Professional Xml

This book, Professional XML, will explore the latest and most utilized XML technologies available to the IT community. In addition to teaching these technologies to the reader, this book will also show them the professional and real-world insights into the discussed technology so that they can continue to build the best possible applications with the knowledge that they have gained.
Using XML as a base, many of these technologies have been developed to address common problems within the enterprise. From data type definitions, to search, to Web services, to presentation, and more - this book takes the reader though a study of the advanced XML capabilities that companies want to implement today. This book will take an in-depth look at XML and various XML technologies from beginning to end, including a close study of some of the newest capabilities that this technology brings to the table, such as Ajax.
Topics covered include:
· XML Tools
· SVG applications - stock charting for example
· DTDs, schemas, Relax-NG
· XML and Data - XSLT, XPath, XQuery, SQL Server, MySQL
· XML Programming - DOM, SAX, XMLHTTP (Ajax)
· XML and languages/platforms - .NET, Java, PHP
· XML Services - RSS, SOAP, REST, WSDL
· Applied XML - XAML, WML, RDF

Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: XML Basics
Chapter 1. XML Syntax
Chapter 2. XML Editors
Part II: Presentation
Chapter 3. XHTML and CSS
Chapter 4. XFL-FO
Part III: Defining Structure
Chapter 5. Document Type Definitions
Chapter 6. XML Schemas
Chapter 7. RELAX NG
Part IV: XML as Data.
Chapter 8. XSLT
Chapter 9. XPath
Chapter 10. XQuery
Chapter 11. XML in the Data Tier
Part V: Programming XML
Chapter 12. XML Document Object Model (DOM)
Chapter 13. Simple API for XML (SAX)
Chapter 14. Ajax
Chapter 15. XML and .NET
Chapter 16. XML and Java
Chapter 17. Dynamic Languages and XML
Part VI: XML Services
Chapter 18. RSS and Atom
Chapter 19. Web Services
Chapter 20. SOAP and WSDL
Chapter 21. Advanced Web Services
Chapter 22. REST
Part VII: Applying XML
Chapter 23. XML Form Development
Chapter 24. Resource Description Framework
Chapter 25. XML in Office Development
Chapter 26. XAML
Index

Market Description :
· Experienced .NET (C#, VB, ASP.NET) and Java developers as well as experienced developers from other languages looking to add XML to their architecture

About Author :
Bill Evjen is a Technical Director serving in the office of the Chief Scientist for the international news and financial services company Reuters. He is one of the most active proponents of the .NET technologies and community-based learning initiatives for .NET. He has been actively involved with .NET since the first bits were released in 2000 is the founder and president of the International .NET Association (www.ineta.org) which represents more than 375,000 members worldwide. Evjen is an acclaimed author and speaker on next-generation Web Services and related technologies. Kent Sharkey is a development consultant, specializing in Microsoft .NET technologies including ASP.NET and VB. Prior to that, he was a content strategist for Microsoft's MSDN developer web sites.