XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

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If you're a developer working with XML, you know there's a lot to know about XML, and the XML space is evolving almost moment by moment. But you don't need to commit every XML syntax, API, or XSLT transformation to memory; you only need to know where to find it. And if it's a detail that has to do with XML or its companion standards, you'll find it--clear, concise, useful, and well-organized--in the updated third edition of XML in a Nutshell.

  With XML in a Nutshell beside your keyboard, you'll be able to:

  Quick-reference syntax rules and usage examples for the core XML technologies, including XML, DTDs, Xpath, XSLT, SAX, and DOM

  Develop an understanding of well-formed XML, DTDs, namespaces, Unicode, and W3C XML Schema

  Gain a working knowledge of key technologies used for narrative XML documents such as web pages, books, and articles technologies like XSLT, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, CSS, and XSL-FO

  Build data-intensive XML applications

  Understand the tools and APIs necessary to build data-intensive XML applications and process XML documents, including the event-based Simple API for XML (SAX2) and the tree-oriented Document Object Model (DOM)

  This powerful new edition is the comprehensive XML reference. Serious users of XML will find coverage on just about everything they need, from fundamental syntax rules, to details of DTD and XML Schema creation, to XSLT transformations, to APIs used for processing XML documents. XML in a Nutshell also covers XML 1.1, as well as updates to SAX2 and DOM Level 3 coverage. If you need explanation of how a technology works, or just need to quickly find the precise syntax for a particular piece, XML in a Nutshell puts the information at your fingertips.

  Simply put, XML in a Nutshell is the critical, must-have reference for any XML developer.

Table of Contents

Preface

      I. XML Concepts

  1. Introducing XML

          The Benefits of XML

          Portable Data

          How XML Works

          The Evolution of XML

  2. XML Fundamentals

          XML Documents and XML Files

          Elements, Tags, and Character Data

          Attributes

          XML Names

          References

          CDATA Sections

          Comments

          Processing Instructions

          The XML Declaration

          Checking Documents for Well-Formedness

  3. Document Type Definitions (DTDs)

          Validation

          Element Declarations

          Attribute Declarations

          General Entity Declarations

          External Parsed General Entities

          External Unparsed Entities and Notations

          Parameter Entities

          Conditional Inclusion

          Two DTD Examples

          Locating Standard DTDs

  4. Namespaces

          The Need for Namespaces

          Namespace Syntax

          How Parsers Handle Namespaces

          Namespaces and DTDs

  5. Internationalization

          Character-Set Metadata

          The Encoding Declaration

          Text Declarations

          XML-Defined Character Sets

          Unicode

          ISO Character Sets

          Platform-Dependent Character Sets

          Converting Between Character Sets

          The Default Character Set for XML Documents

          Character References

          xml:lang

  II. Narrative-like Documents

  6. XML as a Document Format

          SGML's Legacy

          Narrative Document Structures

          TEI

          DocBook

          OpenOffice

          WordprocessingML

          Document Permanence

          Transformation and Presentation

  7. XML on the Web

          XHTML

          Direct Display of XML in Browsers

          Authoring Compound Documents with Modular XHTML

          Prospects for Improved Web Search Methods

  8. XSL Transformations (XSLT)

          An Example Input Document

          xsl:stylesheet and xsl:transform

          Stylesheet Processors

          Templates and Template Rules

          Calculating the Value of an Element with xsl:value-of

          Applying Templates with xsl:apply-templates

          The Built-in Template Rules

          Modes

          Attribute Value Templates

          XSLT and Namespaces

          Other XSLT Elements

  9. XPath

          The Tree Structure of an XML Document

          Location Paths

          Compound Location Paths

          Predicates

          Unabbreviated Location Paths

          General XPath Expressions

          XPath Functions

  10. XLinks

          Simple Links

          Link Behavior

          Link Semantics

          Extended Links

          Linkbases

          DTDs for XLinks

  11. XPointers

          XPointers on URLs

          XPointers in Links

          Shorthand Pointers

          Child Sequences

          Namespaces

          Points

          Ranges

  12. XInclude

          The include Element

          Including Text Files

          Content Negotiation

          Fallbacks

          XPointers

  13. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

          The Levels of CSS

          CSS Syntax

          Associating Stylesheets with XML Documents

          Selectors

          The Display Property

          Pixels, Points, Picas, and Other Units of Length

          Font Properties

          Text Properties

          Colors

  14. XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO)

          XSL Formatting Objects

          The Structure of an XSL-FO Document

          Laying Out the Master Pages

          XSL-FO Properties

          Choosing Between CSS and XSL-FO

  15. Resource Directory Description Language (RDDL)

          What's at the End of a Namespace URL?

          RDDL Syntax

          Natures

          Purposes

      III. Record-like Documents

  16. XML as a Data Format

          Why Use XML for Data?

          Developing Record-Like XML Formats

          Sharing Your XML Format

  17. XML Schemas

          Overview

          Schema Basics

          Working with Namespaces

          Complex Types

          Empty Elements

          Simple Content

          Mixed Content

          Allowing Any Content

          Controlling Type Derivation

  18. Programming Models

          Common XML Processing Models

          Common XML Processing Issues

          Generating XML Documents

  19. Document Object Model (DOM)

          DOM Foundations

          Structure of the DOM Core

          Node and Other Generic Interfaces

          Specific Node-Type Interfaces

          The DOMImplementation Interface

          DOM Level 3 Interfaces

          Parsing a Document with DOM

          A Simple DOM Application

  20. Simple API for XML (SAX)

          The ContentHandler Interface

          Features and Properties

          Filters

      IV. Reference

  21. XML Reference

          How to Use This Reference

          Annotated Sample Documents

          XML Syntax

          Constraints

          XML 1.0 Document Grammar

          XML 1.1 Document Grammar

  22. Schemas Reference

          The Schema Namespaces

          Schema Elements

          Built-in Types

          Instance Document Attributes

  23. XPath Reference

          The XPath Data Model

          Data Types

          Location Paths

          Predicates

          XPath Functions

  24. XSLT Reference

          The XSLT Namespace

          XSLT Elements

          XSLT Functions

          TrAX

  25. DOM Reference

          Object Hierarchy

          Object Reference

  26. SAX Reference

          The org.xml.sax Package

          The org.xml.sax.helpers Package

          SAX Features and Properties

          The org.xml.sax.ext Package

  27. Character Sets

          Character Tables

          HTML4 Entity Sets

          Other Unicode Blocks

      Index