Introducing the Extensible Markup Language
What Is XML?
Working with XML Data
Well-Formed XML
XML Content Models
Well-Formed and Valid XML

Document Type Definitions (DTD)
The Value of Valid XML
Associating a DTD with XML
Defining the XML Content Model
Content Model Cardinality
Defining Attributes
Defining Custom Entities
What’s the Problem with DTD?

Schemas and Namespaces
XML Describing XML
Built-In Data Types
Defining Content Models
Deriving Types
XML Namespaces
Do I Really Need Valid XML?

Introducing XSLT
What Is XSLT?
Are You Sure This Is a Language?
Transformation Types
Processing XSLT
Matching XML with XPath

XML's Document Object Model
Object-Oriented View of XML
DOM Interfaces and Objects
A Parsing Alternative: Simple API for XML (SAX)

XSLT Simplified Stylesheets
The Essential Stylesheet
Using an XSL Blueprint to Create HTML
What Can’t a Simplified Stylesheet Do?

Using XPath to Get Around
What Is XPath?
Figuring Out Location Steps
Introducing XPath Functions

Adding Template Rules
What Are Templates?
Unsimplifying the Stylesheet
Using the Template Element
Other Top-Level XSLT Elements

XML Web Services
A Brief History of Remote Procedure Calls
Web Service Description Language (WSDL)
Introducing SOAP
Programming Raw SOAP
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI)

Extensible HTML (XHTML)
The Future of the Web: XHTML
The Details of XHTML
Well-Formed XHTML
Modular XHTML

Resource Description Framework (RDF)
The Semantic Web
Writing RDF
RDF Vocabularies

Traditional Programming Concepts and XSLT
Programming Concepts You Can Use
Working with Variables
Calling Named Templates
Using Functions
Creating Modular Stylesheet Solutions

Creating an XML Result Tree
XML-Structured Variables
XML Node Creation Elements

Doing Calculations in XSLT
Programming with No Side Effects
Applying Recursive Programming Techniques

Common XSLT Challenges
Applying XSLT
How Do I Group Data?
Grouping Data: Another Solution
How Do I Copy HTML Tags from the Data?
How Do I Add or Remove Whitespace?

Using Processor-Specific Extensions
The Mechanics of Extensions
Should You Use Extensions?
Recovering from Missing Extensions

Applied XML
The Complex World of XML
XML Query
Scalable Vector Graphics
Security and XML

Appendix A: Practice XML Files on the CD
Sample XML Files on the CD

Appendix B: World Wide Web Consortium
World Wide Web Consortium

Appendix C: XML Presentation with Cascading Style Sheets
Separating Presentation from Data
The Structure of CSS
Formatting Data
Advanced CSS Formatting
XSL Formatting Objects