XML Specification Guide

by Ian S. Graham

Get inside XML, one of the Web's most important technologies, with this complete and annotated specification guide. XML Specification Guide Bestselling authors Ian Graham and Liam Quin provide the technical reference for XML, one of the most important new technologies for Web development. Whether you are a programmer who develops for the Web, intranets, or extranets; a database programmer who needs to upgrade your system; or a Webmaster who wants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471327530
• ISBN13: 9780471327530
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The only possible reference for XML

This is the only possible reference for XML. You will not find here XSL, XLink, etc., but you will find an help to understand the XML specification itself (with the annotation of one of the authors), and an 'hard' tutorial to go in depth in the bare XMl language. If you had still doubts after reading other XML titles (is it possible to represent this, to represent that, how to model this, can the DTD do that, etc.) you have absolutely no choice. Not for newbies.

XML pure

Clear, precise, pure, systematic. Imagine an ice mountain in a cold, blue ocean. That same clarity for XML arises in your mind, when you read this book. (Still, don't forget "The XML Handbook", if you want to know, how to apply XML in business applications :-)

Very technical reading ...good book and very detailed

This book is not for a novice. You must have experience regarding technical books with lots of jargon. If so, you will like this book immensely.

A very clear, precise, and accurate book on XML specificatio

I like this book very much. I have gone through this book cover to cover, and have found no technical errors or typos of any kind. The definitions and explanations are very precise. The discussions on Entities, Notations, Processing instructions, and many other complex topics are very precise and clear. The author has done a very careful job at writing this book. Most of the red computer Wiley books are embarrassingly full of technical errors and errata. This book is an exception. Anyone doing serious work with XML needs a clear, precise and accurate book like this. There is no shortcut to learning and clearly understanding the finer points of XML specifications. Actually, reading the first 100 pages of this book (Part I) is the closest shortcut to understand even those subtle details of XML specifications, which are needed to write serious XML applications.

Best Guide to XML on the Market!

Any organization that is working towards developing an e-commerce presence must buy this book.