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5.0 out of 5 stars splendid introduction, Oct 12 2000

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Harry Diakoff (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE XML COMPANION (Paperback)

Particularly for the thoughtful reader who wants to understand the rationale behind the standards decisions- a level of understanding that makes the details much more meaningful and far easier to remember. I very much hope that Bradley will update his perspicacious elucidation of the xml specs (eg on schemas) as they continue to evolve. Easily my favorite among the dozen or so general xml books with which I am familiar.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Concise and Thorough, July 8 2000

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Adrian Turtschi (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: THE XML COMPANION (Paperback)

This is the book to read if you want to understand what XML is and why you should be interested in it.

Having looked at most XML books currently on the market, I like this one best because (1) it is short (2) it is authoritative (3) it is reasonably current (4) it talks about XML *and* all the related standards/proposals (XSL, XSLT, XPointer, XLink, etc) (5) it gives you the big picture and the details, but it never gets lost in the details.

*After* you read this book, you go ahead and buy a programming book for whatever platform you happen to be working on.

It is a common misunderstanding that introductory computer books have to be 1000+ pages long, must contain 50% code, and have to be written to the lowest common denominator. This book does not fall in this category; it is written for grown ups.

To summarize, this is the kind of book that usually gets published under the O'Reilly label.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Beginners beware!, April 5 2000

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Tyler Geffeney (California) - See all my reviews

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This book has good coverage on a good deal regarding parsing of an xml document. But beyond that small part, this book provides the reader very little else, and does a terrible job in explaining the purpose and uses of XML. If you already know a great deal about XML this book could help, but even for that, it is by no mean thorough or comprehensive.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and comprehensive
Bradley's book is a pretty complete guide to XML and related technologies. The main chapters are almost tutorial in style, with plenty of code examples to follow. Read more

Published on April 21 2003 by David Elder

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a well written book...
...and not for a beginner. Filled with samples and graphs-which somewhat help the extremely confusing writing style. Read more

Published on Sep 11 2002