Developing XML Solutions (DV-MPS General)

Jake Sturm, Microsoft Press

ISBN:0735607966, Edition: , 2000-09-02

Price: $49.99

Contents

Cover
LOC Page
Acknowledgements

Introduction
What Is in This Book
XML Tools
Using the Companion CD
Microsoft Press Support Information

Part I: Introducing XML

Chapter 1 -- XML Within the Enterprise
Knowledge Workers
DNS Corporate Model
Goals of a DNS

Chapter 2 -- Markup Languages
SGML
HTML
XML
Summary

Chapter 3 -- Structure of an XML Document
Basic Components of an XML Document
Understanding HTML Basics
Building an XML Web Document Template
Creating a Web Help Page
What Have You Gained?
Other XML Viewers
Criteria for Well-Formed XML Documents
Adding The XML Declaration
The Final XML Document
Summary

Chapter 4 -- An Introduction to Document Type Definitions
Building a DTD
The !ELEMENT Statement
The !ATTLIST Statement
The Revised DTD
Associating the DTD With an XML Document
Summary

Chapter 5 -- Entities and Other Components
Overview of Entities
Internal Entities
External Entities
Processing Order
Conditional Sections
Summary

Chapter 6 -- XML Namespace, XPath, XPointer, and XLink
Namespaces
XPath
XPointer
XLink
Summary

Chapter 7 -- XML Schemas
Simple Schema Data Types
Complex Data Types
Namespaces and Schemas
Summary

Chapter 8 -- SOAP
Communication over Distributed Systems
SOAP and the Request/Response Model
HTTP Headers and SOAP
Simple SOAP Payloads
SOAP Encoding
Summary

Chapter 9 -- BizTalk
BizTalk Message Structure
BizTalk Documents
XML Data Reduced Schemas
The Northwind Traders BizTalk Schema
Sharing BizTalk Schemas
DTD, W3C Schema, or BizTalk Schema?
Identifying Information for a Schema
Summary

Part II: XML and Windows DNA

Chapter 10 -- Overview of Windows DNA
Logical Three-Tier Model
Physical Three-Tier Model
Stateful vs. Stateless Components
Designing a Distributed System
Summary

Chapter 11 -- The XML Document Object Model
Internet Explorer 5's Implementation of the XML DOM
SOAP Application Using XML DOM
XML Parser Version 2.6 and Version 3.0
Summary

Chapter 12 -- XML Presentation with XSL and CSS
XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets
Using XSL to Present XML Documents
XSLT, XPath, and XSL Formatting Objects
XSL and XSLT Support in XML DOM
Programming with XSL and XSLT
Summary

Chapter 13 -- Creating Dynamic User Services Components
DHTML
The XML DSO
XML DSO Examples
Summary

Chapter 14 -- Business Services Components
Using the HTC to Create Business Services Components
Compiled Components
Summary

Chapter 15 -- Data Services Components and XML
ADO 2.5 and XML
Updating the Data Source
XML SQL Server ISAPI Extension
XSL ISAPI Extension
Summary

Chapter 16 -- Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000
The BizTalk Editor
BizTalk Mapper
BizTalk Management Desk
Submitting and Receiving BizTalk Documents
BizTalk Server Administration Console
BizTalk Server Tracking User Interface
Summary

Footnotes
About the Author
About This Electronic Book
About Microsoft Press