Professional ASP.NET 2.0 XML

594 Pages·2006·10.645 MB·English

by  Thiru Thangarathinam

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Professional ASP.NET 2.0 XML
Thiru Thangarathinam
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Professional ASP.NET 2.0 XML
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About the Author
Thiru Thangarathinamworks for Intel Corporation in Phoenix, Arizona. He is an MCAD (Microsoft
Certified Application Developer) and specializes in architecting and building Distributed N-Tier applica-
tions using ASP.NET, Visual C#.NET, VB.NET, ADO.NET, and SQLServer 2000. He has co-authored a
number of books for Wrox Press in .NET technologies. Thiru is also a regular contributor to print and
online magazines such as Visual Studio Magazine,Visual Studio .NET Professional, SQLServer
Professional, DevX, ASPToday.com, 15seconds.com, and Developer.com. At Intel, he is part of the team
that is focused on developing the Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architectures for Intel.
He can be reached at [email protected].
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Contents
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction xvii
Chapter 1: Introduction to XML 1
A Primer on XML 2
Self-Describing Data 2
Basic Terminology 3
Components of an XML Document 4
Namespaces 8
XML Technologies 12
DTD 12
XDR 13
XSD 14
XSLT 17
XML DOM 18
XPath 18
SAX 19
XLink and XPointer 20
XQuery 20
The XML Advantage 20
Summary 21
Chapter 2: Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 23
ASP.NET 2.0 Features 23
Developer Productivity 23
Administration and Management 35
Speed and Performance 37
Summary 40
Chapter 3: XML Classes in the .NET Framework 41
XML Support in the .NET Framework 2.0 41
Design Goals for XML Support in .NET Framework 2.0 41
XML Namespaces 42
XML Parsing 43