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At 07:45 PM 3/24/2002 -0700, Mike Brown wrote:
>A lot of general XML books, in fact most all of the ones that I've seen, rush
>right into examples. And when I was starting to use XML and XSLT 3 years ago,
>the only widely available XML books I could find glossed over important
>fundamental concepts, or didn't cover them at all.
That's a very difficult balance to reach. I'm currently working on a book
on the techniques used in Modularization of XHTML. To learn it *properly*
you really do need a strong background in the fundamental concepts of XML.
However, to not lose the reader audience, examples and demonstration that
this knowledge is something worth having (beyond it's academic value) is
paramount.
I write to how I want to learn -- which includes most of the "whys" then
following up with the "hows". So far it's been a successful format for me,
but not all authors and publishers agree with the approach.
Ann
Ann Navarro, WebGeek Inc.
http://www.webgeek.com/
What's on my mind? http://www.snorf.net/blog/
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