Description: (NOTE: Each chapter begins with Objectives, an Outline, and an Introduction and ends with a Summary, Terminology, a summary of all the programming tips in the chapter, Self-Review Exercises, Self-Review Exercise Answers, and Exercises. ) 1. Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web. Introduction. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). History of the Internet. History of the World Wide Web. Future of Computing. History of SGML. XML and XML How to Program. A Tour of the Book. W3C XML Resources. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 2. Introduction to HyperText Markup Language 4: Part I. Introduction. Markup Languages. Editing HTML. Common Elements. Headers. Linking. Images. Special Characters and More Line Breaks. Unordered Lists. Nested and Ordered Lists. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 3. Introduction to HyperText Markup Language 4: Part II. Introduction. Basic HTML Tables. Intermediate HTML Tables and Formatting. Basic HTML Forms. More Complex HTML Forms. Internal Linking. Creating and Using Image Maps. Tags. frameset Element. Nested framesets. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 4. Cascading Style Sheets(tm) (CSS). Introduction. Inline Styles. Creating Style Sheets with the style Element. Conflicting Styles. Linking External Style Sheets. Positioning Elements. Backgrounds. Element Dimensions. Text Flow and the Box Model. User Style Sheets. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 5. Creating Markup with XML. Introduction. Introduction to XML Markup. Parsers and Well-Formed XML Documents. Parsing an XML Document with msxml. Characters. Markup. CDATA Sections. XML Namespaces. Case Study: A Day Planner Application. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 6. Document Type Definition (DTD). Introduction. Parsers, Well-Formed and Valid XML Documents. Document Type Declaration. Element Type Declarations.Attribute Declarations. Attribute Types. Conditional Sections. Whitespace Characters. Case Study: Writing a DTD for the Day Planner Application. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 7. Schemas. Introduction. Schema vs. DTDs. Microsoft XML Schema: Describing Elements. Microsoft XML Schema: Describing Attributes. Microsoft XML Schema: Data Types. W3C XML Schema. Case Study: Writing a Microsoft XML Schema for the Day Planner Application. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 8. Document Object Model (DOM(tm)). Introduction. DOM Implementations. DOM with JavaScript. Setup. DOM Components. Creating Nodes. Traversing the DOM. Case Study: Modifying the Day Planner Application to Use the DOM. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 9. Simple API for XML (SAX). Introduction. DOM vs. SAX. SAX-Based Parsers. Setup. Events. Example: Tree Diagram. Case Study: Using SAX with the Day Planner Application. SAX 2.0. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 10. Case Study: XmlMessenger Program. Introduction. Setup. Overview: Server Side of XmlMessenger. Implementation: Server Side of XmlMessenger. Overview: Client Side of XmlMessenger. Implementation: Client Side of XmlMessenger. 11. XML Path Language (XPath). Introduction. Nodes. Location Paths. Node-Set Operators and Functions. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 12. XSL: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT). Introduction. Setup. Templates. Creating Elements and Attributes. Iteration and Sorting. Conditional Processing. Copying Nodes. Combining Stylesheets. Variables. Case Study: XSLT and XPath. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 13. XSL: Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects. Introduction. Setup. Examples of XSL Formatting-Object Documents. Lists. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 14. XLink, XPointer, XInclude and XBase. Introduction. XML Linking Language (XLink).XLink and DTDs. XML Pointer Language (XPointer). XML Inclusions (XInclude). XML Base (XBase). Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 15. Case Study: Message Forum with Active Server Pages. Introduction. Setup and Message Forum Documents. Forum Navigation. Adding Forums. Forum XML Documents. Posting Messages. Other HTML Documents. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 16. Server-Side Java Programming. Introduction. Cocoon. Extensible Server Pages (XSP). Case Study: A Wireless Online Bookstore. Jakarta Tomcat Setup. WAP and WML: Client-Side Documents. Java Servlets. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 17. Perl and XML: A Web-Based Message Forums Application. Introduction. Perl and XML. Setup. Displaying the Forums using XML::Parser. Using XML::DOM to Add Forums and Messages. Alterations for Non-XSL Browsers. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 18. Accessibility. Introduction. Providing Alternatives for Multimedia Content. Maximizing Readability by Focusing on Structure. Accessibility in HTML Tables. Accessibility in HTML Frames. Accessibility in XML. Using Voice Synthesis and Recognition with VoiceXML(tm). JAWS for Windows. Other Accessibility Tools. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 19. XHTML and XForms. Introduction. XHTML. XForms. Extended Forms Architecture (XFA). Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 20. Custom Markup Languages: Part I. Introduction. Mathematical Markup Language (MathML). OpenMath. Chemical Markup Language (CML). Wireless Markup Language (WML). Geography Markup Language (GML). Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Bean Markup Language (BML). Extensible 3D Language (X3D). Additional Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 21. Custom Markup Languages: Part II. Introduction. Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). Bank Internet Payment System (BIPS). Electronic Business XML (ebXML). Visa XML Invoice Specification. Commerce XML (cXML). LegalXML. NewsML. Open eBook Publication Structure. Extensible User Interface Language (XUL). Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 22. XML Technologies and Applications. Introduction. XML Query Language (XQL). Directory Services Markup Language (DSML). Resource Definition Framework (RDF). XML Topic Maps (XTM). Virtual HyperGlossary (VHG). Channel Definition Format (CDF). Information and Content Exchange (ICE) Protocol. Rich Site Summary (RSS). Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P). Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (BXXP). XML Digital Signatures. Extensible Rights Markup Language (XrML). XML Metadata Interchange (XMI). W3C''s XML Protocol. XMAL. 23. Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Microsoft BizTalk(tm). Introduction. Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). Microsoft BizTalk. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 24. Bonus Chapter: Introduction to Scripting with VBScript. Introduction. Operators. Data Types and Control Structures. VBScript Functions. VBScript Example Programs. Arrays. String Manipulation. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 25. Bonus Chapter: Introduction to Active Server Pages (ASP). Introduction. How Active Server Pages Work. Client-Side Scripting versus Server-Side Scripting. Using Personal Web Server and Internet Information Server. Active Server Page Objects. A Simple ASP Example. Server-Side ActiveX Components. File System Objects. Session Tracking and Cookies. Databases, SQL, Microsoft UDA and ADO. Accessing a Database from an Active Server Page. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 26. Bonus Chapter: Introduction to Perl Programming. Introduction. Perl. String Processing and Regular Expressions. Viewing Client/Server Environment Variables. Form Processing and Business Logic. Server-Side Includes. Verifying a Username and Password. Using ODBC to Connect to a Database. Cookies and Perl. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. 27. Bonus Chapter: Introduction to Java 2 Programming. Introduction. Java Keywords, Primitive Data Types and Class Libraries. Command-Line Java Applications. Arrays. Class Vector. Graphical User Interfaces: A Windowed Application with JFrames and Event Handling. Graphical User Interfaces: Event Handling with Inner Classes. Graphical User Interfaces: Miscellaneous Components. Graphical User Interfaces: Layout Managers. Graphical User Interfaces: Customizing a Component and Introducing Graphics. Multithreading. Networking with Sockets and Streams. Enhancing a Web Server with Servlets. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. Appendix A: HTML Special Characters. Appendix B: HTML Colors. Appendix C: ASCII Character Set. Appendix D: Operator Precedence Charts. Appendix E: Number Systems. Introduction. Abbreviating Binary Numbers as Octal Numbers and Hexadecimal Numbers. Converting Octal Numbers and Hexadecimal Numbers to Binary Numbers. Converting from Binary, Octal, or Hexadecimal to Decimal. Converting from Decimal to Binary, Octal, or Hexadecimal. Negative Binary Numbers: Two''s Complement Notation. Appendix F: Career Resources. Introduction. On-Line Career Services. Career Opportunities for Employees. Internet and World Wide Web Resources. Bibliography. Index.

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