Xml Links

(also see the XmlFaq)

Specifications

Links to various XML specifications

Books

Survey of XML books in print, by Charles F. Goldfarb; current as of 2008

Free chapters

O'Reilly:

XML in a Nutshell Chapter 9: XPath

Java and XML Chapter 9: Web Publishing Frameworks

Java Examples in a Nutshell Chapter 19: XML

Learning XML Chapter 2: Markup and Core Concepts

Building Oracle XML Applications Chapter 7. Transforming XML with XSLT

Others:

The XML Bible, 2nd edition

Chapter 17: XSL Transformations

Chapter 18: XSL Formatting Objects

Chapter 19: XLinks

Chapter 20: XPointers

Chapter 24: Schemas

XML How to Program

Chapter 6: Document Type Definition (DTD) (pdf)

Chapter 11: XML Path Language (XPath) (pdf)

Chapter 13: XSL: Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects (pdf)

Chapter 20: Custom Markup Languages: Part I (pdf)

Tutorials and FAQs

XML for the absolute beginner A guided tour from HTML to processing XML with Java, by Mark Johnson

XPath tutorial by examples visual representations of XPath; you can see an XML tree and the result of applying various XPath elements.

XSLT reference with examples For each element or function there is a brief overview, and a few examples. Click on Interactive xlab, insert your parameter in the XSL expression and see the results!

Namespace Myths Exploded, by Ronald Bourret

Jeni's XSLT Pages

XML Namespaces FAQ

http://www.zvon.org/comp/m/xml.html - This site has quite a few good examples.

XML Master Tutorial

Examples

List of examples (DHTML, XML, XSL, ASP, CSS, DOM...)

Component-Based Page Layouts An example illustrating the use of XHTML + XSLT + XLink.

XSLT transforms library A nice collection of useful XSLT transforms, models and reusable fragments under the GPL, involving HTML tables, XML Schema, HTML GUI, MathML, SQL analogy. 15 entities.

XML Examples

References

XML Syntax Quick Reference (pdf) US Letter (8.5" x 11") size

Concepts

Rescuing XSLT from Niche Status. A Gentle Introduction to XSLT through HTML Templates

Style, good practice and tips

28 XML Design patterns

Improve your XSLT coding five ways, by Benoît Marchal Tips to make you a better XSLT programmer

A Class Act, by Didier Martin, February 02, 2000

XML and databases

XML and Databases, by Ronald Bourret.

XML and other WEB technologies

Using XML and JSP together, By Alex Chaffee

Developing, Applying and Optimizing XSLT with Java Servlets

Style-free XSLT Style Sheets

What Place Has CSS in the XML World?, by Didier Martin. Is CSS a good style language to use with XML? Is CSS an alternative to XSLT?

Architectures for Styling, by Didier Martin.

Processing XML with Java