Inside XML

This book is big, has lots of information, and is easy to read and understand. There is a ton of code samples in it, and the book does a good job at highlighting changes made as it steps through modification of a piece of code.I also like that it mentions and points out those little differences between the Microsoft end of the world, and the rest of the world.This is the third book on XML I have brought recently, and by far the best. Would recommend highly to anyone starting out with XML or an experienced XML user.

Inside XML Inside XML, written by Steven Holzner, is an excellent start for a beginning web programmer as well for an experienced web site developer. The author has succeeded in explaining the variety of subjects concerning XML in a very understandable way. He has achieved this by presenting very complex items in such a way that the items become very simple to understand. The book also provides useful examples and references to sites for more information on the subjects. The book delivers a complete overview and covers the following items: DTDs, XML schemas, client-side XML handling using DOM and JavaScript, server-side handling using DOM, SAX and Java. Related items like XSL, XSLT, VML, SMIL, HTML+TIME, XHTML, RDF, CDF are discussed. Last but not least the book describes how to combine CSS with XHTML/XML. The book is very usable for creating XML courseware, for beginning and experienced web developers. I personally enjoyed the reading of this book, and felt that my time and money was well spent. The book is complete. Readers get a helicopter view of the sprawling XML subject, and leave the book with the knowledge they need to start using XML, and references to site where they can continue learning. It's a real appetizer.

This book is a must-buy!! It's the most complete and up-to-date book on XML I've seen. It's the one that stays right next to my desk.The presentation style is the best I've seen on XML, and helps unravel really difficult problems in a clear and error-free style. It's also far more complete than any other XML book I've seen. There's even a great chapter on XML schemas, the first full treatment I know of on this complex topic. It covers what you'd expect: DTDs, core XML, XPointers, XLinks, etc., using many examples and with a clarity that is unusual in this field. The author then goes on to include the latest and greatest: XML schemas, two chapters on XHTML, XSLT, using XML parsers on Web servers, and more. Part of a chapter even discusses WML. The detailed examples really help.I also liked the coverage of working with Java XML parsers, which goes into more detail than many dedicated books on the subject. It really seems that it's just about all here, an amazing achievement for any book on XMLTo sum up: this is THE book on XML.A MUST-BUY!!

Inside XML by Steven Holzner is probably the most comprehensive book written on XML so far. Each of the one thousand and fifty nine pages (excluding index) contains judicious and practical information for anyone willing to learn almost everything about XML. The logical organization of knowledge and adroit arrangement of information in the book make reading a joy. Can this be the only book you need to read about XML? I think yes.XML indeed is the future of business and communication on the net. Many analysts believe that despite its wonderful portability and universal compatibility, XML has yet to achieve practitioners' acceptance and approbation. XML standards have not been practiced as ubiquitously as analysts had expected. List of major reasons for its slow advance includes lack of browser support and functional inconsistencies of currently available XML parsers. I always believed that "lack of quality literature on XML" also contributed to XML's limited success. "Inside XML" has definitely eliminated this particular reason from my list of reasons for XML's slow progress.Author has discussed CSS, DOM and SAX parsers, XSL, XHTML, RDF and CDF with the help of relevant and interesting examples. This was missing in some of the recent books on XML. I recently read three other books on XML including Benoit Marchal's XML by example and John Simpson's Just XML. I found Inside XML more useful as it covers a much broader range of topics and technologies than those covered elsewhere. Important topics such as server-side XML are covered in a way that an instructor can develop instructional plans based on this coverage. A detailed discussion on Microsoft specific technologies has made this book a great resource for programmers and developers too. Inside XML can be used to develop certification material. Material presented in this book can also be used for developing a one-semester senior level course on XML technologies.This book has a high information-value to price ratio and I can confidently recommend the book to anyone interested in practicing XML for the real world. Students, developers and instructors can equally benefit from the material presented in this book.

This book is exciting. It suits xml novices and experts. What's good in this book:1. Both for beginners and advanced. More advanced than > and <<Java and XML>, easier to read and more practical than <<Professional XML>>.<p>2. Both microsoft and non microsoft. <p>3. XML schemas, it's quite new and it's well explained in the book. <p>4. Java and DOM, Java and SAX. More advanced than <<Java and XML>>.<p>5. It is good to introduce XHTML, it is a bridge between HTML and XML and is becoming popular.<p>6. Introductions to different special XML Markup Language.<p>7. Infosets and Canonical XML (in Chapter 1). <p>Some opinions:<p>Presentation can be improved, code can be made downloadable, can have more on a) XML for deplayment (of JSP, EJB, J2EE, ...), b) SOAP, c) XSP, d) WML and e) Java with JSP, ASP