Schaum's Outline of XML

by Ed Tittel

Overview

SCHAUM'S OUTLINES

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071398350
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/22/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	5 MB

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1	Introduction to XML	1
1.1	Origins and Description of the XML	1
1.2	Differences Between XML and HTML	3
1.3	Differences Between XML and SGML	5
1.4	Uses of XML	6
1.5	XML Document Structure	6
1.6	DTDs	10
1.7	Schemas	11
1.8	Validation	12
1.9	Character Sets and Encoding	13
1.10	Namespaces	15
1.11	Comments	16
1.12	Processing Instructions	17
1.13	CDATA Sections	18
1.14	Xml: lang and xml: space	18
1.15	XML Tools	19
Chapter 2	Document Type Definitions	22
2.1	Document Type Declarations	22
2.2	Notations	30
2.3	Entities	31
2.4	Ignore and Include	32
2.5	XML Content Models	32
2.6	Element Structure	34
2.7	Attribute Structure	36
2.8	Building Document Structures	38
Chapter 3	Schemas	43
3.1	Basic Schema Concepts	43
3.2	Advanced Schema Concepts	47
3.3	Schema for Structures	48
3.4	Schema for Datatypes	57
Chapter 4	Cascading Style Sheets	64
4.1	CSS in Browsers and Components	64
4.2	The display: block Property	66
4.3	Fonts	68
4.4	Text Alignment	70
4.5	Borders	70
4.6	Backgrounds	72
4.7	Real-World Issues: Using CSS for XML Delivery	75
Chapter 5	DOM and SAX	79
5.1	Levels of DOM	79
5.2	XML Tree Structure	80
5.3	The DOM Core	83
5.4	Using DOM Interfaces	84
5.5	DOM Views	85
5.6	DOM Events	86
5.7	DOM Style Interfaces	87
5.8	DOM Traversal and Ranges	91
5.9	The SAX Interface	94
Chapter 6	Xpath	101
6.1	Location Paths	101
6.2	Expressions	106
6.3	Core Function Library	107
6.4	Data Model	112
Chapter 7	XSL and XSLT	122
7.1	Use of XPath in XSLT	122
7.2	The XSLT Transformation Process	123
7.3	XSLT Variables, Expressions, and Datatypes	125
7.4	Structure of XSL Style Sheets	128
7.5	Comparison of XSL and CSS	130
7.6	XSLT Top-Level Elements	132
7.7	Simplified XSLT	134
7.8	XSLT Template Bodies	136
7.9	Attribute Value Templates	137
7.10	XSLT and White Space	139
7.11	Extending XSLT	139
7.12	About XSL Formatting Objects	140
Chapter 8	XLink, XPointer, and Xbase	146
8.1	Use of XPath in Xpointer	146
8.2	Using Xpointers	148
8.3	Basic Xlinks	152
8.4	Extended Xlinks	154
8.5	Use of Xbase	155
Chapter 9	XML Security	161
9.1	Authentication Codes and Digital Signatures	161
9.2	The Signature Element	163
9.3	Canonicalization Choices	166
9.4	Digest and Signature Choices	167
9.5	The KeyInfo Element	168
9.6	Transformations and Use of Xpath	171
9.7	Encryption	174
Appendix A	Glossary	182
Appendix B	Internet and Networking Standards for XML	187
Appendix C	Online Resources	193
Appendix D	Binary Math and Internet Protocol (IP) Address Calculation	195
Appendix E	Bibliography	202