XML Family of Specifications: For Further Exploration: Ch. 2

Ch. 2: Overview of the XML Family of Specifications

For Further Exploration

• Article: XML.com: XML-related Activities at the W3C [by C.M. Sperberg-McQueen]
• Article: ZapThink Research: The Pros and Cons of XML (free 50+ page report)
• Book: Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical [Simon St. Laurent, Robert J. Biggar; 1999, Osborne McGraw-Hill, ISBN 007134621X]
• Book: Mastering XML [Ann Navarro, Chuck White, Linda Burman; 2000, SYBEX, ISBN 0782122663]
• Historical: Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL) - Robin Cover's page
• Historical: Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language (HyTime) - Robin Cover's page
• Historical: Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML): General Introductions and Overviews - Robin Cover's page
• Historical: Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) - Robin Cover's page
• Reference: Annotated XML Specification (Tim Bray)
• Reference: ECMAScript (European Computer Manufacturers Association) Language Specification
• Reference: jXUL Project
• Reference: XML Data Reduced (XDR)
• Reference: XUL Programmer's Reference Manual
• Resource: Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF)
• Resource: Adobe's Scalable Vector Graphics site
• Resource: ANSI ASC X12/XML and DISA
• Resource: Astronomical Instrument Markup Language (AIML)
• Resource: BizTalk.org
• Resource: Chemistry Markup Language (CML)
• Resource: CommerceNet
• Resource: cXML (Commerce XML)
• Resource: ebXML (Electronic Business XML)
• Resource: ECML (Electronic Commerce Modelling Language)
• Resource: eCo Framework Project (CommerceNet)
• Resource: IDEAlliance
• Resource: Instrument Markup Language (IML; more general and more current than AIML)
• Resource: Just SMIL Home
• Resource: Mozilla XML IRS Demo
• Resource: Mozilla XML Sorting Demo
• Resource: MusicML: Complete MusicXML Example
• Resource: Netscape and Mozilla XML Support
• Resource: Nokia WAP Client and Related Products
• Resource: Open Applications Group [numerous OAGIS business DTDs and XML Schema]
• Resource: RosettaNet
• Resource: Simple API to XML (SAX) [SAX1, SAX2, and extensions]
• Resource: UBL (Universal Business Language)
• Resource: UCC's XML Strategy
• Resource: UCC (Uniform Code Council, Inc.)
• Resource: UDDI: Universal Discovery Description and Integration
• Resource: VoiceXML Forum
• Resource: Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum
• Resource: Wireless Markup Language (WML)
• Resource: WSDL: Web Services Description Language
• Resource: xCBL (XML Common Business Library - from Commerce One)
• Resource: XML/EDI Group
• Resource: XML.org
• Resource: XML.org Search Schema Registry (newer Schema Repository)
• Resource: XML.org Vertical Industry Directory (older DTD Repository with hundreds of DTDs)
• Resource: XML and Databases [by Ronald Bourret; major source of database-related aspects of XML]
• Resource: XML FAQ [Peter Flynn, editor]
• Software: Amaya (W3C browser/editor)
• Software: Apache XML Project (Xerces parser, Xalan XSLT processor, Cocoon publishing framework, etc.)
• Software: GoXML Search Engine from XML Global
• Software: IBM's techexplorer (browser plugin for MathML)
• Software: Java Technology and XML (Sun Microsystems)
• Software: Microsoft XML home page [frequent site changes make direct links difficult]
• Software: Mozilla Milestones (Netscape browser snapshots)
• Software: RenderX Barcode Generator
• Software: RenderX Chess Viewer
• Software: Turbo XML, XML Authority and XML Instance from TIBCO Extensibility
• W3C: About W3C
• W3C: Activities master list
• W3C: Architecture Domain
• W3C: Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 (CSS2) Specification
• W3C: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS1) Level 1 Specification
• W3C: Document Object Model (DOM) Technical Reports [Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Specifications and status]
• W3C: DOM: Document Object Model Activity Statement
• W3C: Graphics Activity Statement
• W3C: HTML: Hypertext MarkUp Language Activity Statement
• W3C: HTML 4.01 Specification
• W3C: HTML Working Group Roadmap
• W3C: Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) 1.01 Recommendation
• W3C: Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) 2.0 Recommendation
• W3C: Members List
• W3C: Metadata Activity Statement
• W3C: Modularization of XHTML
• W3C: PICS Rating Vocabularies in XML/RDF
• W3C: Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P)
• W3C: Process (Recommendations, Working Drafts, Notes, etc.)
• W3C: Process Document, Technical Reports section [details the W3C Recommendation Track]
• W3C: Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification
• W3C: Resource Description Framework (RDF) Schemas
• W3C: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
• W3C: Style Activity Statement
• W3C: Synchronized Multimedia Activity Statement
• W3C: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 1.0 Specification
• W3C: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 2.0 Specification
• W3C: Technical Architecture Group (TAG)
• W3C: Technical Reports and Publications (all W3C specifications)
• W3C: Technology and Society Domain
• W3C: User Interface Domain
• W3C: Voice Browser Working Group (VoiceXML, Speech Recognition, etc.)
• W3C: Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• W3C: Web Services Activity [SOAP, XML Protocol, WSDL, etc.]
• W3C: XForms - the next generation of Web forms
• W3C: XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language - A Reformulation of HTML 4 in XML 1.0
• W3C: XHTML 1.1 - Module-based XHTML
• W3C: XHTML Basic
• W3C: XML: Extensible Markup Language 1.0 Specification
• W3C: XML: Extensible Markup Language Activity Statement
• W3C: XML Base (XBase)
• W3C: XML Home Page
• W3C: XML Inclusion (XInclude)
• W3C: XML Information Set (XML Infoset)
• W3C: XML Linking Language (XLink)
• W3C: XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0
• W3C: XML Pointer Language (XPointer)
• W3C: XML Query Home Page (links to all XQuery specifications)
• W3C: XML Query Working Group [W3C Member-Only Link]
• W3C: XML Schema Part 0: Primer
• W3C: XML Schema Part 1: Structures
• W3C: XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes
• W3C: XML-Signature Syntax and Processing
• W3C: XML Working Groups [W3C Member-Only Link]
• W3C: XSL: Extensible Stylesheet Language, Version 1.0
• W3C: XSL Transformations (XSLT), Version 1.0

Excerpted from XML Family of Specifications: A Practical Guide (ISBN 0-201-70359-9) by Kenneth B. Sall. Used with permission. Copyright © 2002 Addison Wesley. All Rights Reserved.

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