Effective XML: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your XML

Elliotte Rusty Harold

Effective XML: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your XML
  • 出版商: Addison Wesley
  • 出版日期: 2003-10-02
  • 定價: $1,480
  • 售價: 6.0 折 $888
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 336
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0321150406
  • ISBN-13: 9780321150400
  • 相關分類: XML

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Summary

"This is an excellent collection of XML best practices: essential reading for any developer using XML. This book will help you avoid common pitfalls and ensure your XML applications remain practical and interoperable for as long as possible."—Edd Dumbill, Managing Editor, XML.com and Program Chair, XML Europe

"A collection of useful advice about XML and related technologies. Well worth reading before, during, and after XML application development."—Sean McGrath, CTO, Propylon

If you want to become a more effective XML developer, you need this book. You will learn which tools to use when in order to write legible, extensible, maintainable and robust XML code.

Page 36: How do you write DTDs that are independent of namespace prefixes?
Page 82: What do parsers reliably report and what don't they?
Page 130: Which schema language is the right one for your job?
Page 178: Which API should you choose for maximum speed and minimum size?
Page 257: What can you do to ensure fast, reliable access to DTDs and schemas without making your document less portable?
Page 283: Is XML too verbose for your application?

Elliotte Rusty Harold provides you with 50 practical rules of thumb based on real-world examples and best practices. His engaging writing style is easy to understand and illustrates how you can save development time while improving your XML code. Learn to write XML that is easy to edit, simple to process, and is fully interoperable with other applications and code. Understand how to design and document XML vocabularies so they are both descriptive and extensible. After reading this book, you'll be ready to choose the best tools and APIs for both large-scale and small-scale processing jobs. Elliotte provides you with essential information on building services such as verification, compression, authentication, caching, and content management.

If you want to design, deploy, or build better systems that utilize XML—then buy this book and get going!

Table of Contents

Preface.


Acknowledgments.


Introduction.

Element versus Tag.

Attribute versus Attribute Value.

Entity versus Entity Reference.

Entity Reference versus Character Reference.

Children versus Child Elements versus Content.

Text versus Character Data versus Markup.

Namespace versus Namespace Name versus Namespace URI.

XML Document versus XML File.

XML Application versus XML Software.

Well-Formed versus Valid.

DTD versus DOCTYPE.

XML Declaration versus Processing Instruction.

Character Set versus Character Encoding.

URI versus URI Reference versus IRI.

Schemas versus the W3C XML Schema Language.

I. SYNTAX.

Item 1. Include an XML Declaration.


The version Info.

The encoding Declaration.

The standalone Declaration.

Item 2. Mark Up with ASCII if Possible.


Item 3. Stay with XML 1.0.


New Characters in XML Names.

C0 Control Characters.

C1 Control Characters.

NEL Used as a Line Break.

Unicode Normalization.

Undeclaring Namespace Prefixes.

Item 4. Use Standard Entity References.


Item 5. Comment DTDs Liberally.


The Header Comment.

Declarations.

Item 6. Name Elements with Camel Case.


Item 7. Parameterize DTDs.


Parameterizing Attributes.

Parameterizing Namespaces.

Full Parameterization.

Conditional Sections.

Item 8. Modularize DTDs.


Item 9. Distinguish Text from Markup.


Item 10. White Space Matters.


The xml:space Attribute.

Ignorable White Space.

Tags and White Space.

White Space in Attributes.

Schemas.

II. STRUCTURE.

Item 11. Make Structure Explicit through Markup.


Tag Each Unit of Information.

Avoid Implicit Structure.

Where to Stop?

Item 12. Store Metadata in Attributes.


Item 13. Remember Mixed Content.


Item 14. Allow All XML Syntax.


Item 15. Build on Top of Structures, Not Syntax.


Empty-Element Tags.

CDATA Sections.

Character and Entity References.

Item 16. Prefer URLs to Unparsed Entities and Notations.


Item 17. Use Processing Instructions for Process-Specific Content.


Style Location.

Overlapping Markup.

Page Formatting.

Out-of-Line Markup.

Misuse of Processing Instructions.

Item 18. Include All Information in the Instance Document.


Item 19. Encode Binary Data Using Quoted Printable and/or Base64.


Quoted Printable.

Base64.

Item 20. Use Namespaces for Modularity and Extensibility.


Choosing a Namespace URI.

Validation and Namespaces.

Item 21. Rely on Namespace URIs, Not Prefixes.


Item 22. Don't Use Namespace Prefixes in Element Content and Attribute Values.


Item 23. Reuse XHTML for Generic Narrative Content.


Item 24. Choose the Right Schema Language for the Job.


The W3C XML Schema Language.

Document Type Definitions.

RELAX NG.

Schematron.

Java, C#, Python, and Perl.

Layering Schemas.

Item 25. Pretend There's No Such Thing as the PSVI.


Item 26. Version Documents, Schemas, and Stylesheets.


Item 27. Mark Up According to Meaning.


III. SEMANTICS.

Item 28. Use Only What You Need.


Item 29. Always Use a Parser.


Item 30. Layer Functionality.


Item 31. Program to Standard APIs.


SAX.

DOM.

JDOM.

Item 32. Choose SAX for Computer Efficiency.


Item 33. Choose DOM for Standards Support.


Item 34. Read the Complete DTD.


Item 35. Navigate with XPath.


Item 36. Serialize XML with XML.


Item 37. Validate Inside Your Program with Schemas.


Xerces-J.

DOM Level 3 Validation.

IV. IMPLEMENTATION.

Item 38. Write in Unicode.


Choosing an Encoding.

A char Is Not a Character.

Normalization Forms.

Sorting.

Item 39. Parameterize XSLT Stylesheets.


Item 40. Avoid Vendor Lock-In.


Item 41. Hang On to Your Relational Database.


Item 42. Document Namespaces with RDDL.


Natures.

Purposes.

Item 43. Preprocess XSLT on the Server Side.


Servlet-Based Solutions.

Apache.

IIS.

Item 44. Serve XML+CSS to the Client.
Item 45. Pick the Correct MIME Media Type.
Item 46. Tidy Up Your HTML.

MIME Type.

HTML Tidy.

Older Browsers.

Item 47. Catalog Common Resources.

Catalog Syntax.

Using Catalog Files.

Item 48. Verify Documents with XML Digital Signatures.

Digital Signature Syntax.

Digital Signature Tools.

Item 49. Hide Confidential Data with XML Encryption.

Encryption Syntax.

Encryption Tools.

Item 50. Compress if Space Is a Problem.
Recommended Reading.
Index.

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摘要

這是一本關於XML最佳實踐的優秀收藏品：對於任何使用XML的開發人員來說都是必讀的。這本書將幫助您避免常見的問題，確保您的XML應用程序在可能的時間內保持實用和互操作性。- Edd Dumbill，XML.com的總編輯和XML Europe的程序主席

這是一本關於XML和相關技術的有用建議的收藏品。在XML應用程序開發之前、期間和之後閱讀這本書是非常值得的。- Sean McGrath，Propylon的首席技術官

如果您想成為一個更有效的XML開發人員，您需要這本書。您將學習在何時使用哪些工具，以便編寫易於閱讀、可擴展、易於維護和堅固的XML代碼。

第36頁：如何編寫獨立於命名空間前綴的DTD？
第82頁：解析器可靠地報告了什麼，而又沒有報告什麼？
第130頁：哪種模式語言是適合您的工作的？
第178頁：為了最大速度和最小大小，應該選擇哪個API？
第257頁：為了確保對DTD和模式的快速可靠訪問，又不會使文檔不可移植，您可以做些什麼？
第283頁：XML對於您的應用程序來說是否太冗長？

Elliotte Rusty Harold根據真實世界的例子和最佳實踐為您提供了50個實用的經驗法則。他引人入勝的寫作風格易於理解，並說明您如何在提高XML代碼的同時節省開發時間。了解如何設計和文檔化XML詞彙，使其既具有描述性又具有可擴展性。閱讀完本書後，您將準備好為大規模和小規模處理工作選擇最佳工具和API。Elliotte為您提供了有關構建驗證、壓縮、身份驗證、緩存和內容管理等服務的基本信息。

如果您想設計、部署或構建更好地利用XML的系統-那麼購買這本書並開始吧！

目錄

前言
致謝
介紹
元素與標籤
屬性與屬性值
實體與實體引用
實體引用與字符引用
子元素與內容
文本與字符數據與標記
命名空間與命名空間名稱與命名空間URI
XML文檔與XML文件
XML應用程序與XML軟件
格式良好與有效
DTD與DOCTYPE
XML聲明與處理指令
字符集與字符編碼
URI與URI引用與IRI
模式與W3C XML模式語言
I. 語法

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