[WEB4LIB] XML bible?

[Avi Rappoport]

Yes, XML does use Unicode, which is a good thing.  Unfortunately, 
there are some disagreements over Unicode and CJK text, but I don't 
know what they are.  I'd recommend doing some searches on the topic 
and see if you can locate a summary of the arguments.

For XML training, there are no bibles right now.  I liked Elliotte 
Rusty Harold's "XML: Extensible Markup Language" although you should 
know that the flavor of XSL he used is no longer part of the proposed 
standard.  For information on designing DTDs with a traditional SGML 
approach, David Megginson's "Structuring XML Docmuments" works well. 
Both of these folks are active on the XML-Dev list which is a good 
sign that they're tied into the community.

Best of luck,

Avi

At 7:15 AM -0700 5/3/1999, Thomas H. Hahn wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am working on multilingual websites (mainly Chinese, Japanese and Korean,
>aka
>CJK) and need to move into a UniCode environment pretty soon in terms of
>coding
>and tagging. The way it looks, XML appears to be the way to go. Now, a search
>at Amozon.com turned up 157 titles about XML. I have NO idea which of these
>titles really is the one (if there is THE one) work that everybody follows.
>Are
>there any recommendations by webmasters already emersed in XML re which title
>may be a really useful one to have lying beside the keyboard? Is there any XML
>"bible"? I need something to take home or on trips for browsing and
>annotating.
>
>
>Thank you very much!
>
>Dr. Thomas H. Hahn
>East Asian Bibliographer
>Memorial Library
>UW - Madison

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