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I should mention that before I ever touched Mike Kay's book, I took Ken Holman's 2-day XSLT/XPath course, which used an earlier edition of his online book as course material. Excellent stuff and highly recommended: http://www.cranesoftwrights.com/training/index.htm#ptux Evan > -----Original Message----- > From: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@C...] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:39 AM > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: Any Good Reference Book on XML & XSLT > > > At 2002-01-17 02:08 -0500, - - (kero) wrote: > >Can anyone recommend me any good (reference) books on XML, XML > DOM, and/or > >XSLT? I've been working on XML for almost 2 weeks now (from scratch). I > >read and reference from the web, but I'm in need of some solid, > >intermidiate-level books to read during my spare time. Any inputs are > >appreciated. > > The Tenth Edition of our "Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath" > was published last month: > > Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath > (XSL Transformations and the XML Path Language) > Tenth Edition - 2001-12-06 - ISBN 1-894049-08-X > Copyright (c) 2001 Crane Softwrights Ltd. > > There is a free 140 page preview that can be downloaded from the "Book > Sales" link at the top of our home page. > > We have an accessible rendition now of each of our books since we updated > our XML-based publishing environment. This rendition is geared to screen > readers for unsighted users. A free preview of the accessible > rendition is > also available. The other formats are PDF in both US-letter and > A4 page sizes. > > Purchasing any edition grants you perpetual access to all future editions > at no charge (some of our early customers have had 9 free books since the > first edition). We plan to update this book to XPath and XSLT 2.0 when > they are finalized, so all existing customers will end up with brand new > books at no charge. > > For those who prefer static paper books instead of upgradable PDF books, > the Ninth Edition of the book is now on bookshelves. Since we > authored the > book in XML we just used XSLFO to produce the camera-ready images to send > to the publisher (we think it is the first paper commercially-sold book > produced from end to end with XML-related technologies): > > Definitive XSLT and XPath > First Edition - 2001-12-10 - ISBN 0-13-065196-6 > Copyright (c) 2002 Crane Softwrights Ltd. > Prentice Hall PTR > > Links to information on the paper book and a free PDF chapter for review > can also be found on our web site through the same "book sales" link. > > I hope this helps. > > ........................ Ken > > > -- > Training Blitz: 3-days XSLT/XPath, 2-days XSLFO - Feb 18-22, 2002 > - (Early-bird date for discounts is this Friday!) > > G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@C... > Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/x/ > Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (Fax:-0995) > ISBN 0-13-065196-6 Definitive XSLT & XPath > ISBN 1-894049-08-X Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath > ISBN 1-894049-07-1 Practical Formatting Using XSLFO > XSL/XML/DSSSL/SGML/OmniMark services, books(electronic, printed), > articles, training(instructor-live,Internet-live,web/CD,licensed) > Next public training: 2002-01-18,02-11,12,13,15,18,21, > - 03-04,05,06,08,11,04-08,09,10,12,05-14,15,06-04,07
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