XML Hacks - 100 Industrial-Strengh Tips & Tools

Developers and system administrators alike are uncovering the true power of XML, the Extensible Markup Language that enables data to be sent over the Internet from one computer platform to another or one application to another and retain its original format. Flexible enough to be customized for applications as diverse as web sites, electronic data interchange, voice mail systems, wireless devices, web services, and more, XML is quickly becoming ubiquitous.

XML Hacks is a roll-up-your-sleeves guide that distills years of ingenious XML hacking into a complete set of practical tips, tricks, and tools for the web developers, system administrators, and programmers who want to go far beyond basic tutorials to leverage the untapped power of XML.

With plenty of useful real-world projects that illustrate how to define, read, create, and manipulate XML documents, XML Hacks shows readers how to put XML's power to work on the Internet and within productivity applications. Each Hack in this book can be read easily in a few minutes, saving programmers and administrators countless hours of searching for the right answer. And this is an O'Reilly Hacks book, so it's not just practical, imminently useful, and time-saving. It's also fun.

From Anatomy of an XML Document to Exploring SOAP Messages XML Hacks shows you how to save time and accomplish more with fewer resources. If you want much more than the average XML user--to explore and experiment, do things you didn't know you could do with XML, discover clever shortcuts, and show off just a little--this invaluable book is a must-have.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Credits;
Author;
Contributors;
Preface;
Why XML Hacks?;
How This Book Is Organized;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Using Code Examples;
How to Contact Us;
Got a hack?;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: Looking at XML Documents;
1.1 Hacks #1-10;
1 Read an XML Document;
2 Display an XML Document in a Web Browser;
3 Apply Style to an XML Document with CSS;
4 Use Character and Entity References;
5 Examine XML Documents in Text Editors;
6 Explore XML Documents in Graphical Editors;
7 Choose Tools for Creating an XML Vocabulary;
8 Test XML Documents Online;
9 Test XML Documents from the Command Line;
10 Run Java Programs that Process XML;
Chapter 2: Creating XML Documents;
2.1 Hacks #11-30;
11 Edit XML Documents with ;
12 Edit XML Documents with Emacs and nXML;
13 Edit XML with Vim;
14 Edit XML Documents with Microsoft Word 2003;
15 Work with XML in Microsoft Excel 2003;
16 Work with XML in Microsoft Access 2003;
17 Convert Microsoft Office Files, Old or New, to XML;
18 Create an XML Document from a Text File with xmlspy;
19 Convert Text to XML with Uphill;
20 Create Well-Formed XML with Minimal Manual Tagging Using an SGML Parser;
21 Create an XML Document from a CSV File;
22 Convert an HTML Document to XHTML with HTML Tidy;
23 Transform Documents with XQuery;
24 Execute an XQuery with Saxon;
25 Include Text and Documents with Entities;
26 Include External Documents with XInclude;
27 Encode XML Documents;
28 Explore XLink and XML;
29 What's the Diff? Diff XML Documents;
30 Look at XML Documents Through the Lens of the XML Information Set;
Chapter 3: Transforming XML Documents;
3.1 Hacks #31-58;
31 Understand the Anatomy of an XSLT Stylesheet;
32 Transform an XML Document with a Command-Line Processor;
33 Transform an XML Document Within a Graphical Editor;
34 Analyze Nodes with TreeViewer;
35 Explore a Document Tree with the xmllint Shell;
36 View Documents as Tables Using Generic CSS or XSLT;
37 Generate an XSLT Identity Stylesheet with Relaxer;
38 Pretty-Print XML Using a Generic Identity Stylesheet and Xalan;
39 Create a Text File from an XML Document;
40 Convert Attributes to Elements and Elements to Attributes;
41 Convert XML to CSV;
42 Create and Process SpreadsheetML;
43 Choose Your Output Format in XSLT;
44 Transform Your iTunes Library File;
45 Generate Multiple Output Documents with XSLT 2.0;
46 Generate XML from MySQL;
47 Generate PDF Documents from XML and CSS;
48 Process XML Documents with XSL-FO and FOP;
49 Process HTML with XSLT Using TagSoup;
50 Build Results with Literal Result and Instruction Elements;
51 Write Push and Pull Stylesheets;
52 Perform Math with XSLT;
53 Transform XML Documents with grep and sed;
54 Generate SVG with XSLT;
55 Dither Scatterplots with XSLT and SVG;
56 Use Lookup Tables with XSLT to Translate FIPS Codes;
57 Grouping in XSLT 1.0 and 2.0;
58 Use EXSLT Extensions;
Chapter 4: XML Vocabularies;
4.1 Hacks #59-67;
59 Use XML Namespaces in an XML Vocabulary;
60 Create an RDDL Document;
61 Create and Validate an XHTML 1.0 Document;
62 Create Books, Technical Manuals, and Papers in XML with DocBook;
63 Create a SOAP 1.2 Document;
64 Identify Yourself with FOAF;
65 Unravel the OpenOffice File Format;
66 Render Graphics with SVG;
67 Use XForms in Your XML Documents;
Chapter 5: Defining XML Vocabularies with Schema Languages;
5.1 Hacks #68-79;
68 Validate an XML Document with a DTD;
69 Validate an XML Document with XML Schema;
70 Validate Multiple Documents Against an XML Schema at Once;
71 Check the Integrity of a W3C Schema;
72 Validate an XML Document with RELAX NG;
73 Create a DTD from an Instance;
74 Create an XML Schema Document from an Instance or DTD;
75 Create a RELAX NG Schema from an Instance;
76 Convert a RELAX NG Schema to XML Schema;
77 Use RELAX NG and Schematron Together to Validate Business Rules;
78 Use RELAX NG to Generate DTD Customizations;
79 Generate Instances Based on Schemas;
Chapter 6: RSS and Atom;
6.1 Hacks #80-90;
80 Subscribe to RSS Feeds;
81 Create an RSS 0.91 Document;
82 Create an RSS 1.0 Document;
83 Create an RSS 2.0 Document;
84 Create an Atom Document;
85 Validate RSS and Atom Documents;
86 Create RSS with XML::RSS;
87 Syndicate Content with Movable Type;
88 Post RSS Headlines on Your Site;
89 Create RSS 0.91 Feeds from Google;
90 Syndicate a List of Books from Amazon with RSS and ASP;
Chapter 7: Advanced XML Hacks;
7.1 Hacks #91-100;
91 Pipeline XML with Ant;
92 Use Elements Instead of Entities to Avoid the "amp Explosion Problem";
93 Use Cocoon to Create a Well-Formed View of a Web Page, Then Scrape It for Data;
94 From Wiki to XML, Through SGML;
95 Create Well-Formed XML with JavaScript;
96 Inspect and Edit XML Documents with the Document Object Model;
97 Processing XML with SAX;
98 Process XML with C#;
99 Generate Code from XML;
100 Create Well-Formed XML with Genx;
Colophon;

Über den Autor / die Autorin

MICHAEL FITZGERALD is principal of Wy'east Communications, a writing and training consultancy specializing in XML. He is Series Editor for the Wiley XML Essentials series and author of XSL Essentials and XML Schema Essentials (both forthcoming from Wiley). He is also Series Architect for Quessing Courseware Corporation's XML training series.

Zusammenfassung

This is a practical guide that distils years of ingenious XML hacking into a complete set of tips, tricks and tools for those who want to leverage the untapped power of XML. It includes many real-world projects that illustrate how to define, create, read and manipulate XML documents.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Fitzgerald
• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9780596007119
• ISBN: 978-0-596-00711-9
• Seiten: 480
• Gewicht: 635 g
• Illustration: w. figs.
• Serien: Hacks; Hacks
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Informatik, EDV > Programmiersprachen; hacks, xml