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understanding a standard
I found that the author did a really good job in describing these technologies. Hyperlinks and the Semantic Web
If you are like most, your introduction to hypertext was when you used a browser for the first time. You saw how intuitive it was that links were visible on a web page, and how easy it was to click on a link and be taken anyplace else on the web. The great acceptance of the web and its browsers was due in no small part to the ease of use, and the ease of writing HTML pages.Read more

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detail and deeply.
Most books introduce the SAX with one or two chapters, providung the basic concept and use of SAX. However if you want to learn more detail of SAX and bring SAX into play well, this book will help you reach these. Poorly written
I bought this one for my IBM XML Certification Exam. Bad writing
have finished 3 chapters. Nothing great as yet as far as content is concerned. Read more

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Great reference
This is an outstanding book for ASP programmers ... It serves as a great reference source on a variety of topics. I have been very impressed with the depth and breadth of coverage (contrary to one of the reviews I read). Great value. It'll remain on my shelf for a long time.

This is a BAD choice for me
I ordered the book and read it. I think that the book is not good for any ASP programmer. First, it is not complete. For example, it didn't cover server.transfer, which is an excellent feature in ASP 3.0. Second, the description about ADO is so simple that I cannot get any idea about ADO. A Must for ASP Programming
I'm an experienced programmer with 10 years of VB Client/Server and new to the WEB.The WEB is maddeningly different.This book has provided me with THE road map of modern ASP development.It is well organized.Each chapter is well selected. The content of each chapter is such that the subject is adequately covered and I can always get the book from which the chapter is extracted if I want more information.As one commenter put it, its like getting the work product of a half dozen research assistants, each of whom sifted dozens of books.Read more

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The first (and only?) clear, concise, deep, scientific account of the stuff...
This is what I wrote the authors of this book:
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Great Hands-On Approach
This book will get you started on coding web pages using XHTML and CSS, using CSS for page layout, promoting web pages, introduce using Flash and Java applets, and give you an overview of e-commerce. A great book for a beginner web developer. We use this in a community college course for both online and face-to-face classes. The students really like the hands-on approach with exercises and case studies ... Read more

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Above Average
The book does have some typos and not all of the examples (Downloadable from the web site) will work in the form they are presented, however it does an effective job of dissecting code and quickly making you learn these complicated Apache Tools. Read more

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Aimed at developers with some previous Java experience, Read more

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not for novice
I love this book but obviously it is not for novice.

Good concepts Bad Execution
I bought this book on impulse based on the title alone. Unfortunately this was the first book I bought from this particular publisher. God, I hope the others are not this badly organized. Very Confusing Book
I am a professional programmer with a background in C++ Windows programming who started learning JAVA a year ago.I bought this book with the intention of learning how to leverage XML in JAVA apps and servlets.I made it through the first chapter just fine and then all heck broke loose.I could not get the examples to work, the text became as clear as mud and I had to put the book down in disgust because every other chapter in the book lynchpins on knowledge from the previous one.This would not be a good buy in my humble opinion. ... Read more

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Just flat out wrong sometimes
As a complete newbie to XML this was a good starter.As I got deeper into XML I found several mistakes/deficiencies in the book, and sometimes the author just flat out seemed to not know what he was talking about.For instance, the claim on page 86 that (#CDATA) is a valid DTD element content definition is flat out wrong.His description of Schema element declarations (pp. 114-115) teaches that using globals/refs is the only way to define complex elements, and is inappropriate for his example.He makes no mention of globals at all, leaving the reader confused.I have ceased to trust this book as a valid source of XML information.

For real dummies
If you want to kill your time without learning anything, this book is absolute right for you.

Horrible book
I bought this book from BarnesNoble hoping to get off to a reasonable start on learning XML.What I discovered is a
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Great Overview of XML
As a Perl programmer, my first instinct when given some XML to process is to grab the appropriate Perl module (probably XML::XPath or XML::LibXML) and use that to do whatever I need to. Although that usually gets the job done, reading this book opened my eyes to a number of other XML processing tools that will sometimes be more useful than a Perl program. Actually Perl doesn't get mentioned at all in the index, whereas Java gets half a column of entries.
Useful tips for every XML task you're likely to want to do
This is my favorite O'Reilly book. The scope covers everything you can imagine for working with XML.I really like the depth of information in every hack ('hack' in the sense of ways to get something done).Whenever a tool is mentioned, there is often additional info about related tools that do similar functionality and why you would choose one or the other. Each hack is like a well-crafted short story.
helpful supplement
I'm familiar with XML and have found this book to be helpful. Not a book to learn XML, it is a place to pick up new information that can help to complete a toolbox already in the making. There were some hints to bridge gaps between what I want to do and what I know how to do. I plan to have it nearby to make my work easier and faster. ... Read more

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Good book, but a little wordy
RSS is just XML in a certain format. At its core, it's pretty basic.
A Little Misleading
For the most part, industry standard RSS is a very short list of simple XML elements.Standard RSS Readers only look for those standardized tags to create the display.You can verify that by opening almost any public RSS XML document and just looking at it.RSS is simple enough that you could probably pick it up by just looking at a well formed sample file and reading the short syntax document provided for free by the creators (UserLand Software for RSS 2.0 or the RSS-DEV Working Group for RSS 1.0 - FeedValidator.org has links to the documentation). After reading this title, I am a little confused as to whom target audience is supposed to be.
One of the few titles on RSS. And it's good, too!
This book really is a must-have (or must-read-once) for anyone interested in RSS syndication technology.Read more

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Not a learning tool
Minimal examples, very little "big picture" orientation, long reference-style lists with minimal explanation of terms if any, and gives short shrift to how XSL:FO works with XSLT.The omission of fo: prefixes in examples is a an auctorial preference I find particularly annoying.Unfortunately it appears to be difficult to locate alternative books.

Definitive - Yes, Effective - No
I'm surprised so many people have given this book a good review.I went with this book after the O'Reilly book was back ordered.What a mistake.The book might cover every formatting object in the W3C XSL-FO recommendation, but it's more like reading just that, the recommendation (which can be found online).
How did this book get published?
There are some exposition paragraphs at the beginning of each topic. Otherwise the book is just page after page of bulleted lists. It's confusing, hard to read, and not worth your time. Read the O'Reilly book on XSL-FO instead. ... Read more

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XML Step by Step, Second Edition
Superb organization and presentation of the material. All code functions, all examples are relevant. Excellent development of the topics. Were all texts to be this will organized.

Useful!
I am just learning XML for the first time and this book walks me through it the way I need to be walked through it.

Stop Searching.Begin here
I am one of those freaks who would look at a bezillion books before settling with one. (Talking about computer books ofcourse!). This is especially significant when it comes to XML because there is so much tech jargon out there & it is really hard find a book that does not get lost in the details & instead introduce us to the core right away.This book does exactly that.You will start writing decent xml right away.
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An excellent XQuery starter book and reference
This book is a compact and thorough guide to XQuery. The Jonathan Robie tutorial in the beginning of the book is itself worth the overall price of the book.

Nice coverage of XQuery/XPath
A very useful explanation of XQuery and how to use it to analyse XML data. The book shows how this can be done with or without a supporting XML Schema or DTD that describes the XML. The authors explain why this goes beyond a Google-type search. The latter does not (at least currently) know or use any structural information about data, primarily because it scans all types of mostly unstructured data. Excellent survey of a complex topic by some of the designers
Full disclosure: I know all of the authors and count them among my friends. Read more

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A good introduction...
As many C++ programmer, I have heard of XML and its supposed wonders, yet, I always thought it was just another web-specific kind of technology. I knew the basics, but was not really aware of how it could be integrated with C++. The only one on the subject, but far from being perfect
Although XML is a buzzword du jour, its acceptance in the C++ world There are dozens of books on XML and Java and one for C++?
Well I know Java and XML well, I needed a good reference book on "best practices" on using XML with C++, this book is really the only game in town and is quite useful as it covers all the bases.Read more

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Great Techie book for Berkeley DB
Mr. Brian's new book on Berkely DB is a great resource for the beginner and expert alike.The book reads well with lots of examples and draws upon his real-world experience for this topic.

Excellent Resource for anyone interested in using XML to store data
Danny Brian writes in a very straight forward and very easy to understand method.The book works well as a training tool and has a resource for anything you could ever want to know on XQuery and Berkeley DB. Finally someone compiled the information on XQuery and put it in one easy to use resource as an appendix (Book is worth it just for this!).Book also has a great appendix for people just starting out in XML or even if you just need to brush up on your XML syntax. Even if you are not interested in Berkeley DB you will be by the time you read this! ... Read more

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Pretty good
This is a pretty good book for learning HTML and XHTML. It's very basic, and perfect for a beginner. Most codes are explained thoroughly, however, sometimes the author just writes a code to do a job and doesnt explain how it works or how exactly to use it.
Awesome Beginner Tutorial, Expert Reference
Exactly the book on Web Design that I was looking for to advance my knowledge!I bought it used on amazon.com and it surpassed my expectations!This book explains everything that it claims and more...HTML and XHTML, as well as related technologies are discussed.This is an awesome starter book for beginners to learn quickly, and is an all around great reference for experts.This book will help you learn HTML, and XHTML and prepare you for where you want to go next. GREAT GREAT GREAT!

Awesome HTML/XHTML Book!
I would highly recommend this book for all type of users, from novice to experts.This book is easy to read and understand.It has excellent tips through out the book.The writer's made sure in this book that you would learn everything about coding web pages in both HTML and XHTML.They also touch on other web technologies like CSS, JavaScripting and XML.Don't look any further, this book is the right book for you. ... Read more

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Excellent resource for my needs
At first I was somewhat skeptical due to a couple of negative reviews. However, I was desparate. The other XML books I've read (and fallen asleep with) seem to be restatements of the W3C specifications. I am a DBA/Data Architect in the midst of an international Web Services and SOA project and I needed something fast. As it turns out, this was probably the best investment in reference materials I've made in a long time. I guess I am not really sure what the other reviewers missed, but this book was perfect for me. I hold mixed roles of DBA as well as Data Architect - data modelling mostly. Recently, I was tasked with trying to determine why and how all of this XML stuff fits in a SOA project, and from the data perspective. Although I've been a DBA for too many years to share, I've positioned myself mostly at the persistence layer. This book really opened my eyes. Thorough, concise, and very focused on what "data folks" need. Five stars were a must for me.

This book is not ... a lot of things
The content of the book is very appealing, but I found many problems:
What a Waste of Time & Money !
I must not have gotten the same book that the other reviewers got.I rarely write bad reviews.I've normally researched the books I buy pretty thoroughly.But I screwed up this time
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A Lifesaver!
This made my transition back then from PHP 4 to 5, well, much easier. You can't go wrong with this book! Deserves 5 stars!

Another Excellent Offering From O'Reilly
I own a sizable collection of O'Reilly books and have found them to in general be very well written and useful."Upgrading to PHP 5" continues this tradition superbly.
Clear and well-written
The author does a great job summarizing common PHP characteristics and elaborating on PHP 5 improvements, with plenty of well-chosen code examples. Well suited for the established PHP programmer making the transition to PHP 5. For those starting out, use "Learning PHP 5" instead. ... Read more

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