Beginning XML, 4th Edition

1255 Pages·2016·20.26 MB·English

by  David Hunter

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Beginning XML
4th Edition
David Hunter,
Jeff Rafter,
Joe Fawcett,
Eric van der Vlist,
Danny Ayers,
Jon Duckett,
Andrew Watt, and
Linda McKinnon
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Beginning XML
4th Edition
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Beginning XML
4th Edition
David Hunter,
Jeff Rafter,
Joe Fawcett,
Eric van der Vlist,
Danny Ayers,
Jon Duckett,
Andrew Watt, and
Linda McKinnon
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Beginning XML, 4th Edition
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Beginning XML/ David Hunter ... [et al.]. -- 4th ed.
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1. XML(Document markup language) I. Hunter, David, 1974 May 7-
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I would like to thank God, for continuing to give me opportunities to do
what I love; my church family, for giving me more support than I deserve;
and Andrea, for giving me more support than anyone deserves.
I would also like to thank the editors, for their constant help.
Their dedication to the quality of this book was a major factor in its success.
—David
To Ali and Jude, for their loving patience.
—Jeff
To my two brothers, Peter and Stephen, who have both helped me in my life
and career in their own ways, many thanks.
—Joe
To my wife, Catherine, and children, Deborah, David, Samuel, and Sarah,
for their patience and support while I am busy writing books.
—Eric
To my late grandmother, Mona Cartledge, who once gave me a
Commodore Pet.
—Danny
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About the Authors
David Hunteris a Senior Technical Consultant for CGI, a full-service IT and business process services
partner. Providing technical leadership and guidance for solving his clients’ business problems, he is a
jack-of-all-trades and master of some. With a career that has included design, development, support,
training, writing, and other roles, he has had extensive experience building scalable, reliable, enterprise-
class applications. David loves to peek under the hood at any new technology that comes his way, and
when one catches his fancy, he really gets his hands dirty. He loves nothing more than sharing these
technologies with others.
Jeff Rafteris an independent consultant based in Redlands, California. His focus is on emerging tech-
nology and web standards, including XMLand validation. He currently works with Baobab Health
Partnership with a focus on improving world health.
Joe Fawcett(http://joe.fawcett.name) started programming in the 1970s and worked briefly in IT
when leaving full-time education. He then pursued a more checkered career before returning to software
development in 1994. In 2003 he was awarded the title of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in XML
for community contributions and technical expertise; he has subsequently been re-awarded every year
since. Joe currently works in London and is head of software development for FTC Kaplan Ltd., a lead-
ing international provider of accountancy and business training.
Eric van der Vlistis an independent consultant and trainer. His domains of expertise include web devel-
opment and XMLtechnologies. He is the creator and main editor of XMLfr.org, the main site dedicated
to XMLtechnologies in French, the lead author of Professional Web 2.0 Programming, the author of the
O’Reilly animal books XMLSchemaand RELAX NGand a member or the ISO DSDL(http://dsdl.org)
working group focused on XMLschema languages. He is based in Paris and can be reached at
[email protected], or meet him at one of the many conferences where he presents his projects.
Danny Ayersis a freelance developer and consultant specializing in cutting-edge web technologies.
His blog (http://dannyayers.com) tends to feature material relating to the Semantic Web and/or
cat photos.
Linda McKinnonhas more than 10 years of experience as a successful trainer and network engineer,
assisting both private and public enterprises in network architecture design, implementation, system
administration, and RFPprocurement. She is a renowned mentor and has published numerous Linux
study guides for Wiley Press and Gearhead Press.
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