XML Book

[Edward H. Summers]

For a conceptual overview of XML I would recommend XML PRIMER by 
Simon St. Laurent. It is well written, fairly short, and is an 
all round good intro to XML. 

Another one that I've just got, and am enjoying is XML APPLICATIONS 
edited by Frank Boumphrey. It is more practical, and covers all the 
bases (XML, XSL, Schemas, Namespaces, etc.)

But if you aren't afraid of programming and you are interested 
in learning about the nitty-gritty of (mainly freely available)  
XML/SGML tools I would recommend UNDERSTANDING SGML AND XML TOOLS: 
PRACTICAL PROGRAMS FOR HANDLING STRUCTURED TEXT by Peter Flynn. It  
is an excellent guide to SGML/XML tools by somebody who has watched 
the field develop.

I read the rave reviews about the XML HANDBOOK in the Goldfarb 
series, and went out an bought it. But for some reason I couldn't get 
into it, and it has been retired to the bookshelf only about 1/8 
read.

Ed Summers
Electronic Resources Cataloger
Old Dominion University Library
Norfolk, Virginia.

 Subject: Re: XML 
Book On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Ken McCracken wrote:

> 
> What would be a good XML book to buy? I'd like something that looks
> at the conceptual way that XML can be used for web applications and
> also is fairly practical. I've been looking at a few and so far the
> "XML Black Book" is looking like the one I might go for although I
> like the diagrams in the Prentice-Hall book on XML Applications.
> 
> Ken McCracken
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