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- From: John Robert Gardner <jrgardn@emory.edu>
- To: Tom Butcher <tom@whatuwant.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:57:03 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Tom Butcher wrote:
>
> Wow this is a wealth of information. Thanks to everyone who replied. For
> the record, I'm looking for an in-depth text dedicated to XML and XSL only.
> I have been using XML for a few years in the field, but I want a good
> reference, like Stroustrup's _The C++ Programming Language_.
I still swear by the bread-n-butter of Goldfarb/Prescod, The XML Handbook,
from Prentice Hall with its rich bed of case studies, range of
applications covered, and recent up-to-date Second Edition.
jr
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@simonstl.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 9:13 AM
> To: Tom Butcher; xml-dev@xml.org
> Subject: Re: Best XML book?
>
>
> At 08:22 AM 7/10/00 -0700, Tom Butcher wrote:
> >What's the consensus (if any) as to what the best, most complete book for
> >XML is? I have "XML: Design and Implementation", but I find it's not
> quite
> >suited for what I'm looking for. Any recommendations? Thanks
>
> I think it depends very much on what you're looking for. Everyone seems to
> have a different interpretation of "best, most complete".
>
> For a top-level view, you might try "XML: A Manager's Guide", by Kevin Dick.
>
> For a general introduction, I tend to recommend my own "XML: A Primer",
> Elliotte Rusty Harold's "XML Bible", and John Simpson's "Just XML" (2nd
> Edition coming in August, it seems).
>
> If you want a detailed analysis of just XML 1.0 and Namespaces, try my "XML
> Elements of Style".
>
> If you want the XML 1.0 specification marked up with explanations, try Bob
> DuCharme's "XML: The Annotated Specification" or Ian Graham and Liam Quin's
> "XML Specification Guide".
>
> If you're document-oriented and/or have some SGML background, you might try
> David Megginson's "Structuring XML Documents" or Rick Jelliffe's "The XML
> and SGML Cookbook".
>
> Java programmers seem quite happy with Brett McLaughlin's "Java and XML"
> and Benoit Marchal's "XML by Example".
>
> For a general introduction, I tend to recommend my own "XML: A Primer",
> Elliotte Rusty Harold's "XML Bible", and John Simpson's "Just XML" (2nd
> Edition coming in August, it seems). "XML for Dummies, 2nd Edition" is a
> good book - just make sure you get the SECOND edition and not the first.
>
> For XSLT, Michael Kay's "XSLT Programmer's Reference" is excellent, and
> Tony Graham's "Unicode: A Primer" provides a great foundation for Unicode
> issues in XML and elsewhere.
>
> (Yes, I've read all of the above except the "Manager's Guide", and "XML by
> Example", both of which I've perused in the store and will buy soon. Books
> left off this list are quite probably because I haven't seen them.)
>
> Simon St.Laurent
> XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
> http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books
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