Introduction.

Part I: Introduction.

Chapter 1: What Is XML?

Chapter 2: Well-Formed XML.

Chapter 3: XML Namespaces.

Part II: Validation.

Chapter 4: Document Type Definitions.

Chapter 5: XML Schemas.

Chapter 6: RELAX NG.

Part III: Processing.

Chapter 7: XPath.

Chapter 8: XSLT.

Part IV: Databases.

Chapter 9: XQuery, the XML Query Language.

Chapter 10: XML and Databases.

Part V: Programming.

Chapter 11: The XML Document Object Model (DOM).

Chapter 12: Simple API for XML (SAX).

Part VI: Communication.

Chapter 13: RSS, Atom, and Content Syndication.

Chapter 14: Web Services.

Chapter 15: SOAP and WSDL.

Chapter 16: Ajax.

Part VII: Display.

Chapter 17: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Chapter 18: XHTML.

Chapter 19: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).

Chapter 20: XForms.

Part VIII: Case Study.

Chapter 21: Case Study: Payment Calculator.

Chapter 22: Case Study: Payment Calculator—Ruby on Rails.

Appendix A. Exercise Solutions.

Appendix B. XPath Reference.

Appendix C. XSLT Reference.

Appendix D. The XML Document Object Model.

Appendix E. XML Schema Element and Attribute Reference.

Appendix F. XML Schema Data Types Reference.

Appendix G. SAX 2.0.2 Reference.

Index.