Few recent developments on the Internet have held as much promise--and brought with them such hype--as the eXtensible Markup Language (XML). Robert Standefer's Enterprise XML Clearly Explained lives up to its title, with a clearly rendered tour of XML and related standards that are geared to the IT professional who wants to understand what XML is and what it's used for.
While many computer titles compete for maximum page count, this book makes it a point to remain economical in its presentation style. The history of markup languages from SGML to HTML and on to XML is explained from the very beginning. That's not to say that the tour of basic XML is simplistic; it's not. A number of standards (like XLinks, XPointers, and XML namespaces) that are still under construction also are described.
The book moves from theory to practice--first, by way of a survey of a number of today's XML tools. Then, XML as used in actual standards is discussed, such as the Chemical Markup Language for describing chemical formulas, and Microsoft's Channel Definition Format (CDF) for describing channels of "push" content. You also learn about how XML schemas and structured data (DVD database records are used in examples) are designed.
| ISBN(s) : | 012663355X |
| Number of Pages : | 351 |
| Published : | 05/01/2000 |
