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XHTML: Moving Toward XML

by Simon St. Laurent and B.K. DeLong

ISBN: 0764547097

Wondering if you should take the plunge into XML? Here’s

the easiest way to do it.

Table of Contents

Back Cover

Synopsis by John E. Simpson

XHTML is the nascent but already successful blending of classic HTML with

the structured “data smarts” of XML. Authors Simon St. Laurent and B.K.

DeLong -- both active participants in the grass-roots Web Standards Project --

take you on a grand tour of the why's and how's of the new markup language.

From the very basics, which assumes no prior knowledge of XML, on up to

such advanced topics as transforming “pure XML” to XHTML and creating

modularized combinations of XHTML and XML elements, they lead you with

clarity and dry wit right up to the doorstep of creating and processing your own

XHTML documents. Most importantly, they do an excellent job of laying out

the necessary steps in converting regular HTML to its sleeker -- indeed, in all

ways better -- counterpart.

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Table of Contents

Part I The HTML Problem: The XML Solution

Chapter 1 - A Fresh Start: Moving From HTML to XHTML - 7

Chapter 2 - HTML and XHTML Application Possibilities - 12

Part II The Ins and Outs of XHTML

Chapter 3 - Coding Styles: HTML's Maximum Flexibility - 18

Chapter 4 - Coding Styles— XML and XHTML's Maximum Structure - 24

Chapter 5 - Anatomy of an XHTML Document - 32

Chapter 6 - Reading the XHTML DTDs: A Guide to XML Declarations - 63

Chapter 7 - Exploring the XHTML DTDs - 74

Chapter 8 - Style Sheets and XHTML - 80

Part III Making the Big Jump

Chapter 9 - Using XHTML in Traditional HTML Applications - 99

Chapter 10 - The Big Clean-Up: Fixing Static HTML (The Easy Part) - 102

Chapter 11 - The Big Clean-Up: Fixing HTML Generating Code (The Hard

Part) - 123

Part IV Moving Forward into XML

Chapter 12 - Using XSL to Generate (X)HTML - 129

Chapter 13 - Integrating the Document Object Model with XHTML

Generation - 138

Chapter 14 - Moving to Modules: Creating Extensible Document Structures

with XHTML 1.1 - 149

Chapter 15 - Fragmenting XHTML - 155

Chapter 16 - Extending XHTML - 167

Chapter 17 - XHTML Inside XML: Using XHTML in an XML Context - 177

Part V XHTML and XML Futures

Chapter 18 - A Case Study: WAP and the Wireless Markup Language - 184

Chapter 19 - A Case Study: Mozquito Factory and FML - 194

Chapter 20 - XML and the Next Generation of the Web - 228

Part VI Appendixes

Appendix A - XHTML Elements, by DTD - 232

Appendix B - Commonly Used Encodings - 246

Appendix C - Language Identifiers - 247

Appendix D - Country Codes - 249

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Sidebars

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XHTML - Moving Toward XML - 4

Preface - 6

Back Cover

XHTML promises to expand the power and versatility of the Web and pave the

way for XML. But how do you put XHTML to work? Or adapt your existing

HTML applications to this new standard?

This book provides the answers. With crystal-clear explanations and

compelling case studies, XML maven Simon St.Laurent walks you through the

ins and outs of XHTML and shows you step-by-step how to take advantage of

this new Web standards. From working with the rigorous XHTML structure

and retrofitting your HTML code to extending XHTML with XML, this guide is

just what you need to position yourslef and your sites for the XML future.

Your road map to a smooth XHTML transition

• Compare the maximum flexibility of HTML with the maximum

structure of XHTML

• Explore XHTML Document Type Definitions and style sheet issues

• Clean up HTML to make it XHTML compatible -- and overhaul ASP,

JSP, and CGI applications that generate HTML

• Integrate the Document Object Model with XHTML generation

• Use modules to create flexible documents and extend XHTML with

XML

• See how XML facilitates wireless Web browsing and how Mozquito

Factory facilitates the transition to XHTML modularization

• Preview the XML-enabled Web of the future -- intelligent agents,

machine-to-machine communication, and more

About the Authors

Simon St.Laurent is an experienced Web developer whose clients range from

small start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations. His books include Building XML

Applications , Inside XML DTDs , XML: Elements of Style , Teach Yourself

Microsoft Active Server Pages 3 , and XML: A Primer , now in its second

edition.

B.K. DeLong is research lead for the Web standards consultancy ZOT Group,

a staff member of the computer security site Attrition.org, and a member of the

Web Standards Project steering committee.

XHTML: Moving Toward XML

Simon St. Laurent and B.K. DeLong

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St. Laurent, Simon.

XHTML:moving toward XML / Simon St. Laurent,

B.K. DeLong.

p. cm.

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ISBN 0-7645-4709-7 (alk. paper)

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About the Authors

Simon St. Laurent is a web developer, network administrator, computer book author, and XML

troublemaker, and currently resides in Ithaca, NY. His books include XML: A Primer; XML Elements of

Style; Building XML Applications; Cookies; and Sharing Bandwidth. He is a contributing editor to

xmlhack.com , an occasional contributor to XML.com , and moderator of the XHTML-L mailing list.

B.K. DeLong is Research Lead for Web standards consultancy ZOT Group, staff member of computer

security site Attrition.org, and general Web standards troublemaker (read: member of the Web

Standards Project steering committee). He lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and

two cats.

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