| This book is a learn-by-doing book. It is for anybody who needs to start using XPath today. Throughout the chapters of this book, you will be shown example after example of working code that uses XPath. As you work through the text and the examples, I think you will find code that you can adapt or extend to your own needs and purposes. Because the primary use of XPath at the time of writing is with XSLT, many of the examples in this book are focused on transforming XML documents either to HTML/XHTML or to other XML formats.
If you have a background in HTML, XHTML, XML, or XSLT, that will help move you along faster. If you don’t have any markup language background, don’t worry. The introductory material in Chapter 1 will give you a start with XML and XSLT that will give you a framework for later reading.
XPath is an important new technology that allows XML data to be restructured and displayed in virtually any other format, such as HTML. It is especially exciting for developers in the B2B arena in that it permits data to be exchanged between companies using different schemas (naming conventions). Written for developers, programmers, Webmasters, and IT/networking professionals, XPath Essentials provides readers with the practical, hands-on instruction they need to accomplish mission-critical tasks. Like all the books in the XML Essentials series, it takes an example-driven approach supplying source code to illustrate the practical application of XPath and its framework, syntax, semantics, and use.
Offers Web masters and IT programmers a thorough source for XPath coverage. Written by an internationally recognized XML expert with extensive writing and technical editing experience, XPath Essentials focuses exclusively on XPath.
Web masters at large corporations need to import XML data from their companies’ data warehouses and display it with HTML on Web sites. XPath allows that data to be restructured. IT programmers need to build and/or maintain business-to-business (B2B) applications for their companies to interact with a wide variety of clients and partners. While the clients and partners may all have the necessary data in XML format, they may not all be using the same naming conventions for the data. XPath exchanges the XML data without any of the companies having to change their systems.
XPath Essentials offers Web masters and IT programmers a thorough source for XPath coverage. Offering many pertinent examples of how XPath technology operates, this book shows how XPath allows XML data to be restructured so that it can be transformed, displayed, and exchanged among companies that may not be using the same DTDs or schemas.
Written by an internationally recognized XML expert with extensive writing and technical editing experience, XPath Essentials focuses exclusively on XPath.
About the Author
ANDREW WATT is the founder of XMML.com and an independent consultant in the United Kingdom. His extensive programming background includes expertise in XML and HTML/XHTML. He has served as technical editor on ten books covering XML and other Web technologies and is a contributing author to several XML and XHTML titles. |
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