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XML for the World Wide Web Visual QuickStart Guide

by: Castro, Elizabeth

XML for the World Wide Web Visual QuickStart Guide

by: Castro, Elizabeth

ISBN 13:
9780201710984
ISBN 10:
0201710986
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/23/2000
Publisher: Peachpit Press
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Summary

Web-maven Elizabeth Castro, who has penned Peachpit books on HTML,Perl and CGI, and Netscape, now tackles XML--an indispensable toolfor creating personalized, updated content for each visitor on yoursite. Whether you build Web pages for a living or you're taking on anew hobby, XML for the World Wide Web contains everything you need tocreate dynamic Web sites by writing XML code, developing custom XMLapplications with DTDs and schemas, transforming XML intopersonalized Web content through XSLT-based transformations, andprofessionally formatting XML documents with Cascading Style Sheets.The real power of XML lies in combining information from varioussources and generating personalized content for different visitors.Castro's easy-to-follow graphics show exactly what XML looks like,and her real-world examples explain how to transform and streamlineyour Web-site creation process by automatically updating content.

Introduction

(1)

The Problem with HTML

(1)

The Power of XML

(1)

XML's Helpers

(1)

XML in the Real World

(1)

About This Book

(1)

What This Book is Not

(1)

The XML VQS Web Site

(3)

Part 1: XML

Writing XML

(14)

Elements, Attributes, and Values

(1)

Rules for Writing XML

(1)

Declaring the XML Version

(1)

Creating the Root Element

(1)

Writing Non-Empty Elements

(1)

Nesting Elements

(1)

Adding Attributes

(1)

Using Empty Elements

(1)

Writing Comments

(1)

Writing Five Special Symbols

(1)

Displaying Elements as Text

(3)

Part 2: DTDs

Creating a DTD

(6)

Declaring an Internal DTD

(1)

Writing an External DTD

(1)

Naming an External DTD

(1)

Declaring a Personal External DTD

(1)

Declaring a Public External DTD

(1)

Defining Elements and Attributes in a DTD

(14)

Defining Elements

(2)

Defining an Element to Contain Only Text

(1)

Defining an Element to Contain One Child

(1)

Defining an Element to Contain a Sequence

(1)

Defining Choices

(1)

Defining How Many Units

(1)

About Attributes

(1)

Defining Simple Attributes

(2)

Defining Attributes with Unique Values

(1)

Referencing Attributes with Unique Values

(1)

Restricting Attributes to Valid XML Names

(1)

Entities and Notations in DTDs

(14)

Creating Shortcuts for Text

(1)

Using Shortcuts for Text

(1)

Shortcuts for Text in External Files

(2)

Creating and Using Shortcuts for DTDs

(2)

Creating Entities for Unparsed Content

(2)

Embedding Unparsed Content

(5)

Part 3: XML Schema and Namespaces

XML Schema

(6)

Simple and Complex Types

(1)

Local and Global Declarations

(1)

Beginning a Simple Schema

(1)

Indicating a Simple Schema's Location

(1)

Annotating Schemas

(1)

Defining Simple Types

(18)

Declaring an Element with a Simple Type

(2)

Using Date and Time Types

(2)

Using Number Types

(1)

Deriving Custom Simple Types

(1)

Using Anonymous Custom Types

(1)

Specifying a Set of Acceptable Values

(1)

Specifying a Pattern for a Simple Type

(2)

Specifying a Range of Acceptable Values

(2)

Limiting the Length of a Simple Type

(1)

Limiting a Number's Digits

(1)

Creating List Types

(1)

Predefining an Element's Content

(2)

Defining Complex Types

(20)

Defining Elements to Contain Only Elements

(1)

Requiring Elements to Appear in Sequence

(1)

Creating a Set of Choices

(1)

Allowing Elements to Appear in Any Order

(1)

Defining Named Groups

(1)

Referencing a Named Group

(1)

Referencing Already Defined Elements

100

(1)

Controlling How Many

101

(1)

Defining Elements to Contain Only Text

102

(1)

Defining Empty Elements

103

(1)

Defining Elements with Mixed Content

104

(1)

Basing Complex Types on Complex Types

105

(1)

Declaring an Element of Complex Type

106

(1)

Elements with Anonymous Complex Types

107

(1)

Declaring Attributes

108

(1)

Requiring an Attribute

109

(1)

Predefining an Attribute's Content

110

(1)

Defining Attribute Groups

111

(1)

Referencing Attribute Groups

112

(1)

Using Namespaces in XML

113

(8)

Designing a Namespace Name

114

(1)

Declaring Default Namespaces

115

(1)

Namespaces for Individual Elements

116

(2)

How Namespaces Affect Attributes

118

(1)

Namespaces, DTDs, and Valid Documents

119

(2)

Namespaces, Schemas, and Validation

121

(14)

Schemas and Namespaces

122

(1)

Populating a Namespace

123

(1)

Adding All Locally Declared Elements

124

(1)

Adding Particular Locally Declared Elements

125

(1)

Referencing Components with Namespaces

126

(2)

The Schema of Schemas as the Default

128

(1)

Namespaces and Validating XML

129

(1)

Indicating Where a Schema Is

130

(1)

Schemas in Multiple Files

131

(1)

Importing Components

132

(3)

Part 4: XSLT and XPath

XSLT

135

(18)

Transforming XML with XSLT

136

(2)

Beginning an XSLT Style Sheet

138

(1)

Creating the Root Template

139

(1)

Outputting HTML Code

140

(2)

Outputting a Node's Content

142

(2)

Creating and Applying Template Rules

144

(2)

Batch-Processing Nodes

146

(2)

Processing Nodes Conditionally

148

(1)

Adding Conditional Choices

149

(1)

Sorting Nodes Before Processing

150

(1)

Generating Attributes

151

(2)

XPath: Patterns and Expressions

153

(10)

Determining the Current Node

154

(1)

Referring to the Current Node

155

(1)

Selecting a Node's Children

156

(1)

Selecting a Node's Parent or Siblings

157

(1)

Selecting All of the Descendants

158

(1)

Disregarding the Current Node

159

(1)

Selecting a Node's Attributes

160

(1)

Selecting Subsets

161

(2)

Test Expressions and Functions

163

(14)

Comparing Two Values

164

(1)

Testing the Position

165

(1)

Subtotaling Values

166

(1)

Counting Nodes

167

(1)

Multiplying, Dividing, Adding, Subtracting

168

(1)

Formatting Numbers

169

(1)

Rounding Numbers

170

(1)

Extracting Substrings

171

(2)

Capitalizing Strings

173

(4)

Part 5: Cascading Style Sheets

Setting up CSS

177

(12)

CSS with XML vs. CSS with HTML

178

(1)

CSS1; CSS2, and Browsers

178

(1)

The Anatomy of a Style

179

(1)

Specifying Where Styles Are To Be Applied

180

(2)

Creating an External Style Sheet

182

(2)

Calling a Style Sheet for an XML Document

184

(2)

Calling a Style Sheet for an HTML Document

186

(1)

Using Internal Style Sheets

187

(1)

Applying Styles Locally

188

(1)

Layout with CSS

189

(20)

Defining Elements as Block-Level or Inline

190

(1)

Hiding Elements Completely

191

(1)

Offsetting Elements In the Natural Flow

192

(1)

Positioning Elements Absolutely

193

(1)

Setting the Height or Width for an Element

194

(1)

Setting the Border

195

(1)

Adding Padding Around an Element

196

(1)

Setting the Margins around an Element

197

(1)

Wrapping Text around Elements

198

(1)

Stopping Text Wrap

199

(1)

Changing the Foreground Color

200

(1)

Changing the Background

201

(1)

Positioning Elements in 3D

202

(1)

Aligning Elements Vertically

203

(1)

Determining Where Overflow Should Go

204

(1)

Clipping an Element

205

(1)

Setting List Properties

206

(2)

Specifying Page Breaks

208

(1)

Formatting Text with CSS

209

(16)

Choosing a Font Family

210

(1)

Embedding Fonts on a Page

211

(1)

Creating Italics

212

(1)

Applying Bold Formatting

213

(1)

Setting the Font Size

214

(1)

Setting the Line Height

215

(1)

Setting All Font Values at Once

216

(1)

Setting the Text Color

217

(1)

Changing the Text's Background

218

(1)

Controlling Spacing

219

(1)

Aligning Text

220

(1)

Underlining Text

221

(1)

Changing the Text Case

222

(3)

Part 6: XLink and XPointer

Links and Images: XLink and XPointer

225

Creating a Simple Link

226

Creating a Linkset

228

Defining Reference Points

229

Defining Connections

230

Using a Linkset

232

Linking to Part of a File

233

Creating the Simplest XPointer

234

Creating Walking XPointers

235

Creating an XPointer Range

236

Appendices

Appendix A: XHTML

239

How Does a Browser Know?

240

Writing XHTML

241

Declaring a DTD for XHTML

242

Appendix B: XML Tools

243

Validating XML Files against a DTD

244

Validating XML with a Schema

245

Transforming XML with an XSLT Processor

246

Appendix C: Special Symbols

247

Using Character References

248

Table I: Characters

249

Table II: Symbols

250

Appendix D: Colors in Hex

251

Finding a Color's RGB Components---in Hex

252

Hexadecimal Equivalents

253

The Hexadecimal System

253

Index, Colophon, and Note

Index

255

Colophon and Note

270

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