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Putting XML to work in the library : tools for improving access and management
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Putting XML to work in the library : tools for improving access and management

Author: Dick R Miller; Kevin S Clarke
Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association, 2004.
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
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Miller, Dick R.
Putting XML to work in the library.
Chicago : American Library Association, 2004
(DLC) 2003013916
(OCoLC)52542586
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Dick R Miller; Kevin S Clarke
ISBN: 0838998593 9780838998595
OCLC Number: 55697366
Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 205 p.) : ill.
Contents: It's elemental, my dear Watson. What is XML? --
Markup minihistory : prelude to XML? --
Picking up the pieces: Extensible markup syntax ; Markup and XML ; Types of markup ; Elements and structure ; Elements ; Attributes ; Empty elements ; Mixed content ; Entities ; Comments ; Character data sections ; White space ; Character encoding ; The XML declaration ; Processing instructions ; Well-formed documents ; Putting it all together --
All in the family: Valid documents ; Document type definitions ; XML-based schemas ; Namespaces ; Stylesheets ; XHTML ; Browsers and viewing ; X whatever --
Libraries strategic opportunity: Generic aspects of XML --
"The nice thing about standards ... ". Getting started --
What's in a name(space)? --
I need some (XML) validation! : DTDs (Document Type Definitions) ; XML schemas (W3C) ; Relax NG schemas --
Where do I go from here?: Xpath ; Xlink ; Xpointer --
Doing it with style(sheets): Getting started ; XSLT stylesheets ; XSL FO stylesheets ; CSS stylesheets --
In the scheme of things. Schema development: The development process step-by-step --
Library information in context: Open content ; Open libraries? ; Think globally, act locally --
Bibliographic and authority records: MARC : the ultimate crazy quilt? ; AACR : fixity versus fluidity? ; XOBIS : simplicity without sacrifice? --
XML tools : what do you want to do today? Open source solutions --
XML editors : mark it up!: Simple text editors ; Jedit ; XMLOperator ; Bit Flux editor ; XML eXchaNGeR (XNGR) --
XML transformers : the changing face of XML: Saxon ; Cocoon and Xalan ; Kawa and Qexo --
XML browsers : not just another pretty face: Mozilla ; Amaya --Conclusion --
The future is now : trends and possibilities. Trends and future standards: Xinclude ; Xforms ; Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) ; Docbook ; VoiceXML ; OpenOffice, AbiWord, and Microsoft Office --
XML possibilities: Transitional e-journals list ; Updating MARC with MARCUTL ; Maintaining PubMed LinkOuts ; MARC to XOBIS in 2003 and beyond.
Responsibility: Dick R. Miller and Kevin S. Clarke.

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Used this for a grad school class in library science

by jmjacques (WorldCat user published 2009-10-09) Excellent Permalink

This book was a required textbook for a graduate course in library science.  It was an excellent text and I recommend it.

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