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Essential XML Quick Reference: A Programmer's Reference to XML, XPath, XSLT, XML Schema, SOAP, and More
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Aaron Skonnard, Martin Gudgin
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Addison-Wesley Professional
1 edition
November 2001
432 pages
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Reviewed by John Wetherbie, February 2003
         (9 of 10)
Diamonds are carbon that has been compressed in the high temperatures and pressures found far below the earth's crust in a region called the "upper mantle". Because of their beauty and rarity diamonds are highly valued. Now imagine that a stack of specifications related to XML is our "carbon" and that two gentlemen, Aaron Skonnard and Martin Gudgin, play the role of the upper mantle. The result would be Essential XML Quick Reference. This gem of a XML reference will be a valuable asset if you are working with XML.
The book presents reference material from the following specifications:
XML 1.0 and Namespaces
DTDs
XPath 1.0
XPointer, XInclude, and XML Base
XSLT 1.0
SAX 2.0
DOM Level 2
XML Schema
SOAP 1.1
All the topics are solidly covered but I thought that the coverage of XSLT, Schemas, and XPath to be a cut above. I especially liked the XPath chapter. It has diagrams that provide examples of the XPath tree structure, document order, node string-values, and how axes work, along with first-rate examples of how the elements of XPath work.
So, what's not to like? Very little. Since SOAP was covered I think it would have been nice to have had a section on WSDL (Web Service Description Language). There are also a few typos here and there but they don't detract from the information that is being conveyed.
This book is a sparkling reference for XML and related technologies.
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