Sams Teach Yourself Xml in 24 Hours

by Ashbacher, Charles

ISBN13: 9780672319501

ISBN10: 0672319500

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2000-08-01

Publisher(s): Sams

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Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours teaches you the fundamental concepts of XML using practical, hands-on examples. Rather than dwelling on dry theory, the book is filled with clear, real-world examples of how the technology can be used today. Coverage includes displaying XML files in HTML files, parsing HTML files into corresponding hierarchical tree structure, embedding XML code into an HTML file, using Extensible Style Sheets (XSL), performing queries in XSL, and building an online store.

Introduction	p. 1
The Basics	p. 3
Getting Started in XML	p. 5
A History of Markup Languages	p. 6
The Relationship Between HTML and XML	p. 7
Well-Formed Documents in XML	p. 8
XML as a Metalanguage	p. 9
Your First XML Program	p. 10
The Self-Documenting Aspects of XML	p. 14
The Impact of XML	p. 15
Summary	p. 16
QandA	p. 16
Workshop	p. 16
Quiz	p. 16
Answers	p. 17
Exercises	p. 17
Using HTML Files to Display the Data of XML Files	p. 19
Dynamically Updating the Contents of HTML Tags	p. 20
Using an HTML File to Display the Data in an XML File	p. 22
Introduction to ActiveX Controls	p. 22
A Programming Example that Displays XML Data	p. 22
Adding Components to an XML File	p. 26
Importing the Data from Multiple XML Files	p. 28
Summary	p. 31
QandA	p. 31
Workshop	p. 32
Quiz	p. 32
Answers	p. 33
Exercises	p. 33
Objects and XML	p. 35
The Relationship Between Objects and XML	p. 36
Creating Hierarchical Trees for HTML Files	p. 38
The Node and Nodelist Objects	p. 39
Creating a Generic Data Extractor for XML Files	p. 41
Error Handling	p. 43
Summary	p. 46
QandA	p. 46
Workshop	p. 46
Quiz	p. 46
Answers	p. 47
Exercises	p. 48
XML Data Islands	p. 49
The Basics of XML Data Islands	p. 50
Using Inline Code in an XML Data Island	p. 50
Importing a File into an XML Data Island	p. 53
Importing Multiple Files into XML Data Islands	p. 54
Using XML Data Islands to Update the Contents of a Node	p. 59
Using XML Data Islands to Read Files of Stored Messages	p. 64
Summary	p. 68
QandA	p. 69
Workshop	p. 69
Quiz	p. 69
Answers	p. 70
Exercises	p. 70
Document Type Definitions	p. 71
Predefined Entities	p. 72
Unicode	p. 73
Parsed and Unparsed Entities	p. 75
The Document Type Definition	p. 75
Placing Parsed Entities in the DTD	p. 77
Placing Unparsed Entities in the DTD	p. 78
Validating the DTD	p. 79
Qualifying the Data Components in the DTD	p. 80
Separating the DTD into an External File	p. 83
Overriding an External Entity Definition	p. 84
DTD-Related Properties of the xmldom Object	p. 85
QandA	p. 88
Workshop	p. 89
Quiz	p. 89
Answers	p. 89
Exercises	p. 89
Beyond the Basics	p. 91
Attribute Lists and Writing Correct DTDs	p. 93
The Attribute List	p. 94
Assigning Attributes to the Data Nodes in the DTD	p. 97
External Entities	p. 102
Processing Instructions	p. 104
Summary	p. 104
QandA	p. 104
Workshop	p. 105
Quiz	p. 105
Answers	p. 106
Exercises	p. 106
Data Typing in XML	p. 107
An Introduction to Data Types in XML	p. 108
Examining the Data Type of a Node	p. 113
Modifying the Data Type of a Node	p. 115
Error Handling	p. 118
Recovering from Errors	p. 123
Summary	p. 123
QandA	p. 124
Workshop	p. 124
Quiz	p. 124
Answers	p. 125
Exercises	p. 125
Traversing the Node Tree and Adding and Replacing Nodes	p. 127
Traversing a Node Tree	p. 128
Adding Nodes to a Tree	p. 133
Replacing Nodes in a Tree	p. 141
Summary	p. 143
QandA	p. 144
Workshop	p. 144
Quiz	p. 144
Answers	p. 145
Exercises	p. 145
Databases and XML	p. 147
The Definition of Your Basic Data Records	p. 148
Reading the [Book] Nodes of the Catalog Database	p. 154
Using Button Clicks to Move Through the [Catalog] Database	p. 157
Summary	p. 168
QandA	p. 168
Workshop	p. 168
Quiz	p. 168
Answers	p. 169
Exercises	p. 169
Using the XML Data Source Object	p. 171
The Data Source Object	p. 172
Reading Data That Has Multiple Layers of Nodes	p. 179
Summary	p. 186
Workshop	p. 186
QandA	p. 186
Quiz	p. 186
Answers	p. 187
Exercises	p. 187
Extensible Stylesheet Language: The Way to Create Stylesheets and Access Databases	p. 189
Introduction to Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)	p. 191
Cascading Style Sheets	p. 192
XML Namespaces	p. 195
The XSL Namespace	p. 198
The Role of XSL Templates and Patterns in Web Development	p. 202
Summary	p. 203
QandA	p. 203
Workshop	p. 203
Quiz	p. 203
Answers	p. 204
Exercises	p. 204
Using an XSL Template to Read Data from an XML File	p. 205
Separating the XSL Template from the HTML File	p. 206
A Programming Example	p. 206
The XML File	p. 206
The XSL Template	p. 208
The HTML File	p. 210
Changing the Order in Which the Data Is Read	p. 213
Adding Templates to Read the Data That Isn't in the [Author] or [Publisher] Nodes	p. 216
The Advantages of Using Separate Files	p. 218
Summary	p. 218
QandA	p. 219
Workshop	p. 219
Quiz	p. 219
Answers	p. 220
Exercises	p. 220
Using Multiple XSL Templates to Read Data from Multiple XML Files	p. 221
Working with Two Databases	p. 222
Working with the Nodes Created by the XSL Template	p. 227
Cross-Referencing the Two Databases	p. 229
Summary	p. 233
QandA	p. 233
Workshop	p. 234
Quiz	p. 234
Answers	p. 235
Exercises	p. 235
Using XSL Templates to Perform Basic Database Queries	p. 237
Using Options in the XSL Templates to Create Selective Data Extractions	p. 238
Sorting the Data	p. 239
Filtering the Data	p. 241
Filtering by Using Comparison Operators	p. 242
Filtering Based on XML Attributes	p. 244
Summary	p. 246
QandA	p. 247
Workshop	p. 247
Quiz	p. 247
Answers	p. 248
Exercises	p. 248
Using Conditional XSL Statements and Embedding Scripting Code to Perform Database Queries	p. 249
The XSL Elements	p. 250
The xsl:if Element	p. 251
An xsl:if Example That Will Read the Catalog Database and Extract the Book Records with a BestSeller Attribute	p. 251
An xsl:if Example That Selects Only the Records Where the BestSeller Attribute Has a Specific Value	p. 253
Using Multiple xsl:if elements in an XSL File	p. 254
The xsl:choose, xsl:when, and xsl:otherwise Elements	p. 256
An xsl:choose and xsl:when Example	p. 256
An xsl:otherwise Example	p. 260
The xsl:eval Element	p. 261
An xsl:eval Example	p. 261
An xsl:eval Example That Uses a JavaScript Function	p. 264
Summary	p. 266
QandA	p. 266
Workshop	p. 267
Quiz	p. 267
Answers	p. 267
Exercises	p. 267
Using XSL Selection and Boolean Operators to Perform Database Queries	p. 269
The xsl:comment Element	p. 270
The XSL Selection Operators	p. 272
The Double-Slash Selection Operator	p. 277
The ALL Operator	p. 278
The XSL Boolean Operators	p. 280
Summary	p. 284
QandA	p. 284
Workshop	p. 285
Quiz	p. 285
Answers	p. 285
Exercises	p. 285
Using XSL Comparison and Collection Operators and XSL Methods to Perform Database Queries	p. 287
The Equality Operators	p. 288
The Comparison Operators	p. 289
The all and any Operators	p. 292
Accessing the Contents of a Node Using the value() Method	p. 293
The selectSingleNode() Method	p. 294
The end() Method	p. 295
The index() Method	p. 295
Summary	p. 296
QandA	p. 296
Workshop	p. 297
Quiz	p. 297
Answers	p. 297
Exercises	p. 297
XML in e-Commerce and Other Advanced Topics	p. 299
The Document Object Model	p. 301
The Data Extraction and Node Collection Methods	p. 302
The Document Object Model	p. 303
Document Object Methods	p. 308
The Properties and Methods of the Node Object	p. 311
Properties and Methods of the nodeList Object	p. 312
Summary	p. 313
QandA	p. 313
Workshop	p. 314
Quiz	p. 314
Answers	p. 314
Exercises	p. 314
The XML Schema Language	p. 315
The Basics of Schemas	p. 316
The ElementType Declaration	p. 317
Assigning Values to minOccurs and maxOccurs	p. 323
Attribute Type Declarations	p. 325
Attribute Types Supported in IE	p. 328
Summary	p. 329
QandA	p. 329
Workshop	p. 329
Quiz	p. 329
Answers	p. 330
Exercises	p. 330
Creating an Online Bookstore	p. 331
The Structure of the [Catalog] Database	p. 332
The Database of Additional Information	p. 336
The Data Form of a Purchased Item	p. 339
The Bookstore's Opening Page	p. 339
Summary	p. 341
QandA	p. 342
Workshop	p. 342
Quiz	p. 342
Answers	p. 342
Exercises	p. 343
Accessing the Databases for an Online Bookstore	p. 345
Constructing the Page Used to Search the Database	p. 345
Searching the Online Book Database	p. 347
Displaying the List of Purchased Books	p. 358
Summary	p. 361
QandA	p. 361
Workshop	p. 361
Quiz	p. 361
Answers	p. 362
Exercises	p. 362
Processing and Displaying Purchases in an Online Bookstore	p. 363
The Client-Server Model of the World Wide Web	p. 364
The Querystring Environment Variable	p. 364
Using the Querystring Environment Variable on the Server	p. 366
Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS)	p. 370
Creating Text Files on the Server	p. 370
Summary	p. 372
QandA	p. 373
Workshop	p. 373
Quiz	p. 373
Answers	p. 374
Exercises	p. 374
Links in XML: XLink and XPointer	p. 375
Links in HTML	p. 376
Attribute Options in the [A] Tag	p. 378
XLink Construction	p. 379
XLink Global Attributes	p. 380
Type	p. 381
Actuate	p. 381
Show	p. 381
Href	p. 381
Role	p. 381
Title	p. 382
From and to	p. 382
Examples of XLink Global Attributes	p. 382
Writing DTDs for XLink Objects	p. 384
XPointer	p. 384
XPointer Absolute and Relative Location Terms	p. 385
Summary	p. 389
QandA	p. 389
Workshop	p. 389
Quiz	p. 389
Answers	p. 390
Exercises	p. 390
Additional Markup Languages	p. 393
Vector Markup Language	p. 394
Bitmap Images Versus Vector Graphics	p. 395
A VML Example	p. 395
Mathematical Markup Language	p. 398
A MathML Example	p. 399
Virtual Reality Modeling Language	p. 400
Real Estate Listing Markup Language	p. 401
Human Resources Management Markup Language	p. 404
VoxML	p. 405
Summary	p. 407
QandA	p. 407
Workshop	p. 408
Quiz	p. 408
Answers	p. 408
Exercises	p. 408
Index	p. 409
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