Press Release
September 7, 2004
"XML Hacks": XML Secrets from the Gurus to You
Sebastopol, CA--By no means a panacea for all the ills of data interchange,
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is becoming an increasingly practical
option for packaging and moving data. You can find it everywhere, regarded
as a semi-magic technology that makes information readily accessible. And,
in part, it lives up to that claim, yet at its core it's a simple foundation
wrapped in a crush of specifications and APIs.
"By some grace, XML has enjoyed considerable popularity and has been
almost universally received as an interoperability solution for
heterogeneous computer systems," observes Michael Fitzgerald, author of
XML Hacks (O'Reilly, US $24.95). "Although not without shortcomings, XML
is probably the best thing we have going for us to deal with software
interoperability issues, mainly because of its wide acceptance and
presence." XML has something else going for it, as Fitzgerald points out:
it can be fun to use, as many of the hacks in his book demonstrate.
"XML Hacks" is a roll-up-your-sleeves guide that distills years of
ingenious XML hacking into a complete set of practical tips, tricks, and
tools for web developers, system administrators, and programmers who want
to go far beyond basic tutorials to use the full power of XML. "This book's
mission is to give you a running start at doing many of the things that are
commonly--and sometimes uncommonly--done with XML," says Fitzgerald.
With plenty of useful real-world projects that illustrate how to define,
read, create, and manipulate XML documents, "XML Hacks" shows readers how
to put XML's power to work on the Internet and within productivity
applications. Whether they are creating content for web sites, managing
data for electronic interchange, munging legacy files, writing an article
or manual, or inventing their own projects, readers will find techniques
to help them get the job done. They'll learn how to:
Create and edit XML documents using tools that range from Vim to Emacs to
Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org Writer
Transform application files, like the Apple iTunes collection data, into
accessible HTML
Convert old comma-separated text files into XML and vice versa
Generate PDF files and SVG graphics form XML documents
View any XML document with a basic table structure as a table in a web browser
Subscribe to and create RSS and Atom feeds
Turn HTML files into clean XHTML files
Convert Wiki files from SGML to XML
With beginning, intermediate, and advanced hacks between the covers of
this book, "XML Hacks" offers a wealth of tools for anyone who has ever
wanted to explore, experiment, discover clever shortcuts--and maybe even
show off a little--with XML.
Additional Resources:
XML Hacks
Michael Fitzgerald
ISBN 0-596-00711-6, 460 pages, $24.95 US, $36.95 CA
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