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XML: Problem - Design - Solution
By: Kay Ethier , Mitch AmianoeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wrox
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Offering a unique approach to learning XML, this book walks readers through the process of building a complete, functional, end-to-end XML solution Featured case study is an online business product catalog that includes reports, data input/output, workflow, stylesheet formatting, RSS feeds, and integration with external services like Google, eBay, and Amazon The format of presenting a problem and working through the design to come up with a solution enables readers to understand how XML markup allows a business to share data across applications internally or with partners or customers even though they might not use the same applications
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XML: Problem - Design - Solution
Chapter One
XML and the Enterprise
XML is short for Extensible Markup Language (sometimes written as eXtensible Markup Language), which enables information to be encoded with meaningful structure and in a way that both computers and humans can understand. It is excellent for information exchange, and is easily extended to include user-specified and industry-specified tags. XML's recommendation-its specifications-is set by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).
Because XML is formatting-free, it can be used in a variety of processes. It can replace or work with other technologies, and it can be used instead of or to supplement scripts. It also works with databases or on its own to store readable content.
In this chapter, you:
Learn the basics of XML. Explore the structure of an XML document.
Discover what you can do with XML.
Find out what you need to get started.
You are introduced to the winery and will examine the potential for modifying its data and using XML enterprise-wide. This project is expanded upon throughout the book.
Problem
You are owner of a winery in the Finger Lakes area of New York. You've just purchased the winery and are interested in automating much of the administrative detail and marketing data for your newly hired staff to work with.
Your winery's data must be properly structured to enable internal use as well as the sharing of the wine catalog externally. Interoperability with partners, online wine distributors, and tourism agencies is of key importance.
The winery starts
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