| Preface | vii |
| Introduction | xi |
| Why Another XML Book? xi / What You'll Learn in This Book xii / XML Step by Step, Internet Explorer, and MSXML xiv / Using the Companion CD xvi / Requirements xviii / How to Contact the Author xix / Microsoft Press Support Information xix | |
| PART 1 Getting Started | 1 |
| CHAPTER 1 Why XML? | 3 |
| The Need for XML 4 / Displaying XML Documents 10 / SGML, HTML, and XML 11 / The Official Goals of XML 12 / Standard XML Applications 14 / Real-World Uses for XML 15 / XML Applications for Enhancing XML Documents 19 | |
| CHAPTER 2 Creating and Displaying Your First XML Document | 21 |
| Creating an XML Document 21 / Displaying the XML Document 29 | |
| PART 2 CREATING XML DOCUMENTS | 43 |
| CHAPTER 3 Creating Well-Formed XML Documents | 45 |
| The Parts of a Well-Formed XML Document 46 / Adding Elements to the Document 50 / Adding Attributes to Elements 62 / Using Namespaces 69 | |
| CHAPTER 4 Adding Comments, Processing Instructions, and CDATA Sections | 81 |
| Inserting Comments 81 / Using Processing Instructions 83 / Including CDATA Sections 86 | |
| CHAPTER 5 Creating Valid XML Documents Using Document Type Definitions | 91 |
| The Basic Criteria for a Valid XML Document 92 / The Advantages of Making an XML Document Valid 93 / Adding the Document Type Declaration 95 / Declaring Element Types 98 / Declaring Attributes 107 / Using Namespaces in Valid Documents 117 / Using an External DTD Subset 120 / Converting a Well-Formed Document to a Valid Document 125 | |
| CHAPTER 6 Defining and Using Entities | 131 |
| Entity Definitions and Classifications 131 /Declaring General Entities 135 / Declaring Parameter Entities 143 / Inserting Entity | |
| References 148 / Inserting Character References 153 / Using | |
| Predefined Entities 156 / Adding Entities to a Document 157 | |
| CHAPTER 7 Creating Valid XML Documents Using XML Schemas | 163 |
| XML Schema Basics 165 / Declaring Elements 167 / Declaring an Element with a Simple Type 169 / Declaring Attributes 182 / Creating an XML Schema and an Instance Document 186 | |
| PART 3 DISPLAYING XML DOCUMENTS ON THE WEB | 193 |
| CHAPTER 8 Displaying XML Documents Using Basic Cascading Style Sheets | 195 |
| The Basic Steps for Using a Cascading Style Sheet 197 / Cascading in Cascading Style Sheets 211 / Setting the display Property 215 / Setting Font Properties 221 / Setting the font-variant Property 231 / Setting the color Property 232 / Setting Background Properties 235 / Setting Text Spacing and Alignment Properties 246 | |
| CHAPTER 9 Displaying XML Documents Using Advanced Cascading Style Sheets | 257 |
| Setting Box Properties 258 / Using Pseudo-Elements (Internet Explorer 5.5 through 6.0 Only) 285 / Inserting HTML Elements into XML Documents 286 / Creating and Using a Full-Featured Cascading Style Sheet 291 | |
| CHAPTER 10 Displaying XML Documents Using Data Binding | 297 |
| The Main Steps 298 / The First Step: Linking the XML Document to the HTML Page 299 / The Second Step: Binding HTML Elements to XML Elements 303 / Using Paging 309 / Using Scripts with the DSO 350 | |
| CHAPTER 11 Displaying XML Documents Using Document Object Model Scripts | 357 |
| Linking the XML Document to the HTML Page 359 / The Structure of the DOM 360 / Accessing and Displaying XML Document Elements 367 / Accessing and Displaying XML Document Attribute Values 384 / Accessing XML Entities and Notations 388 / Traversing an Entire XML Document 392 / Checking an XML Document for Validity 398 | |
| CHAPTER 12 Displaying XML Documents Using XML Style Sheets | 409 |
| Using an XSLT Style Sheet—the Basics 411 / Using a Single XSLT Template 412 / Using Multiple Templates 432 / Using Other Select and Match Expressions 435 / Filtering and Sorting XML Data 440 / Accessing XML Attributes 451 / Referencing Namespaces in XSLT 457 / Using Conditional Structures 459 | |
| APPENDIX Web Addresses for Further Information | 461 |
| General Information on XML 461 / Internet Explorer and MSXML 462 / XML Applications 462 / Namespaces 462 / URIs and URNs 462 / XML Schemas 463 / Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 463 / Data Binding and the Data Source Object (DSO) 464 / ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and the ADO recordset Object 464 / HTML and Dynamic HTML (DHTML) 464 / Microsoft JScript 464 / The Document Object Model (DOM) 465 / Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) and XPath 465 / Author's Web Site 465 | |
| INDEX | 467 |
