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Author Erik T Ray begins with an excellent summary of XML's history as an outgrowth of SGML and HTML. He outlines very clearly the elements of markup, demystifying concepts such as attributes, entities and namespaces with numerous clear examples. To illustrate a real-world XML application, he gives the reader a look at a document written in DocBook--a publicly available XML document type for publishing technical writings--and explains the sections of the document step by step. A simplified version of DocBook is used later in the book to illustrate transformation--a powerful benefit of XML.
The all-important Document Type Definition (DTD) is covered in depth, but the still-unofficial alternative--XML Schema--is only briefly addressed. The author makes liberal use of graphical illustrations, tables and code to demonstrate concepts along the way, keeping the reader engaged and on track. Ray also gets into a deep discussion of programming XML utilities with Perl.
Learning XML is a highly readable introduction to XML for readers with existing knowledge of markup and Web technologies, and it meets its goals very well--to deliver a broad perspective of XML and its potential. --Stephen W Plain --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Learning XLS, 2nd Edition,
By njbulitka (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Learning XML (Paperback)
I found this book to be 'OK'. The author does a good job describing the core concepts of XML. Overall, the book does a good job introducing a person to XML and provides a solid base on which to build. It covers the major bases (schemas, CSS, XSLT, etc). The glossary was fairly complete.Some other O'Reilly books in the 'Learning' series have exercises with solutions in the back which I have found very useful. This book unfortunately did not have exercises with solutions. More examples would also have been appreciated.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Describes XML, doesn't teach you to write XML,
By A Customer
This review is from: Learning XML: Guide to Creating Self-Describing Data (Paperback)
I was hoping for more, but this book does a good job describing all of the elements of XML. Not a book on writing XML.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good book, albeit little introductory,
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This review is from: Learning XML: Guide to Creating Self-Describing Data (Paperback)
This is a good XML book for those that have no previous knowleadge of it. It starts slowly and speed up as you read the chapters.Unfortunately as with all printed media some references and items discussed have already evolved and replaced. The DTD/XML Schema is one example. Still a good book if you want to start from the basic.
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