The essential guide to XML technologies

Synopsis

The world of XML has exploded with all of the top software companies announcing support in products ranging from e-commerce servers to databases to Web publishing systems. There has been a corresponding growth in XML-related standards and specifications as well. There are many people that use XML related technologies to some extent, but don't need to know the XML language. This book is just what they need.
-- Articulate the key aspects of XML, including what XML is (and is not), which XML-related specifications are crucial to your enterprise, and how companies (even competing ones) are cooperating to create industry-specific XML languages to conduct their business
-- Provides case studies showing how the marketplace is really doing XML
-- Written in a non-technical style and language -- although technical terminology is used when essential.
-- Cuts through the hype and hyperbole of XML that some evangelists, vendors, and journalists provide, to let you know the truth about XML

XML is revolutionizing not just e-business but brick-and-mortar business, with the growth of enterprise application integration, "digital dashboards," and trading exchanges. And now it's not just desktop display, but wireless, portable, and voice-based systems. Not just Web pages, but Web services.

This book uses examples from real-world applications, but it explains them using plain-English paraphrase. It displays numerous XML exhibits -- actual listings of XML markup --