XML in a Nutshell 2nd Edition

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This powerful new edition provides developers with a comprehensive guide to the rapidly evolving XML space. Serious users of XML will find just about everything they need from fundamental syntax rules to details of vocabulary creation to transformations to APIs used for processing XML documents. XML in a Nutshell in fact is the only reference of its kind among XML books. Whether youre a Web designer using SVG to add vector graphics to web pages or a C programmer using SOAP to serialize objects into a remote database this expanded second edition provides a thorough explanation of all the basic rules -- including XML DTDs namespaces Unicode XML Schemas XSLT Xpath SAX and DOM. If you need explanation of how a technology works or just need to quickly find the precise syntax for a particular piece this is the place to look. XML in a Nutshell is an essential guide for developers who need to create XML-based file formats and data structures for use in any XML document.