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Professional XML SchemasISBN: 1-861004-02-8 Authors:WroX Professional level books are authored by leading professional programmers. Professional XML Schemas has a staff of 8 authors and 1 contributing author. Because the book focuses on different applications for XML schemas, authors with a particular expertise provide in-depth treatment of very specialized topics. Authors include:
Pages:674 pages Intended Audience:Professional XML Schemas is intended to serve the XML developer community. Like all WroX Press books, this title is written by programmers and is clearly not a beginner text. This book has a specific audience of XML developers who know both XML and have a good understanding of XSLT programming. Knowledge of XML DTDs or other programming languages is not required. An understanding of databases will be helpful. This book is designed to provide the information so that XML developers can:
What You Need:In order to work with XML schemas immediately, you will need a validating XML parser. WroX recommends using XSV (XML Schema Validator). This is freely available for download or it can be used directly online. Other recommendations for validating XML parsers can be found in Appendix D. Summary:Professional XML Schemas is designed to provide detailed coverage about the W3C XML Schema language. Each structure and how to use it is explained in detail. Since XML Namespaces work hand-in-hand with XML Schemas, the text highlights how these two specifications work together. Professional XML Schemas is made up of 9 chapters that describe the fundamentals of XML schemas. Following this first part of the book are 7 chapters that discuss application issues and real-world scenarios. Finally the book provides 5 reference appendices. These appendices can be used by the XML developer as an ongoing working reference. Part 1: All about XML SchemasThis first part of Professional XML Schemas is made up of the following 9 chapters:
Each of these chapters covers one of the fundamentals of XML schemas in detail. The chapters are not designed to explain how to integrate the fundamentals into an application. That is left for chapters 10-17! Part 2: Schema Application DevelopmentThe second part of Professional XML Schemas provides detailed application development strategies. Here we begin by learning how XSLT and XML schemas can be used together. Because XML schemas are themselves XML, we can use XSLT to transform schemas to do anything from creating a stylesheet for documentation in HTML or creating an HTML form for editing an instance document. Other application issues/strategies covered by the chapters in this part of the book include:
Recommendation:This title is designed by XML developers for XML developers. It contains both the fundamentals and application strategies that an XML developer will need to immediately apply XML schemas in the XML programming environment. This book is not specifically designed for those developers or designers trying to make a transition from SGML or XML DTDs to schemas. Its goal is to address the far more general XML programmer audience. If you are making the transition from DTDs to schemas, you will need to draw your own conclusions about the advantages of one over the other. That is not the goal of this title. Likewise, if you are a programmer, but do not know anything about XML, you will need to get up to speed on XML and likely XSLT before this text will be useful to you. Everything from explanations, to examples, to case studies, to reference materials is provided in Professional XML Schemas both in the book and on the WroX website (www.wrox.com). This book is highly recommended if you are an XML developer who needs to base applications on XML schemas. Dianne Kennedy Editor, XML Files |
