| Description |
xiv, 205 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index. |
| Contents |
It's elemental, my dear Watson. What is XML? -- Markup minihistory : prelude to XML? -- Picking up the pieces : Extensible markup syntax ; Markup and XML ; Types of markup ; Elements and structure ; Elements ; Attributes ; Empty elements ; Mixed content ; Entities ; Comments ; Character data sections ; White space ; Character encoding ; The XML declaration ; Processing instructions ; Well-formed documents ; Putting it all together -- All in the family : Valid documents ; Document type definitions ; XML-based schemas ; Namespaces ; Stylesheets ; XHTML ; Browsers and viewing ; X whatever -- Libraries strategic opportunity : Generic aspects of XML -- "The nice thing about standards ... ". Getting started -- What's in a name(space)? -- I need some (XML) validation! : DTDs (Document Type Definitions) ; XML schemas (W3C) ; Relax NG schemas -- Where do I go from here? : Xpath ; Xlink ; Xpointer -- Doing it with style(sheets) : Getting started ; XSLT stylesheets ; XSL FO stylesheets ; CSS stylesheets -- In the scheme of things. Schema development : The development process step-by-step -- Library information in context : Open content ; Open libraries? ; Think globally, act locally -- Bibliographic and authority records : MARC : the ultimate crazy quilt? ; AACR : fixity versus fluidity? ; XOBIS : simplicity without sacrifice? -- XML tools : what do you want to do today? Open source solutions -- XML editors : mark it up! : Simple text editors ; Jedit ; XMLOperator ; Bit Flux editor ; XML eXchaNGeR (XNGR) -- XML transformers : the changing face of XML : Saxon ; Cocoon and Xalan ; Kawa and Qexo -- XML browsers : not just another pretty face : Mozilla ; Amaya -- Conclusion -- The future is now : trends and possibilities. Trends and future standards : Xinclude ; Xforms ; Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) ; Docbook ; VoiceXML ; OpenOffice, AbiWord, and Microsoft Office -- XML possibilities : Transitional e-journals list ; Updating MARC with MARCUTL ; Maintaining PubMed LinkOuts ; MARC to XOBIS in 2003 and beyond. |
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XML (Document markup language)
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Libraries -- Data processing.
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Cataloging -- Data processing.
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Digital libraries.
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| Added Author |
Clarke, Kevin S.
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| ISBN |
0838908632 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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