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The Web is causing a revolution in how we represent, retrieve, and process information Its growth has given us a universally accessible database, but in the form of a largely unorganized collection of documents. This is changing, thanks to the simultaneous emergence of new ways of representing data: from within the Web community, XML; and from within the database community, semistructured data. The convergence of these two approaches has rendered them nearly identical. Now, there is a concerted...

Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations, along with the XML Path Language, give you the power to transform XML documents into HTML documents, or to other XML documents that you can use in Web-based applications. But how do you implement XSLT in the real world? This book provides the answers. Covering everything from reformatting numbers to creating dynamic XSLT applications, XSLT expert Jeni Tennison delivers a wealth of ready-to-use utility templates and practical XSLT solutions - everyt...

This book will show Java developers how to use the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) to rapidly create rich web-based applications using their existing skills. It will cover the full development cycle, from setting up your development environment, to building the application, then deploying it to the web server. The entire core GWT library will be discussed, with details and examples on how it can be extended. The Web is experiencing a new and exciting growth, with a strong emphasis on rich web-ba...

An authoritative guide to XML schema development, offering real-world insight into XML schema creation and deployment. It delivers useful information on industry-specific schema development with real-world examples and covers modern XML technologies and their relation to XML schema development, including: XML - data reduced; RELAX; SOX; SOAP; BizTalk; and RDF. The book provides invaluable information on using XML Authority and XML Spy for the creation of XML schemas.

Simply put, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a way to separate a document's structure from its presentation. The benefits of this can be quite profound: CSS allows a much richer document appearance than HTML; CSS saves time--you can create or change the appearance of an entire document in just one place; and its compact file size makes web pages load quickly. Eric Meyer, a member of the CSS&FP Working Group and an internationally known expert on HTML and CSS, tackles the subject with passion and...

Originally developed by Netscape in 1999, RSS (which can stand for RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format that allows Web developers to describe and syndicate Web site content. This text offers webloggers, developers, and the programmers who support them a thorough explanation of syndication in general and RSS in particular or Web developers who want to offer XML-based feeds of their content, as well as developers who want to use the content tha...

The PHP scripting language and MySQL open source database are quite effective independently, but together they make a simply unbeatable team. When working hand-in-hand, they serve as the standard for the rapid development of dynamic, database-driven websites. This combination is so popular, in fact, that it's attracting manyprogramming newbies who come from a web or graphic design background and whose first language is HTML. If you fall into this ever-expanding category, then this book is for yo...

With the help of XML and Java from scratch, you will build a Web site and application for ChaseWeb Furniture-a fictitious catalog furniture company. All of the information on products, prices, vendors, and so on, is rendered in XML. You'll learn how to display products on the company Web site, take orders, produce a paper catalog, and communicate with the external databases of vendors using XML. The from scratch format is designed to teach novice programmers the hows and whys of programming in t...

Build Windows Phone applications optimized for performance and security Drill into Windows Phone 7 design and architecture—and learn best practices for building a variety of applications. Each chapter focuses on a single Windows Phone building block or feature area, and shows you how to apply it in your applications. If you’re an experienced .NET developer familiar with Microsoft Silverlight, you’ll gain deep insights into the Windows Phone platform design and API surface. Discover how to:...

Together, InfoPath 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 make it possible to create end-to-end solutions that combine powerful forms, enterprise-scale workflow, and access to key business data. Now, building on the valuable content from their previous InfoPath book, three Microsoft experts offer a complete introduction to building the forms that drive these solutions.   Designing Forms for SharePoint and InfoPath combines deep knowledge of InfoPath, new insights into SharePoint de...

Build real-world programming skills-and prepare for MCP Exams 70-310 and 70-320-with this official Microsoft? study guide. Work at your own pace through the lessons and hands-on exercises to learn how to build XML Web services and server components using Visual Basic?.NET and Visual C# (TM) .NET. Then extend your expertise through additional skill-building exercises. As you gain practical experience with essential development tasks, you're also preparing for MCAD or MCSD certification for Micros...

The XML explosion hardly needs any introduction-it's everywhere and there just seems to be no end to what can be done with XML. While writing to the W3C standards, and keeping up with the pace for corporate implementation, you, the programmer or web developer, will need a comprehensive guide to get you started and show you what XML and its related technologies can do. A thorough guide is imperative to success because you will need to know and understand the full scope of XML from day one in orde...

As XML becomes an increasingly significant part of the IT mainstream, expert guidance and common-sense strategies are required to avoid the many pitfalls of applying XML incorrectly or allowing it to be used in an uncontrolled manner. This book acts as a knowledge base for issues relating to integration, and provides clear, concise advice on how to best determine the manner and direction XML technology should be positioned and integrated. The book will be one of the first to provide documentatio...

A complete, hands-on guide to building Internet voice applications VoiceXML is rapidly becoming the de facto language standard for handling the transition from visual Web browsing to synthesized text-to-speech information access. This book provides Web designers, database managers, and systems designers with all the tools and templates they need to accomplish this transition in the least amount of time and at the lowest possible cost. Mark Miller walks readers step-by-step through ten real world...