Effective XML: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your XML

This is an excellent collection of XML best practices: essential reading for any developer using XML. This book will help you avoid common pitfalls and ensure your XML applications remain practical and interoperable for as long as possible.

If you want to become a more effective XML developer, you need this book. You will learn which tools to use when in order to write legible, extensible, maintainable and robust XML code:
- How do you write DTDs that are independent of namespace prefixes?
- What do parsers reliably report and what don't they?
- Which schema language is the right one for your job?
- Which API should you choose for maximum speed and minimum size?
- What can you do to ensure fast, reliable access to DTDs and schemas without making your document less portable?
- Is XML too verbose for your application?