XML for dummies / by Lucinda Dykes and Ed Tittel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dykes, Lucinda.

Contributor:

Tittel, Ed.

Series:

--For dummies.

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

XML (Document markup language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

See how XML works for business needs and RSS feedsCreate consistency on the Web, or tag your data for different purposesTag -- XML is it! XML tags let you share your format as well as your data, and this handy guide will show you how. You'll soon be using this markup language to create everything from Web sites to business forms, discovering schemas and DOCTYPES, wandering the Xpath, teaming up XML with Office 2003, and more.Discover how to* Make information portable* Use XML with Word 2003* Store different types of data* Convert HTML documents to XHTML<

Contents:

XML FOR DUMMIES®,4TH EDITION; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I XML Basics; Chapter 1 Getting to Know XML; XML (eXtreMely cooL); Figuring Out What XML Is Good For; Beyond the Hype: What XML Isn't; Building XML Documents; Chapter 2 Using XML for Many Purposes; Moving Legacy Data to XML; The Many Faces of XML; Alphabet Soup: Even More XML

Chapter 3 Slicing and Dicing Data Categories: The Art of TaxonomyTaking Stock of Your Data; Breaking Down Data in Different Ways; Developing Your Taxonomy; Testing Your Taxonomy; Looking Ahead to Validation; Part II XML and the Web; Chapter 4 Adding XHTML for the Web; HTML, XML, and XHTML; Comparing XML and HTML; XHTML Makes the Move to XML Syntax; Converting a document from HTML to XHTML; The Role of DOCTYPE Declarations; Chapter 5 Putting Together an XML File; Anatomy of an XML File; Playing by the Rules: Well-Formed Documents; Adding Style for the Web

Seeking Validation with DTD and XML SchemaChapter 6 Adding Character(s) to XML; About Character Encodings; Introducing Unicode; Character Sets, Fonts, Scripts, and Glyphs; For Each Character, a Code; Key Character Sets; Using Unicode Characters; Finding Character Entity Information; Chapter 7 Handling Formatting with CSS; Viewing XML on the Web with CSS; Basic CSS Formatting: CSS1; The Icing on the Cake: CSS2; Building a CSS Stylesheet; Adding CSS to XML; Adding CSS to XSLT; Part III Building in Validation with DTDs and Schemas; Chapter 8 Understanding and Using DTDs; What's a DTD?

Inspecting the XML PrologReading a DTD; Using Element Declarations; Declaring Attributes; Discovering Entities; Understanding Notations; Calling a DTD; Chapter 9 Understanding and Using XML Schema; What's an XML Schema?; So Many Datatypes, So Little Time; XML Prolog; Document Structures; Datatype Declarations; Dealing with Entities, Notations, and More; Annotations; Deciding When to Use a Schema; Referencing XML Schema Documents; Double-Checking Your Schemas and Documents; Chapter 10 Building a Custom XML Schema; Doing the Validity Rag; Step 1: Understanding Your Data

Step 2: Being the Root of All Structure: ElementsStep 3: Building Content Models; Step 4: Using Attributes to Shed Light on Data Structure; Step 5: Using Datatype Declarations to Define What's What; Tricks of the Trade; Creating a Simple Schema; Using a Schema with an XML File in Word 2003; Chapter 11 Modifying an Existing Schema; Trading Control for Flexibility; Eliciting Markup from an XML Schema; Modifying a Schema; Using Datatypes Effectively; Making Elements Work Wisely and Well; Using Complex Datatypes; When XML Schemas Collide: Namespaces; Including External Data

Including/Excluding Document Content

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780764599682

0764599682

OCLC:

60693312