Written by the inventor of SGML, this thick volume outlines the history and structure of XML, the applications that can be created with XML, and the various tools for their creation. The final third of the book provides tutorials on DTDs, namespaces, XPath, XSL transformations, XML schema, XPointer, and XLink. The CD-ROMs contain a 90-day demonstration version of the IBM alphaworks XML software suite and 200 software packages. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
CHARLES F. GOLDFARB is the father of XML technology. He invented SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language on which both XML and HTML are based. You can find him on the Web at www.xmlbooks.com.
PAUL PRESCOD is a leading XML software developer, trainer, and consultant. He was a member of the W3C group that developed XML.
Charles F. Goldfarb’s XML Handbook includes participation by industry leaders, including experts from some sponsor companies: Adobe,® Microsoft,® Innodata Isogen,™ Intel,® Next Solution,® ObjectBuilders,® Antenna House,® Ontopia,® and Synthbank®.