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XML: The Annotated Specification, 1/e

Bob DuCharme, Research Instit. of America, NYC

Published December, 1998 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1999, 368 pp.
Paper Bound w/CD-ROM
ISBN 0-13-082676-6
$44.99

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"The official W3C XML spec-by design-is a concise and formal document. Bob DuCharme has annotated the full text of that spec with explanations, insights and over 170 new usage examples. The result is a marvelous reference for XML users and implementors." — Charles F. Goldfarb The complete XML standard-as approved by the W3C-explained in detail by a leading XML expert and author! Serious about XML? No matter what other XML books you own, the final word is the official W3C specification, and you should own a copy. Now there is a guide to the often arcane language of XML, computer science and standards that you find in the official spec-XML: The Annotated Specification. In this book, XML insider Robert DuCharme presents the entire official spec-and all the help and interpretation you need to make the most of it. XML: The Annotated Specification delivers:

  • Extensive annotations to every paragraph of the XML specification: documents, logical structures, physical structures, conformance, notation and more.
  • Over 170 new real-world examples that illuminate every nook and cranny of the spec's subtle details.
  • A comprehensive glossary of relevant XML and computer science terms.
  • All the background information you need to understand XML's goals and ongoing evolution.
  • New cross-reference tables for easy navigation of the annotated spec.
DuCharme doesn't just tell you what's in the XML spec, he reveals why decisions were made as they were; the information you need to achieve maximum results. With XML: The Annotated Specification, you have an authoritative source for the final word on everything XML-and the more you work with the language, the more valuable it will get.



Author Bio

ROBERT DuCHARME is a senior software engineer at Moody's Investors Service, where he oversees the implementation of XML and SGML technology in publishing systems. He is the author of SGML CD-a user manual for free markup language.

DR. GOLDFARB is the inventor of SGML, the International Standard (ISO 8879) on which both XML and HTML are based. He is co-author of The XML Handbook and the SGML Buyer's Guide and author of The SGML Handbook.



    1. Introduction 66.

      Origin and Goals. Terminology.

    2. Documents.

      Well-Formed XML Documents. Characters. Common Syntactic Constructs. Character Data and Markup. Comments. Processing Instructions. CDA T A Sections. Prolog and Document Type Declaration. Standalone Document Declaration. White Space Handling. End-of-Line Handling. Language Identification.

    3. Logical Structures.

      Start-Tags, End-Tags, and Empty-Element Tags. Element Type Declarations. Element Content. Mixed Content. Attribute-List Declarations. Attribute Types. Attribute Defaults. Attribute-Value Normalization. Conditional Sections.

    4. Physical Structures.

      Character and Entity References. Entity Declarations. Internal Entities. External Entities. Parsed Entities. The Text Declaration. Well-Formed Parsed Entities. Character Encoding in Entities. XML Processor Treatment of Entities and References. Not Recognized. Included. Included If Validating. Forbidden. Included in Literal. Notify. Bypassed. Included as PE. Construction of Internal Entity Replacement Text. Predefined Entities. Notation Declarations. Document Entity.

    5. Conformance.

      Validating and Non-Validating Processors. Using XML Processors.

    Appendix A: Notation.
    Appendix B: References.
    Appendix C: Character Classes.
    Appendix D: XML and SGML (Non-Normative).
    Appendix E: Expansion of Entity and Character References (Non-Normative).
    Appendix F: Deterministic Content Models (Non-Normative).
    Appendix G: Autodetection of Character Encodings (Non-Normative).
    Appendix H: W3C XML Working Group (Non-Normative).

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