Informationen zum Autor Lucinda Dykes started her career in a high-tech area of medicine, but left medicine to pursue her interests in technology and the Web. She has been writing code and developing Web sites since 1994, and also teaches and develops online courses - including the JavaScript courses for the International Webmasters Association/HTML Writers' Guild at www.eclasses.org. Lucinda has authored, co-authored, edited, and been a contributing author to numerous computer books; the most recent include Dreamweaver MX 2004 Savvy (Sybex), XML for Dummies (3rd Edition, Wiley), Dreamweaver MX Fireworks MX Savvy (Sybex), XML Schemas (Sybex), and Mastering XHTML (Sybex). When she can manage to move herself away from her keyboard, other interests include holographic technologies, science fiction, and Bollywood movies. Ed Tittel is a 23-year veteran of the computing industry. After spending his first seven years in harness writing code, Ed switched to the softer side of the business as a trainer and talking head. A freelance writer since 1986, Ed has written hundreds of magazine and Web articles - and worked on over 100 computer books, including numerous For Dummies titles on topics that include several Windows versions, NetWare, HTML, XHTML, and XML. Ed is also Technology Editor for Certification Magazine , writes for numerous TechTarget Web sites, and writes a twice-monthly newsletter, "Must Know News," for CramSession.com. In his spare time, Ed likes to shoot pool, cook, and spend time with his wife Dina and his son Gregory. He also likes to explore the world away from the keyboard with his trusty Labrador retriever, Blackie. Ed can be contacted at etittel@yahoo.com. Klappentext See how XML works for business needs and RSS feeds Create consistency on the Web, or tag your data for different purposes Tag -- XML is it! XML tags let you share your format as well as your data, and this handy guide will show you how. You'll soon be using this markup language to create everything from Web sites to business forms, discovering schemas and DOCTYPES, wandering the Xpath, teaming up XML with Office 2003, and more. Discover how to Make information portable Use XML with Word 2003 Store different types of data Convert HTML documents to XHTML Add CSS to XML Understand and use DTDs Zusammenfassung See how XML works for business needs and RSS feeds Create consistency on the Web! or tag your data for different purposes Tag -- XML is it! XML tags let you share your format as well as your data! and this handy guide will show you how. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part I: XML Basics 4 Part II: XML and the Web 4 Part III: Building in Validation with DTDs and Schemas 5 Part IV: Transforming and Processing XML 6 Part V: XML Application Development 6 Part VI: The Part of Tens 7 Glossary 7 Icons Used in This Book 7 Where to Go from Here 8 Part I: XML Basics 9 Chapter 1: Getting to Know XML 11 XML (eXtreMely cooL) 12 Mocking up your own markup 12 Separating data and context 12 Making information portable 13 XML means business 13 Figuring Out What XML Is Good For 14 Classifying information 14 Enforcing rules on your data 15 Outputting information in a variety of ways 16 Using the same data across platforms 17 Beyond the Hype: What XML Isn't 18 It's not just for Web pages anymore 19 It's not a database 20 It's not a programming language 20 Building XML Documents 21 Chapter 2: Using XML for Many Purposes 23Ed Tittel is a 23-year veteran of the computing industry. After spending his first seven years in harness writing code, Ed switched to the softer side of the business as a trainer and talking head. A freelance writer since 1986, Ed has written hundreds of magazine and Web articles - and worked on over 100 computer books, including numerous For Dummies titles on topics that include several Windows versions, NetWare, HTML, XHTML, and XML.
Ed is also Technology Editor for Certification Magazine, writes for numerous TechTarget Web sites, and writes a twice-monthly newsletter, "Must Know News," for CramSession.com. In his spare time, Ed likes to shoot pool, cook, and spend time with his wife Dina and his son Gregory. He also likes to explore the world away from the keyboard with his trusty Labrador retriever, Blackie. Ed can be contacted at etittel@yahoo.com.

Klappentext

See how XML works for business needs and RSS feeds

Create consistency on the Web, or tag your data for different purposes

Tag -- XML is it! XML tags let you share your format as well as your data, and this handy guide will show you how. You'll soon be using this markup language to create everything from Web sites to business forms, discovering schemas and DOCTYPES, wandering the Xpath, teaming up XML with Office 2003, and more.

Discover how to

• Make information portable
• Use XML with Word 2003
• Store different types of data
• Convert HTML documents to XHTML
• Add CSS to XML

• Understand and use DTDs

  Zusammenfassung
  See how XML works for business needs and RSS feeds Create consistency on the Web, or tag your data for different purposes Tag -- XML is it! XML tags let you share your format as well as your data, and this handy guide will show you how.

  Inhalt

  Introduction 1

  About This Book 1

  Conventions Used in This Book 2

  Foolish Assumptions 3

  How This Book Is Organized 4

  Part I: XML Basics 4

  Part II: XML and the Web 4

  Part III: Building in Validation with DTDs and Schemas 5

  Part IV: Transforming and Processing XML 6

  Part V: XML Application Development 6

  Part VI: The Part of Tens 7

  Glossary 7

  Icons Used in This Book 7

  Where to Go from Here 8

  Part I: XML Basics 9

  Chapter 1: Getting to Know XML 11

  XML (eXtreMely cooL) 12

  Mocking up your own markup 12

  Separating data and context 12

  Making information portable 13

  XML means business 13

  Figuring Out What XML Is Good For 14

  Classifying information 14

  Enforcing rules on your data 15

  Outputting information in a variety of ways 16

  Using the same data across platforms 17

  Beyond the Hype: What XML Isn't 18

  It's not just for Web pages anymore 19

  It's not a database 20

  It's not a programming language 20

  Building XML Documents 21

  Chapter 2: Using XML for Many Purposes 23

  Moving Legacy Data to XML 23

  The Many Faces of XML 24

  Creating XML-enabled Web pages 24

  Print publishing with XML 25

  Using XML for business forms 28

  Incorporating XML into business processes 29

  Serving up XML from a database 31

  Alphabet Soup: Even More XML 31

  Chapter 3: Slicing and Dicing Data Categories: The Art of Taxonomy 33

  Taking Stock of Your Data 33

  Looking at business practices and partners 34

  Gathering some content 34

  Checking whether a DTD or schema already exists 35

  Searching for a schema repository 36

  Breaking Down Data in Different Ways 37

  Winnowing out the wheat from the chaff 38

  Types of data that can be stored in XML 39

  Developing Your Taxonomy 39

  Testing Your Taxonomy 41

  Using trial and error for the best fit 41

  Testing your content analysis 42

  Looking Ahead to Validation 43

  Part II: XML and the Web 45

  Chapter 4: Adding XHTML for the Web 47

  HTML, XML, and XHTML 47

  What HTML does best 48

  The limits of HTML 49

  Comparing XML and HTML 50

  Using XML to describe data 51

  The benefits of using HTML 53

  The benefits of using XML 53

  XHTML Makes the Move to XML Syntax 54

  Making the switch 55

  Every element must be closed 56

  Empty elements must be formatted correctly 56

  Tags must be properly nested 57

  Case makes a difference 57

  Attribute values are in quotation marks 58

  Converting a document from HTML to XHTML 59

  The Role of DOCTYPE Declarations 62

  Chapter 5: Putting Together an XML File 65

  Anatomy of an XML File 65

  The XML declarat…