XML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide Visual QuickStart Guide

Format:	Paperback (Visa alla format)
Förlag:	Peachpit Press (2000)
Språk:	English
Artikelid:	9780201710984
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Web-maven Elizabeth Castro, who has penned Peachpit books on HTML,Perl and CGI, and Netscape, now tackles XML--an indispensable toolfor creating personalized, updated content for each visitor on yoursite. Whether you build Web pages for a living or you're taking on anew hobby, XML for the World Wide Web contains everything you need tocreate dynamic Web sites by writing XML code, developing custom XMLapplications with DTDs and schemas, transforming XML intopersonalized Web content through XSLT-based transformations, andprofessionally formatting XML documents with Cascading Style Sheets.The real power of XML lies in combining information from varioussources and generating personalized content for different visitors.Castro's easy-to-follow graphics show exactly what XML looks like,and her real-world examples explain how to transform and streamlineyour Web-site creation process by automatically updating content.

(Pearson)

Elizabeth Castro is the author of the four best-selling editions of HTML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide. She also wrote the best-selling Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, and the Macintosh and Windows versions of Netscape Communicator 4: Visual QuickStart Guide. She was the technical editor for Peachpit's The Macintosh Bible, Fifth Edition, and she founded PAgina Uno, a publishing house based in Barcelona, Spain.

(Pearson)

Introduction.

The Problem with HTML. The Power of XML. XML's Helpers. XML in the Real World. About This Book. What This Book Is Not. The XML VQS Website.

I. XML.

1. Writing XML.

Elements, Attributes, and Values. Rules for Writing XML. Declaring the XML Version. Creating the Root Element. Writing Non-Empty Elements. Nesting Elements. Adding Attributes. Using Empty Elements. Writing Comments. Writing Five Special Symbols. Displaying Elements as Text.

II. DTDS.

2. Creating a DTD.

Declaring an Internal DTD. Writing an External DTD. Naming an External DTD. Declaring a Personal External DTD. Declaring a Public External DTD.

3. Defining Elements and Attributes in a DTD.

Defining Elements. Defining an Element to Contain Only Text. Defining an Element to Contain One Child. Defining an Element to Contain a Sequence. Defining Choices. Defining How Many Units. About Attributes. Defining Simple Attributes. Defining Attributes with Unique Values. Referencing Attributes with Unique Values. Restricting Attributes to Valid XML Names.

4. Entities and Notations in DTDs.

Creating Shortcuts for Text. Using Shortcuts for Text. Shortcuts for Text in External Files. Creating and Using Shortcuts for DTDs. Creating Entities for Unparsed Content. Embedding Unparsed Content.

III. XML SCHEMA AND NAMESPACES.

5. XML Schema.

Simple and Complex Types. Local and Global Declarations. Beginning a Simple Schema. Indicating a Simple Schema's Location. Annotating Schemas.

6. Defining Simple Types.

Declaring an Element with a Simple Type. Using Date and Time Types. Using Number Types. Deriving Custom Simple Types. Using Anonymous Custom Types. Specifying a Set of Acceptable Values. Specifying a Pattern for a Simple Type. Specifying a Range of Acceptable Values. Limiting the Length of a Simple Type. Limiting a Number's Digits. Creating List Types. Predefining an Element's Content.

7. Defining Complex Types.

Defining Elements to Contain Only Elements. Requiring Elements to Appear in Sequence. Creating a Set of Choices. Allowing Elements to Appear in Any Order. Defining Named Groups. Referencing a Named Group. Referencing Already Defined Elements. Controlling How Many. Defining Elements to Contain Only Text. Defining Empty Elements. Defining Elements with Mixed Content. Basing Complex Types on Complex Types. Declaring an Element of Complex Type. Elements with Anonymous Complex Types. Declaring Attributes. Requiring an Attribute. Predefining an Attribute's Content. Defining Attribute Groups. Referencing Attribute Groups.

8. Using Namespaces in XML.

Designing a Namespace Name. Declaring Default Namespaces. Namespaces for Individual Elements. How Namespaces Affect Attributes. Namesp...

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