[Dev] XML Learning

[Michael Mueller]

On Thursday 11 July 2002 13:39, Tom Bryan reputedly wrote:
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> If you have specific needs, then you might want to outline those.  Saying
> that you want to get an XML book is a bit like saying that you're getting a
> network book.  You mean setting up an IP network or using CORBA with IIOP?
> There's a big difference.  Same thing with XML.  Are you looking for stuff
> about writing and working with XML documents coded to a pre-existing
> DTD/XML Schema?  Are you looking for stuff about writing your own DTD/XML
> Schema? Are your XML documents more liked tagged docuements (user manuals)
> or coded data (SOAP)?  Are you interested in something very specific? 
> XSLT?  XML RPC? DocBook?  There are also guides that lean specifically to
> one language, such as O'Reilly's _Java_and_XML_.

Bit of Pandora's Box is it not?  I am coming at XML from a DocBook user 
manual perspective.  My first goal is to be proficient with DocBook.   
There's just too much magic going on for me to feel comfortable.  I started 
reading a bit about SGML and XML and XSL and my comfort level started to 
rise.  I want my DocBook experience to be a launching point for further XML 
study.

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Mike Mueller
www.ss7box.com