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XSLT Cookbook
Author: Sal Mangano
ISBN: 0596003722
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Retail Price: $39.95 Available From: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com
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Description: Critical for converting XML documents, and extremely versatile, the XSLT language nevertheless has complexities that can be daunting. The XSLT Cookbook is a collection of hundreds of solutions to problems that Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) developers regularly face. The recipes range from simple string-manipulation and mathematical processing to more complex topics like extending XSLT, testing and debugging XSLT stylesheets, and graphics creation with SVG. Recipes can be run directly or tweaked to fit your particular application's needs more precisely. The XSLT Cookbook provides an ideal companion both for developers still figuring out XSLT's template-based approach who want to learn by example, and for developers who know XSLT and want a collection of quickly reusable recipes. Each recipe walks through a problem and a solution, with explanations of the choices made and techniques used in creating that solution, and many recipes include alternate solutions and explore issues like convenience and performance. Among the variety of XSLT books now available, none has the explicit solution-oriented approach of this Cookbook.
XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
Author: Elliotte Rusty Harold, W. Scott Means
ISBN: 0596002920
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associatess
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Description: Continuing in the tradition of the Nutshell series, XML in a Nutshell provides a dense tutorial on its subject, as well as a useful day-to-day reference. While the reader isn't expected to have prior expertise in XML, this book is most effective as an add-on to a more introductory tutorial because of its relatively fast pace.
The authors set out to systematically--and rapidly--cover the basics of XML first, namely the history of the markup language and the various languages and technologies that compose the standard. In this first section, they discuss the basics of XML markup, Document Type Definitions (DTDs), namespaces, and Unicode. From there, the authors move into "narrative-centric documents" in a section that appropriately focuses on the application of XML to books, articles, Web pages and other readable content.
Teach Yourself XSLT in 21 Days
Author: Michiel van Otegem
ISBN: 0672323184
Publisher: SAMS
Retail Price: $39.99 Available From: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com
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Description: The book covers XSLT and Xpath (as a part of XSLT), as these topics have everything to do with processing XML. It will also cover XML from an XSLT processing and design point of view. Other XML technologies will not be discussed as superset of XSLT, most notably XSL. XSL Formatting Objects alone is enough material for an entire book. Apart from that, XSLT and Xpath form the processing/programming section of the entire XSL specification.
Beginning XML, 2nd Edition
Author: David Hunter, Kurt Cagle, Chris Dix
ISBN: 0764543946
Publisher: Wrox
Retail Price: $39.99 Available From: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com
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Description: Beginning XML provides a complete course in the Extensible Markup Language (XML) with an unusually gradual learning curve. In fact, the introduction states that the book is "for people who know that it would be a pretty good idea to learn the language, but aren't 100 percent sure why." Despite its recognition of the fuzziness of readers' understanding of the technology, the book delivers a rather comprehensive study of XML.
Very little space is wasted detailing the history of XML and its relation to SGML, as is the case in many other titles. The argument for the importance of XML is made quickly, and the basics of well-formed syntax are tackled right off. One notable distinction of this book is its excellent coverage of related technologies, such as cascading style sheets (CSS) and relational databases.
XML Weekend Crash Course (with CD-ROM)
Author: Kay Ethier, Alan Houser
ISBN: 0764547593
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Retail Price: $24.99 Available From: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com
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Description: XML Weekend Crash Course covers the ins and outs of XML in 30 sessions. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period. You can complete the Crash Course over a single weekend -- but you can also easily adapt the Crash Course sessions to whatever schedule best suits your needs.
XSLT
Author: Doug Tidwell
ISBN: 0596000537
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Retail Price: $39.95 Available From: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com
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Description: Originally created for page layout, XSLT has grown into one of the core technologies for processing XML. XSLT brings XSLT's many functions together in a concise, comprehensive treatment of the technology. This book covers XSLT and XPath, a critical companion standard, and addresses subjects ranging from basic transformations to complex sorting and linking. It explores extension functions on a variety of different XSLT processors, and methods for combining multiple documents with XSLT. Examples demonstrate each technique. Useful as it is, XSLT can also be extremely daunting. Getting started is difficult, and advanced techniques require a through understanding of how XSLT templates work and interact. Doug Tidwell, a developer with years of XSLT experience, explains XSLT by building from the basics to the more complex and powerful possibilities of XSLT, so that whether you're just starting out or looking for advanced techniques, you'll find the level of information you need.
XSLT : Programmer's Reference
Author: Michael Kay
ISBN: 0764543814
Publisher: Wrox
Retail Price: $34.99 Available From: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com
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Description: This book is for programmers who want to learn how to use the XSLT language for developing web applications. The book is in four parts: a detailed introduction to the concepts of the language, a reference section giving comprehensive specifications and working examples of every feature, a development guide giving design advice and case studies for the advanced user, and a product reference detailing the features and usage of the latest versions of Microsoft MSXML, Apache Xalan, Oracle XML, open source Saxon, the TRAX API and other processors and tools.
XML: The Complete Reference
Author: Heather Williamson
ISBN: 0072127341
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Retail Price: $49.99 Available From: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com
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Description: Williamson offers complete reference information for XML users, showing how to incorporate XML with XLinks, XPointers, and other tools for expanded applications, as well as covering advanced features of XML itself, such as CGI. Also shows how to use style sheets, DTDs, and shemas. This complete reference covers a very broad range of topics--including XML parsers, validators, schemas, DTDs, style sheets (both XSL and CSS), namespaces, XLink and XPointers, XBase, and XML Queries. In addition, several supporting standards, including the Resource Description Framework (RDF), XML Digital Sigs, Synchronized Markup Languages, and Scalable Vector Graphics formats are addressed. Using this book, you'll be able to go from creating simple XML documents to developing full-fledged Web-based XML solutions.
XML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide
Author: Elizabeth Castro
ISBN: 0201710986
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Retail Price: $19.99 Available From: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Buy.com
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Description: Web-maven Elizabeth Castro, who has penned Peachpit books on HTML, Perl and CGI, and Netscape, now tackles XML--an indispensable tool for creating personalized, updated content for each visitor on your site. Whether you build Web pages for a living or you're taking on a new hobby, XML for the World Wide Web contains everything you need to create dynamic Web sites by writing XML code, developing custom XML applications with DTDs and schemas, transforming XML into personalized Web content through XSLT-based transformations, and professionally formatting XML documents with Cascading Style Sheets.
The real power of XML lies in combining information from various sources and generating personalized content for different visitors. Castro's easy-to-follow graphics show exactly what XML looks like, and her real-world examples explain how to transform and streamline your Web-site creation process by automatically updating content.
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