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The XML Handbook by Charles F. Goldfarb, Paul Prescod Try an out-of-print order 1-Click ordering unavailable for purchasing out-of-print items. See larger photo ASIN: 0130811521 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.86 x 9.21 x 7.03 Availability: This title is out of print. Although it is no longer available from the publisher, we'll query our network of used bookstores for you and send an update within one to two weeks. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 6,012 Avg. Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 27 Ordering Out-of-Print Books From Amazon.com Is... Easy! Just place an order by adding the book to your Shopping Cart and proceed through the order form. Quick! We'll search for a used copy and send an order update within one to two weeks. Risk-Free! When we locate a copy of your book, we'll send a price quote. We'll attempt to acquire the book only after you confirm your wish to purchase. Note: We don't search for a specific binding or edition, but rather for a copy of this title by this author. Each out-of-print book in an order is billed and shipped separately. More information about ordering Out-of-Print Books. Customers who bought this book also bought: Designing Xml Internet Applications (Charles F. Goldfarb Series); Michael Leventhal, et al Structuring Xml Documents (Charles F. Goldfarb Series); David Megginson The XML and SGML Cookbook : Recipes for Structured Information (Charles F. Goldfarb Series); Rick Jelliffe, Richard A. Jelliffe XML: The Annotated Specification; Bob DuCharme Click here for more suggestions... Auctions and zShops sellers and our other stores recommend: *NEW* The XML Handbook LIST:$44.95 ---free shipping--- (Current bid: $15.50) Online School - Digital University (Price: $65.00) Leather Carry-On Tote (sku:01-0676) (Price: $116.95) Editorial Reviews Amazon.com With its two high-profile authors, this XML guide promises to be the most authoritative on the market. Charles Goldfarb invented SGML, the massive and immensely powerful mark-up language on which both HTML and XML are based. Paul Prescod is a top XML consulting engineer and a member of the World Wide Web Consortium XML team. Unlike too many high-end authorities, Goldfarb and Prescod communicate with nonexperts in a friendly, engaging style, making their book well suited to mark-up language beginners. They describe what a mark-up language is, what XML is, how it works, and its advantages to users of the World Wide Web. In the second section, the authors focus on the specific benefits of XML, showing both by discussion and by example how XML can make all types of electronic business easier and more efficient. Part 3 gets more specific still, with case studies of Hitachi, the Washington Post, the city of Providence, and others who are already putting XML to work online. The fourth section discusses some of the major tools you can use to work with XML, while part 5 deals with the nuts and bolts of XML technology. There's plenty of good sense and humor along the way to make the information-rich pages lively. Included is a CD-ROM with more than 55 pieces of free XML software, as well as other information and software resources. --Elizabeth Lewis From Book News, Inc. A book/CD-ROM offering illustrated walk-throughs of XML tools and explaining details of the XML language and related technologies. Discusses the differences between XML and HTML, and presents seven cases of corporations using XML. The accompanying CD-ROM contains free XML software, trialware, and printable copies of XML standards. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR From the Inside Flap Preface The World Wide Web is undergoing a radical change that will introduce wonderful services for users and amazing new opportunities for Web site developers and businesses. HTML - the HyperText Markup Language - made the Web the world's library. Now its sibling, XML - the Extensible Markup Language has begun to make the Web the world's commercial and financial hub. XML has just been approved as a W3C Recommendation, and already there are millions of XML files out there, with more coming... read more From the Back Cover The definitive XML professional reference. Leverage your HTML or SGML expertise. Systematic, detailed and precise. Co-authored by Charles F. Goldfarb, inventor of SGML. CD-ROM includes great XML tools! This thorough, accurate reference will be the foundation of your XML resource library for years to come. Co-authored by the inventor of SGML -- the markup language that "started it all" -- The XML Handbook will help any sophisticated HTML or SGML user move to XML quickly and successfully. Start... read more About the Author CHARLES F. GOLDFARB is the inventor of SGML and HyTime, and a technical leader of the committees that developed them into international standards. He is based in Saratoga, CA. PAUL PRESCOD is a computer scientist at the University of Toronto. Customer Reviews of the Day (what's this?) Write an online review and share your thoughts with other readers! 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Good Case Study Book August 26, 1999 Reviewer: robertm@sherwoodforestfarms.com from Washington, USA What is everyone's problem? I don't see anywhere on this book that says it will thoroughly teach you XML. Why did you expect to be an XML programmer after reading this? I used it for what it seems to be intended, to give an overview of what XML can be used for, and to give real world case studies. It allowed me to determine if I wanted to use XML, then go by a tutorial book. I suspect a lot of people bought the book straight from Amazon without ever seeing it and flipping through it first. A quick 10 minutes with it and you would see it is not meant to teach XML to a beginner! I thought it was great for introducing me to the potential uses of XML. I am going to study further with a techinical, tutorial book. Good job. -Rob Was this review helpful to you?   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: handbook not technical reference July 21, 1999 Reviewer: A customer from Redwood City, CA I too bought this book thinking that it would bring me into the world of XML. I had no previous recommendation and I thought hey! it's by the creator. After reading 70 odd pages on the background and the application of XML I was chomping at the bit for some syntax diagrams but no, you gotta wait for chapter 31 (page 423). Hmmm. If you want to learn XML and XML only buy another book. If you want a complete run-down on XML use in the industry plus the XML spec then go ahead and buy this. Was this review helpful to you?   All Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 27 Write an online review and share your thoughts with other readers! 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: XML Handbook Prostitutes Itself January 24, 2000 Reviewer: Frank Dutton (see more about me) from Hemphill, TX USA The XML handbook starts out as an interesting and extremely well written book. It gives excellent background and presents the history and philosophy of XML in a fine and interesting manner - almost as good as a novel! Suddenly, it drops you and goes from page 110 - 720 describing products for you to buy that you have not even been presented a background for yet. The at page 720 the book starts again. This 990 page book ends up with 380 pages of book and 610 pages of commercials! This is preposterous! It's also a shame that what could and should have been a fine book sold itself cheaply - and expects the customer to pay the price. I'm sad for the authors. Was this review helpful to you?   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Lacks continuity... December 16, 1999 Reviewer: Sanjay Kuberkar from Dubai, UAE I purchased this book with great expectations and the book failed them all. I was not able to get a complete picture of the core topic - XML because there is lack of continuity here. Even the business applications have not been explained proprely - the power of XML is never demonstrated effectively. Was this review helpful to you?   See all 27 customer reviews... Customers who bought titles by Charles F. 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