xml-dev - Re: good book on XML

["Dipankar Chakrabarti" <dipankarc@mindteck.com>]

I also think that a so called static book on XML is really have a very
limited use (probably, may be only used as starter).
There may  be a requirement of some dot site (org/com) to create a on-line
compilation of current developments of XML in book format ( adding
chapters/modifying chapters and documenting change list).
The XML-DEV list is very useful one but a consolidated info having
resemblance of book helps a lot (at least psychologically).

Cheers,
Dipankar Chakrabarti
Sr. Manager (Projects)
Mindteck (India) Limited
Calcutta
+91-33-3574338/4339
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Murray-Rust <peter@ursus.demon.co.uk>
To: <xml-dev@xml.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: good book on XML


> At 10:51 AM 2/21/00 +0530, Sajeev M. wrote:
> >hi all,
> >
> >           Which is the best book on XML application development? It
> should have
> >details on both DOM and SAX approach alongwith some details on parsing .
>
> It is probably not appropriate to post answers to this question to
XML-DEV,
> though I expect Sajeev will get some private mail. However it got me
> thinking...
>
> I was recently asked to review three XML books for the Times Higher
> Educational Supplement (the UK weekly magazine for HE). Among others
things
> I noted the value of public online reviews (e.g. at amazon.com - anyone
can
> post) from which I was able to find a lot of useful information (one
> reviewer had listed a number of typos in one book). I also commented that
> fixed-date paper books were likely to be of increasingly limited value and
> that the resources on the WWW itself were extremely important. We have the
> opportunity in XML to create a new approach to "books" since we control
the
> technology of publication. An XML "book" is no longer static, but
> distributed over time, place and society.
>
> Are there opportunities here for XML-DEV? We would not wish to duplicate
> the excellent work of Robin Cover, Steve Pepper, xml.com and others in
> collating awareness of XML resources. I know of one or two *.com sites
with
> book and program reviews. Do they fill everyone's need? Or is there a role
> for  XML-DEV "reviews"?
>
> P.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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