Charles F. Goldfarb's XML Handbook, 4/e (Paperback)

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Start by learning what XML is, why it came to be, how it differs from HTML, and the handful of vital concepts that you must understand to apply XML quickly and successfully—in your business and in your code.

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Experience XML through illustrated discussions of tools and applications: Web services, B2B, B2C, EDI, exchanges, e-commerce, integration, portals, content management, databases, conversion, syndication, telephony, wireless, customization, publication, presentation.

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"This book is an excellent starting point where you can learn and experiment with XML. As the inventor of SGML, Dr. Charles F. Goldfarb is one of the most respected authorities on structured information."

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Table of Contents

Preface by Charles F. Goldfarb.
Foreword by Jean Paoli, co-editor of W3C XML Recommendation.
Prolog by Jon Bosak, chair of W3C XML Working Group.

I. THE WHO, WHAT, AND WHY OF XML.

 

1. Why XML?
2. Just enough XML.
3. The XML usage spectrum.
4. Better browsing through XML.
5. Taking care of e-business.
6. XML Jargon Demystifier(tm).

II. THREE-TIER APPLICATIONS.

 

7. Personalized frequent-flyer website.
8. Building an online auction website.
9. Enabling data sources for XML.

III. E-COMMERCE.

 

10. From EDI to IEC: The new Web commerce.
11. XML and EDI: Working together.
12. An information pipeline for petrochemicals.

IV. INTEGRATION.

 

13. Application integration with Web and email.
14. Integrating the mainframe.
15. Integrated provisioning.
16. Business integration.

V. CONTENT MANAGEMENT.

 

17. “World” class content management.
18. Content systems.
19. Components: Key to content management.
20. Components for graphic content.

VI. PORTALS.

 

21. Portal servers for e-business.
22. Content systems for portals.
23. RxML: Your prescription for healthcare.
24. Information and Content Exchange (ICE).

VII. PUBLISHING.

 

25. Personalized financial publishing.
26. High-volume data reporting.
27. Developing reusable content.

VIII. DATABASES.

 

28. XML and databases.
29. XPath-based XML DBMS.
30. Storing XML in a relational DBMS.
31. XML, SQL, and XPath: Getting it all together.

IX. CONTENT ACQUISITION.

 

32. XML mass-conversion facility.
33. Do-it-in-house mass conversion.
34. Integrating legacy data.
35. Acquiring reusable renditions.

V. SCHEMAS AND DESIGN.

 

36. Building a schema for a product catalog.
37. Schema management.
38. Building your e-commerce vocabulary.
39. XML design.

XI. VOICE.

 

40. VoiceXML in a mobile environment.
41. Adding telephony to your website.

XII. SEMANTIC WEB.

 

42. Extended linking.
43. Topic maps: Knowledge navigation aids.
44. RDF: Metadata description for Web resources.
45. Application integration using topic maps.

XIII. WEB SERVICES.

 

46. The Web services vision.
47. Web services technologies.
48. Deploying a Web service.

XIV. INFRASTRUCTURE.

 

49. Xaps.

XIII. WEB SERVICES.

 

46. The Web services vision.
47. Web services technologies.
48. Deploying a Web service.

XIV. INFRASTRUCTURE.

 

49. X