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Description: It is easy to tell that this book was written by 12 different authors. The quality and writing style of each chapter varies widely. I thought the chapters on XPath, XSLT, DOM, SAX2, and SOAP were well written, but I was disappointed by some of the others. The chapter on XML Schemas was the worst, in my opinion. This is a very important subject, but it is given the same amount of space as much less important topics. As a result, the author of this chapter tries to cover too much in too little space and ends up being quite confusing. Examples are thrown out followed by only partial explanations, and the author forgets to do some basic things like showing a sample XML document to match the sample XML Schemas in the examples. If you need to understand XML Schemas, skip this chapter and go directly to "Professional XML Schemas," which is very well written book on the subject. This book is also too large and attempts to cover too many obscure topics. For example, it wastes a chapter on "XML ..
| ISBN: |
1861005059 |
| Release Date: |
May, 2001 |
| List Price: |
$41.99 |
| Author: |
Mark Birbeck, Nikola Ozu, Jon Duckett, Jon Duckett, Stephen Mohr, Kevin Williams, Oli Gauti Gudmundsson, Daniel Marcus, Pete Kobak, Evan Lenz |
| Publisher: |
Wrox Press Inc |
| Last Updated: |
06/26/2003 |
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0.00 (out of 5)