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I think it's quite reasonable to consider the XML-Schema Candidate Release draft _itself_ as a "book". -Wayne Steele >From: ricko <ricko@g...> >To: xml-dev@l... >Subject: Re: books on XML schema >Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:24:50 +0800 > > > From: "Tony O'Keeffe" <tony.okeeffe@t...> > > > Anyone care to recommend a decent book on XML schemas - what they >are, > > > considerations in design, mapping from DTDs to schemas, etc - or even >DTD > > > design for that matter? Thanks in advance. > >I haven't seen any books on XML Schemas yet. Several books have chapters >covering draft versions though. I am aware of several excellent-sounding >books with fairly up-to-date material in progress. > >The XML Schema specification has not been released in its final version >yet. >The XML Schema Working Group has flagged in the Candidate Release draft >that >some parts will be reviewed in the light of implementation experiences. And >any parts that changed in recent times are obiously a little less stable >than the more mature parts. > >So when you get an XML Schemas book, or read a chapter, you need a little >patience that some of the details may be wrong for the final version. >However, until then perhaps the best approach is to read the tutorials on >XML.COM, read Roger Costello's online Tutorials. I suggest that if you >familiarize yourself with DTDs, XPath and the Datatypes spec, that will be >a >fruitful way to approach the problem. > >Cheers >Rick Jelliffe > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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