XML: Visual QuickStart Guide, 2nd Edition

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 12
What is XML?......Page 13
The Power of XML......Page 14
Extending XML......Page 15
XML in Practice......Page 16
About This Book......Page 17
What This Book is Not......Page 19
Part 1: XML......Page 20
 Chapter 1: Wrinting XML......Page 22
  An XML Sample......Page 23
  Rules for Writing XML......Page 24
  Elements, Attributes, and Values......Page 25
  How To Begin......Page 26
  Creating the Root Element......Page 27
  Writing Child Elements......Page 28
  Nesting Elements......Page 29
  Adding Attributes......Page 30
  Using Empty Elements......Page 31
  Writing Comments......Page 32
  Predefined Entities – Five Special Symbols......Page 33
  Displaying Elements as Text......Page 34
Part 2: XSL......Page 36
 Chapter 2: XSLT......Page 38
  Transforming XML with XSLT......Page 39
  Beginning an XSLT Style Sheet......Page 41
  Creating the Root Template......Page 42
  Outputting HTML......Page 43
  Outputting Values......Page 45
  Looping Over Nodes......Page 47
  Processing Nodes Conditionally......Page 49
  Adding Conditional Choices......Page 50
  Sorting Nodes Before Processing......Page 51
  Generating Output Attributes......Page 52
  Creating and Applying Templates......Page 53
 Chapter 3: XPath Patterns and Expressions......Page 56
  Locating Nodes......Page 57
  Determining the Current Node......Page 59
  Referring to the Current Node......Page 60
  Selecting a Node’s Children......Page 61
  Selecting a Node’s Parent or Siblings......Page 62
  Selecting a Node’s Attributes......Page 63
  Conditionally Selecting Nodes......Page 64
  Creating Absolute Location Paths......Page 65
  Selecting All the Descendants......Page 66
 Chapter 4: XPath Functions......Page 68
  Comparing Two Values......Page 69
  Testing the Position......Page 70
  Multiplying, Dividing, Adding, Subtracting......Page 71
  Counting Nodes......Page 72
  Formatting Numbers......Page 73
  Rounding Numbers......Page 74
  Extracting Substrings......Page 75
  Changing the Case of a String......Page 76
  Totaling Values......Page 77
  More XPath Functions......Page 78
 Chapter 5: XSL-FO......Page 80
  The Two Parts of an XSL-FO Document......Page 81
  Creating an XSL-FO Document......Page 82
  Creating and Styling Blocks of Page Content......Page 83
  Adding Images......Page 84
  Defining a Page Template......Page 85
  Creating a Page Template Header......Page 86
  Using XSLT to Create XSL-FO......Page 87
  Inserting Page Breaks......Page 88
  Outputting Page Content in Columns......Page 89
  Adding a New Page Template......Page 90
Part 3: DTD......Page 92
 Chapter 6: Creating a DTD......Page 94
  Working with DTDs......Page 95
  Defining an Element That Contains Text......Page 96
  Defining an Empty Element......Page 97
  Defining an Element That Contains a Child......Page 98
  Defining an Element That Contains Children......Page 99
  Defining How Many Occurrences......Page 100
  Defining Choices......Page 101
  Defining an Element That Contains Anything......Page 102
  About Attributes......Page 103
  Defining Attributes......Page 104
  Defining Default Values......Page 105
  Defining Attributes with Choices......Page 106
  Defining Attributes with Unique Values......Page 107
  Referencing Attributes with Unique Values......Page 108
  Restricting Attributes to Valid XML Names......Page 109
 Chapter 7: Entities and Notations in DTDs......Page 110
  Creating a General Entity......Page 111
  Using General Entities......Page 112
  Creating an External General Entity......Page 113
  Using External General Entities......Page 114
  Creating Entities for Unparsed Content......Page 115
  Embedding Unparsed Content......Page 117
  Creating and Using Parameter Entities......Page 119
  Creating an External Parameter Entity......Page 120
 Chapter 8: Validation and Using DTDs......Page 122
  Creating an External DTD......Page 123
  Declaring an External DTD......Page 124
  Declaring and Creating an Internal DTD......Page 125
  Validating XML Documents Against a DTD......Page 126
  Naming a Public External DTD......Page 127
  Declaring a Public External DTD......Page 128
  Pros and Cons of DTDs......Page 129
Part 4: XML Schema......Page 130
 Chapter 9: XML Schema Basics......Page 132
  Working with XML Schema......Page 133
  Beginning a Simple XML Schema......Page 135
  Associating an XML Schema with an XML Document......Page 136
  Annotating Schemas......Page 137
 Chapter 10: Defining Simple Types......Page 138
  Defining a Simple Type Element......Page 139
  Using Date and Time Types......Page 141
  Using Number Types......Page 143
  Predefining an Element’s Content......Page 144
  Deriving Custom Simple Types......Page 145
  Deriving Named Custom Types......Page 146
  Specifying a Range of Acceptable Values......Page 147
  Specifying a Set of Acceptable Values......Page 149
  Limiting the Length of an Element......Page 150
  Specifying a Pattern for an Element......Page 151
  Limiting a Number’s Digits......Page 153
  Deriving a List Type......Page 154
  Deriving a Union Type......Page 155
 Chapter 11: Defining Complex Types......Page 156
  Complex Type Basics......Page 157
  Deriving Anonymous Complex Types......Page 159
  Deriving Named Complex Types......Page 160
  Defining Complex Types That Contain Child Elements......Page 161
  Requiring Child Elements to Appear in Sequence......Page 162
  Allowing Child Elements to Appear in Any Order......Page 163
  Creating a Set of Choices......Page 164
  Defining Elements to Contain Only Text......Page 165
  Defining Empty Elements......Page 166
  Defining Elements with Mixed Content......Page 167
  Deriving Complex Types from Existing Complex Types......Page 168
  Referencing Globally Defined Elements......Page 169
  Controlling How Many......Page 170
  Defining Named Model Groups......Page 171
  Referencing a Named Model Group......Page 172
  Defining Attributes......Page 173
  Requiring an Attribute......Page 174
  Predefining an Attribute’s Content......Page 175
  Defining Attribute Groups......Page 176
  Referencing Attribute Groups......Page 177
  Local and Global Definitions......Page 178
Part 5: Namespaces......Page 180
 Chapter 12: XML Namespaces......Page 182
  Designing a Namespace Name......Page 183
  Declaring a Default Namespace......Page 184
  Declaring a Namespace Name Prefix......Page 185
  Labeling Elements with a Namespace Prefix......Page 186
  How Namespaces Affect Attributes......Page 187
 Chapter 13: Using XML Namespaces......Page 188
  Populating an XML Namespace......Page 189
  XML Schemas, XML Documents, and Namespaces......Page 190
  Referencing XML Schema Components in Namespaces......Page 191
  Namespaces and Validating XML......Page 192
  Adding All Locally Defined Elements......Page 193
  Adding Particular Locally Defined Elements......Page 194
  XML Schemas in Multiple Files......Page 195
  XML Schemas with Multiple Namespaces......Page 196
  The Schema of Schemas as the Default......Page 197
  Namespaces and DTDs......Page 198
  XSLT and Namespaces......Page 199
Part 6: Recent W3C Recommendations......Page 200
 Chapter 14: XSLT 2.0......Page 202
  Extending XSLT......Page 203
  Creating a Simplified Style Sheet......Page 204
  Generating XHTML Output Documents......Page 205
  Generating Multiple Output Documents......Page 206
  Creating User Defined Functions......Page 207
  Calling User Defined Functions......Page 208
  Grouping Output Using Common Values......Page 209
  Validating XSLT Output......Page 210
 Chapter 15: XPath 2.0......Page 212
  XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0......Page 213
  Averaging Values in a Sequence......Page 215
  Finding the Minimum or Maximum Value......Page 216
  Formatting Strings......Page 217
  Testing Conditions......Page 218
  Quantifying a Condition......Page 219
  Removing Duplicate Items......Page 220
  Looping Over Sequences......Page 221
  Using Today’s Date and Time......Page 222
  Writing Comments......Page 223
  Processing Non-XML Input......Page 224
 Chapter 16: XQuery 1.0......Page 226
  XQuery 1.0 vs. XSLT 2.0......Page 227
  Composing an XQuery Document......Page 228
  Identifying an XML Source Document......Page 229
  Using Path Expressions......Page 230
  Writing FLWOR Expressions......Page 231
  Testing with Conditional Expressions......Page 233
  Joining Two Related Data Sources......Page 234
  Creating and Calling User Defined Functions......Page 235
  XQuery and Databases......Page 236
Part 7: XML in Practice......Page 238
 Chapter 17: Ajax, RSS, SOAP, and More......Page 240
  Ajax Basics......Page 241
  Ajax Examples......Page 243
  RSS Basics......Page 245
  RSS Schema......Page 246
  Extending RSS......Page 247
  SOAP and Web Services......Page 249
  SOAP Message Schema......Page 250
  WSDL......Page 251
  KML Basics......Page 253
  A Simple KML File......Page 254
  ODF and OOXML......Page 255
  eBooks, ePub, and More......Page 257
  Tools for XML in Practice......Page 259
Appendices......Page 262
 Appendix A: XML Tools......Page 264
  XML Editors......Page 265
  Additional XML Editors......Page 267
  XML Tools and Resources......Page 268
 Appendix B: Character Sets and Entities......Page 270
  Specifying the Character Encoding......Page 271
  Using Numeric Character References......Page 272
  Using Entity References......Page 273
  Unicode Characters......Page 274
 A......Page 276
 B......Page 277
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 E......Page 279
 F......Page 280
 L......Page 281
 O......Page 282
 R......Page 283
 T......Page 284
 W......Page 285
 X......Page 286
 Z......Page 288