The combination of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and its related interlinking standards bring a range of exciting possibilities to the realm of Internet content management. This practical reference book documents these critical standards, shifting theory into practice for today’s developers who are creating tomorrow’s useful, efficient, and information-rich applications and Web sites.

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The third edition of Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit
is everything you need to know about the XML language and how to use it
in practical, innovative applications. Understanding the syntax of XML
is only a small part of the learning process; understanding how to
apply it is the larger part of the learning process, and is the primary
focus of this book. It covers a broad range of topics, and wil show you
how to use XML to mine data on the web, how to use it to interact with
existing data services such as iTunes and Google, and how to use it in
applications such as e-books, online speech synthesis, and multimedia. Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit, Third Edition will teach you what you need to know to get up and running with XML and more importantly, how to do cool things with it!

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The foundation for most Web services, XML can also be used with ASP.NET to display data from an infinite variety of sources in a Web site After covering the basics, the book explores the many ways that XML documents can be created, transformed, and transmitted to other systems using ASP.NET 2.0 Two major case studies address issues such as reading and writing XML data, XML data validation, transforming XML Data with XSLT, SQL Server XML integration, XML support in ADO.NET, and XML Web Services

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See how XML works for business needs and RSS feeds Create consistency
on the Web, or tag your data for different purposes Tag 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 Add CSS
to XML Understand and use DTDs

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The emergence of XML is having an enormous impact on Web development, and scaling the learning curve of this new technology is a priority for many developers. The XML Bible offers a superb introduction to the subject and the groundwork to understand XML’s future developments.

Author Elliotte Rusty Harold uses a patient, step-by-step discussion that clearly points out the potential of XML without boring his readership with tons of SGML spec-speak. Harold opens quickly with a “Hello World” example to get the reader coding early, and follows that with a simple but powerful example of XML’s data management benefits–presenting baseball statistics. Once you’ve coded your first XML documents, you’ll be hooked on the technology and motivated to learn about the more sophisticated topics.

Style sheet languages are covered comprehensively to illustrate the presentation
possibilities and pitfalls. An unusually long list of real-life XML applications also shows how XML is already being used, and there is in-depth coverage of the Resource Description Framework, Channel
Definition Format, and Vector Markup Language. The book wraps up with a section that helps you design your own XML application from scratch.
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Topics covered include: the .NET Foundation Classes that are most used by developers, and details about the construction of Web Services and how they programmatically communicate with each other.

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