789
Part V In Review	p. 801
Quiz Answers	p. 807
Quiz Answers for Day 1	p. 807
Quiz Answers for Day 2	p. 808
Quiz Answers for Day 3	p. 808
Quiz Answers for Day 4	p. 808
Quiz Answers for Day 5	p. 809
Quiz Answers for Day 6	p. 809
Quiz Answers for Day 7	p. 810
Quiz Answers for Day 8	p. 810
Quiz Answers for Day 9	p. 810
Quiz Answers for Day 10	p. 811
Quiz Answers for Day 11	p. 811
Quiz Answers for Day 12	p. 811
Quiz Answers for Day 13	p. 812
Quiz Answers for Day 14	p. 812
Quiz Answers for Day 15	p. 812
Quiz Answers for Day 16	p. 813
Quiz Answers for Day 17	p. 813
Quiz Answers for Day 18	p. 814
Quiz Answers for Day 19	p. 814
Quiz Answers for Day 20	p. 814
Quiz Answers for Day 21	p. 815
Index	p. 817
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