The XML Schema Complete Reference
Book Info
Authoritative reference and tutorial filled with practical insights and detailed examples. Provides a conceptual introduction to XML Schema, and addresses how to apply schemas to specific business goals. Softcover.
From the Back Cover
With the successful implementation of XML Schema, developers are learning how to increase productivity, improve software reliability, minimize development time, and decrease time to market. This in-depth reference is an all-in-one resource designed to help developers leverage the power and potential of XML schemas by offering a complete roadmap to their creation, design, and use.
This authoritative reference and tutorial is filled with practical insights and detailed examples. The book begins by providing a conceptual introduction to XML Schema. From there, coverage shifts to the W3C Schema Recommendation and how to apply schemas to specific business goals. The authors provide insight and instruction throughout on integrating XML schemas into existing technologies such as .NET, Java, Visual Basic, Oracle, and more. The book concludes with a complete case study designed to reinforce and illustrate material covered.
Additional topics include:
Applications for schemas
Simple and complex types
XML schema processing and validation
Namespaces in XML
Using schemas with DOM and SAX
XML schema document syntax
XML Information Sets
XML Schema applications of XPath
Whether designing a schema from scratch or integrating schemas into contemporary technologies, The XML Schema Complete Reference is the most complete and definitive sourcebook available for the XML Schema environment.
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Flash XML Applications: Use AS2 and AS3 to Create Photo Galleries, Menus, and Databases
Book Description
Flash applications are essential delivery mechanisms for seamless, user controlled delivery of content produced by 2 million Flash developers for 98% of the world’s computers
Product Description
Add seamless, interactive, user-controlled delivery to your Flash applications. This book builds upon your understanding of basic ActionScript (AS) syntax with the foundational skills that you need to use XML in Flash applications and AS2 or AS3 to migrate your existing applications.
Beginning with an introduction to XML, XML parsing methods, and a short introduction to AS2 you learn how to create a universal XML load/onload Class as well as a universal XHTML parser. Then you learn how to use Components using XML as the data source, including the menu, menubar, datagrid and tree component. Finally, a tutorial projectthe design and development of a Real Estate Web site that contains an XML search enginepulls it all together with hands-on experience.
All the applications use XML as the data source and are written as class files. Select parts of the Real Estate Web site are redeveloped in AS3 for purposes of illustration. The new XML class is presented and specific code examples demonstrate techniques to apply methods and use properties. Particular attention is paid to the differences between AS2 and AS3 and how to effectively transition from one AS version to the other.
The companion CD contains code for all of the properties and methods of the AS2, AS3, and XML class examples. Components for the Real Estate Web site project are also provided.
* Build on basic ActionScript syntax skills
* Add seamless, interactive, user-controlled delivery
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Learning XML, 2nd Edition
Overview
In this new edition of the best selling title, the author explains the important and relevant XML technologies and their capabilities clearly and succinctly with plenty of real-life projects and useful examples. He outlines the elements of markup–demystifying concepts such as attributes, entities, and namespaces–and provides enough depth and examples to get started. Learning XML is a reliable source for anyone who needs to know XML, but doesn’t want to waste time wading through hundreds of web sites or 800 pages of bloated text.
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XML in Action
Book Description
XML IN ACTION shows site developers how to use XML to transcend the limitations of HTML in the delivery of rich, structured data from any application. This insightful guide describes how to work with XML as featured in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5, offering rich examples of XML-enhanced Web pages that you can incorporate into your own sites.XML IN ACTION will help you:• Learn how XML relates to other common markup languages and what sets it apart from HTML, SGML, and RTF• Understand the basics of XML structure and syntax• Learn the rules that define Document Type Definition (DTD) • Utilize XML through scripting• Use XML as a data source to learn the ins and outs of its linking capabilities• Examine how XML works and help you create extensible style sheets based on formatting rules• Find out about current development and what the future holds for XML Take advantage of newer, cleaner data representation techniques for designing or updating Web pages and sites with XML IN ACTION. Included on CD-ROM:• Developer content from the Site Builder Network Web site, brought to you by MSDN™• Fully searchable electronic version of the book• Code samples used in the book• Web links to XML-related sites
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