XML Books

What I like about this book is the building approach used. I teach html and web design. Rob's layout allows me to quickly find information needed for classroom work and show the students how and why it works. I will have this book with me in the classroom from now on as an easy to use reference, not only for me but students to.
Mel Rose

All you need do to see how usefull this book is is to vist ,
WWW.booboys.com
i have never made a web site from scratch before. using only This book, notepad, MS photo editor and google. it looks like it was done by a pro.

This book was very solid technically, and a fascinating read. On the development side, it is filled with ideas and examples, some of which showed me completely different approaches to common problems. Conceptually, the book is even richer, not only explaining complex technologies in simple ways, but showing how some seemingly unrelated technological developments from the past few years can fit and work together. Overall, I think the book's most worthwhile aspect is the way it married its overall vision, which anticipates the future of integration and knowledge-driven computing, with very specific design and code examples that I could incorporate into my practice right away. A top book for people who want to stay ahead of the pack in the latest practical developments that will shape information architecture for the future.

This is what I wrote the authors of this book:

Dear Anders and Michael,

I recently purchased your book entitled "An Introduction to XML and Web Technologies". I started reading it and I must say that you have done a wonderful job. It reads with ease and your presentation style is as limpid as pure mountain water. I particularly enjoy the fact that you are doing a masterful and in-depth tutorial of several of the recent outputs of the W3C's language mill without losing your critical mind and making accurate remarks for several annoying idiosyncrasies owing their existence more to historical and political reasons rather than simple efficient scientific design.

At any rate, I congratulate you on an excellent book and look forward to reading more of your didactic and scientific publications.

[...]

It would be very interesting to envisage a book in the style of
yours on the so-called Semantic Web. I, for one, as ILOG's current Principal rep in the W3C Rule Interchange Format WG, would welcome your critical eye and approach to this vast and unchartered domain.

Thanks again for writing this book. I will definitely recommend it as an effective and concise reference to the subject to anyone - whether newbie or old-timer.

Best regards,

-hak
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Hassan Aït-Kaci, Ph.D, Distinguished Scientist R&D
ILOG, Inc. - http://www.ilog.com/ - Product Division
Surrey, BC, Canada - Fri Aug 25 07:40:40 2006 PST

ASN.1 is an abriviation of Abstarct Syntax Notaion One.
ITU is also publishing ASN.1 from ITU web as below.

X.680 Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation
X.681 Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Information object specification
X.682 Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Constraint specification
X.683 Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Parameterization of ASN.1 specifications
X.690 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)
X.691 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Packed Encoding Rules (PER)
X.692 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Encoding Control Notation (ECN)
X.693 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: XML Encoding Rules (XER)
X.694 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Mapping W3C XML schema definitions into ASN.1
X.695 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Registration and application of PER encoding instructions

These documents are freely downloaded from ITU web.
Sometimes newest documents needs some payments.

ASN.1 is an abriviation of Abstarct Syntax Notaion One.
ITU is also publishing ASN.1 from ITU web as below.

X.680 Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation
X.681 Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Information object specification
X.682 Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Constraint specification
X.683 Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Parameterization of ASN.1 specifications
X.690 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)
X.691 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Packed Encoding Rules (PER)
X.692 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Encoding Control Notation (ECN)
X.693 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: XML Encoding Rules (XER)
X.694 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Mapping W3C XML schema definitions into ASN.1
X.695 Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Registration and application of PER encoding instructions

These documents are freely downloaded from ITU web.
Sometimes newest documents needs some payments.

I'm an IT professional who had an XML project coming up in 2 weeks. I needed something to learn quickly and this book did the trick. It was excellent. The topics covered about everything you need to know. The examples were wonderful and it was an easy read (flowed nicely)...which is crucial when reading computer books. I would definately recommend this book to anyone who wants to get up to speed fast. I looked at a couple of other books like this, and this is by far the best. I now ordered the XML Progamming Bible for more serious applications with XML. But without this book, reading the next would be a world of confusion. I give it 5 stars.

This 240-page book lives up to the author's goals: (1) distill the essentials of managing 'Internet-time' projects into a short book, (2) give 'just enough information' to be successful, and (3) clearly show the differences between traditional PM approaches and an approach that takes into account the realities of most IT projects that are initiated in today's competitive environment.

He's met all three goals. First, the book is based on the assumption that you have PM skills and understand the basic techniques for planning, scheduling and controlling projects. It's the essentials that are important. Among these essentials are developing a strategy and dealing with project politics - the first is usually absent when projects are initiated, and the second is necessary because no matter how well versed you are in the techniques, you'll be a babe in the woods if you cannot manage the political aspects of a project or effectively negotiate.

Just enough information is provided for managing the project life cycle within a compressed schedule, with chapters on the software process, requirements, design and build and testing. There are also chapters that address project management techniques as they relate to high intensity projects, including managing progress, risk and people.

I like the emphasis on quality (not surprisingly based on inspections and walkthroughs, which is consistent with Yourdon's other published material), and defect and issue management. The discussion of heavy versus agile methods is also invaluable, and the recommended light process that the author provides appears to be workable for small-scale projects. In fact, for large-scale projects, such as ERP implementations and complex e-business initiatives I feel that more traditional methods are called for; however, considering that many projects are small, rapid implementations this book has a place on every IT project manager's bookshelf. If you are caught up in this type of project and find that your more traditional techniques hinder more than help, this is an ideal book.

Well I am a very powerful computer programmer now, even though I do not have either college, or university degree. I am working on a bachelors degree at the University of Berkley.

Great book, well structured, contains a very usefull introduction to model driven architecture and knowledge representation. Ontologies context is ideal for beginners and covers everything from basic ontology design to software tools and programming APIs!