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ISBN: 0471344028

A breezy introduction to processing XML using Microsoft

technology.

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Synopsis by John E. Simpson

If you're a developer who works primarily with Microsoft products and needs

to get a quick leg up on how to handle the Extensible Markup Language

(XML), Applied XML is a great place to start. Although the authors give some

attention to cross-platform Java and JavaScript, by far most of their emphasis

is on using Microsoft technologies -- Internet Explorer, VBScript, and Visual

Basic -- to process data based on XML and related standards. The book

comprises three main parts (a total of 15 chapters), entitled "XML-A

Panoramic View," "XML Document Object Model (DOM)," and "Presenting

XSL-The XML Stylesheet Language." The style is informal, not at all dry, and

plenty of code samples, screen shots, tables, and graphics help illustrate the

authors' key points.

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Applied XML: A Toolkit for Programmers

by Alex Ceponkus and Faraz Hoodbhoy

Table of Contents

Part I XML–A Panoramic View

Chapter 1 - XML FAQ - 10

Chapter 2 - Pioneering the Electronic Frontier - 21

Chapter 3 - Details, Details - 48

Part II XML Document Object Model (DOM)

Chapter 4 - Introduction to Document Object Model (DOM) - 100

Chapter 5 - DOM Reference - 113

Chapter 6 - Using the DOM in Different Environments - 150

Chapter 7 - XML Support in Internet Explorer 5 - 163

Chapter 8

Shopping Demo - 194

Chapter 9 - Java Scenario: Online Shopping Demo Continued - 210

Chapter 10 - Visual Basic Scenario: DOMifier - 222

Part III Presenting XSL—The XML Stylesheet Language

Chapter 11 - XSL Overview - 238

Chapter 12 - XSL Syntax - 249

Chapter 13 - Querying XML with XSL - 278

Chapter 14 - XSL Formatting Model - 294

Chapter 15 - Putting It All Together - 301

Part IV Appendix’s

Appendix A - DOM Definitions for Script - 312

Appendix B - DOM Definitions for Java - 318

Appendix C - DOM IDL Definitions - 323

Appendix D - Glossary - 328

Appendix E - References - 330

Appendix F - What’s on the CD-ROM - 331

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IT professionals know that XML is well on its way to becoming the industry

standard for information exchange on the World Wide Web. This book

provides you with the hands-on details you need to create the next generation

of Web applications. With this book, two former Microsoft XML technologies

team members supply you with the know-how and tools you need to harness

the power of XML. Alex Ceponkus and Faraz Hoodbhoy walk you through

numerous real-world examples illustrating effective techniques for using XML

to enhance the data accessing and presentation capabilities of your programs.

You get an in-depth look at how to use the XML Document Object Model, the

DOM, and techniques for leveraging the XML Stylesheet Language, XSL.

Learn how to:

• Build sophisticated e-commerce applications with XML

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• Use XSL with XML to facilitate data presentation

• Radically enhance the data exchange capabilities of intranet and Web

applications

• Create customized markup languages

• Create intelligent, searchable document structures

• Access existing data in relational databases

• Exploit XML in various real-world business scenarios

About the Authors

Alex Ceponkus has been working with XML since its inception and has built

numerous XML applications. Alex is a student at the University of Toronto in

the Division of Engineering Science, specializing in computer engineering.

Faraz Hoodbhoy has spent more than three years working on large-scale

information systems and consulting projects across the globe. Faraz is

currently a student in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Department of

Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems.

Applied XML: A Toolkit for Programmers

Alex Ceponkus

Faraz Hoodbhoy

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Acknowlwdgments

We would both like to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all the wonderful

people who helped us out along the way, especially: Rich Rollman for keeping us up to

date and for his mentoring efforts; David Turner for arranging things for us at Microsoft;

Kathryn Malm for all the edits and for making sure we finished on time; and Cary Sullivan,

Christina Berry, and the folks at Wiley for all their help and for trusting two brand new

authors.

Alex would also like to thank : Ian Graham, Scott Isaacs, Adam Denning and Peter Weiss

for sharing their writing experiences; my friends and my housemates for being patient

while I typed away at the manuscript; my family for their love and support; my friends at

IDRC and at Microsoft, and Faraz for teaching me the ways of the industry; and I wouldn’t

want to forget to thank all the 1s and 0s, for without them, we wouldn’t get too far with

these things called computers.

Faraz would also like to thank : My parents, Samir and Khatoon, and my brother, Umair,

for their love and tireless support; my Aunt Naseem, Uncle Iftikhar, and cousins, Azhar

and Mahnaz, for their continual encouragement; my advisor, Professor Tom Willemain,

for helping me see the “big picture” and keeping me on track; my friend and co-author,

Alex, for being the best partner a guy could ask for; and my good buddies, Sabahat,

Awais, Masoud, Maroof, and Adil who taught me that when the going gets tough, the

tough take coffee breaks. Finally, to the late Dr. Eqbal Ahmad, thank you for having been

a part of my life and for showing me and so many thousands more, “the right path” by

walking there first.

Introduction

Overview

Technology is a funny business. One day everyone’s screaming “object-oriented!” the

next it’s “push!” and today it’s “XML!” How does one separate the wheat from the chaff?

That’s not something we try to tackle in this book.

Our objective in this book is to show you how to apply XML to real world scenarios. Yes,

we spend some time covering the conceptual details of XML—but that’s the easy stuff.

What we chose to write about are things that most books couldn’t cover before: how to use

XML while creating real world applications.

About XML

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