XML For Dummies

by Lucinda Dykes, Ed Tittel

See how XML works for business needs and RSS feeds

Create consistency on the Web, or tag your data for different purposes

Tag -- XML is it! XML tags let you share your format as well as your data, and this handy guide will show you how. You'll soon be using this markup language to create everything from Web sites to business forms, discovering schemas and DOCTYPES, wandering the Xpath, teaming up XML with Office 2003, and more.

Discover how to
* Make information portable
* Use XML with Word 2003
* Store different types of data
* Convert HTML documents to XHTML
* Add CSS to XML
* Understand and use DTDs

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Computers, Software, Programming

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Mallory · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great resource if you're interested in learning about XML, however, basic knowledge of computers is required to get past chapter 1! Since it was written for Office 2003, some of the online reference sites it points to are no longer available, but the overall lesson is still of value.

[Bonnie]

Backup plan #2: never ended up needing it. It's a doing class, not a reading class.

[Topilno]

Creating Web Pages for Dummies

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the half I wanted, skimmed the other half. Great basic intro to XML (especially if you're already an html developer).

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit out of date and confused but by the end I had a good beginners' understanding of XML. I'll need to do some more work though!

[Tom Walsh]

This "stuff" is new to me. But this was a great intro. A nw s/ware package in work uses this to build a portal and guess who got the assignment? It's a strange little tool.