XML for Data Architects: Designing for Reuse and Integration

By James Bean

Book Overview

"The book addresses a sorely missing set of considerations in the real world... This is a very timely book." -Peter Herzum, author of Business Component Factory and CEO of Herzum Software XML is a tremendous enabler for platform agnostic data and metadata exchanges. However, there are no clear processes and techniques specifically focused on the engineering of XML structures to support reuse and integration simplicity, which are of particular importance in the age of application integration and Web services. This book describes the challenges of using XML in a manner that promotes simplification of integration, and a high degree of schema reuse. It also describes the syntactical capabilities of XML and XML Schemas, and the similarities (and in some cases limitations) of XML DTDs. This book presents combinations of architectural and design approaches to using XML as well as numerous syntactical and working examples.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558609075
• ISBN13: 9781558609075
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource for my needs

At first I was somewhat skeptical due to a couple of negative reviews. However, I was desparate. The other XML books I've read (and fallen asleep with) seem to be restatements of the W3C specifications. I am a DBA/Data Architect in the midst of an international Web Services and SOA project and I needed something fast. As it turns out, this was probably the best investment in reference materials I've made in a long time. I guess I am not really sure what the other reviewers missed, but this book was perfect for me. I hold mixed roles of DBA as well as Data Architect - data modelling mostly. Recently, I was tasked with trying to determine why and how all of this XML stuff fits in a SOA project, and from the data perspective. Although I've been a DBA for too many years to share, I've positioned myself mostly at the persistence layer. This book really opened my eyes. Thorough, concise, and very focused on what "data folks" need. Five stars were a must for me.

Great job!!

In the evolving world of technology, and the 'do more with less' mentality, this book has helped me tremendously in expanding my Data Administration responsibilities in a major financial institution. This book is easy to follow, provides great guidelines and techniques for incorporating and expanding metadata into this new technology, XML. I would recommend this book to any Data Administrator whose company is embarking, or expanding, their web presence, and is concerned about maintaining the quality of the data.

Highly recommended reading

A solid insight into the important linkage between XML and Data Architecture. The author's approach and recommendations on reusable data structures outline the path to enabling structural consistency and standards conformity. I work in Data Architecture and this book supports the viable dependency XML and Data Architecture have on one another. This is a book I highly recommend to all XML and architecture practitioners.

Fantastic !

This book is great! I bought it because other data architects at a conference recommended it. I'm a data architect and after reading it, I am recommending it to others. It is very easy reading and also an excellent reference guide. By showing others chapters in the book, it has helped me explain XML and how it affects our company. I recommend it highly for all those involved in information technologies.

IT Development Manager

As the manager of SW development staff, this easy to understand XML manual has shaped and fine tuned the thinking of my department ... more consistency, logical, etc. This author really nailed it. It's mandatory reading.