XML Links   

(also see the XmlFaq)

Specifications

• Links to various XML specifications

Certifications

• Javaprepare's XML certification tutorial by Vibha Varma
• IBMXMLCertificationFaq

Books

Book surveys

• Detailed survey, by Charles F. Goldfarb's. All the XML Books in Print ... or nearly so. 387 Unique Titles as of November 13, 2008.

Free chapters

O'Reilly:

• XML in a Nutshell Chapter 9: XPath
• Java and XML Chapter 9: Web Publishing Frameworks
• Java Examples in a Nutshell Chapter 19: XML
• Learning XML Chapter 2: Markup and Core Concepts
• Building Oracle XML Applications Chapter 7. Transforming XML with XSLT

Others:

The XML Bible, 2nd edition

• Chapter 17: XSL Transformations
• Chapter 18: XSL Formatting Objects
• Chapter 19: XLinks
• Chapter 20: XPointers
• Chapter 24: Schemas

XML How to Program

• Chapter 6: Document Type Definition (DTD) (pdf)
• Chapter 11: XML Path Language (XPath) (pdf)
• Chapter 13: XSL: Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects (pdf)
• Chapter 20: Custom Markup Languages: Part I (pdf)

Tutorials and FAQs

• W3Schools : beginners tutorial for XML, XSL, DTD...
• XML for the absolute beginner A guided tour from HTML to processing XML with Java, by Mark Johnson
• XPath tutorial by examples visual representations of XPath; you can see an XML tree and the result of applying various XPath elements.
• XSLT reference with examples For each element or function there is a brief overview, and a few examples. Click on Interactive xlab, insert your parameter in the XSL expression and see the results!
• Namespace Myths Exploded, by Ronald Bourret
• Jeni's XSLT Pages
• XML Namespaces FAQ

Examples

• List of examples (DHTML, XML, XSL, ASP, CSS, DOM...)
• Component-Based Page Layouts An example illustrating the use of XHTML + XSLT + XLink.
• XSLT transforms library A nice collection of useful XSLT transforms, models and reusable fragments under the GPL, involving HTML tables, XML Schema, HTML GUI, MathML, SQL analogy. 15 entities.
• XML Examples

References

• XML Syntax Quick Reference (pdf) US Letter (8.5" x 11") size

Concepts

• Rescuing XSLT from Niche Status. A Gentle Introduction to XSLT through HTML Templates

Architectural overview

• Abstracting the interface Building an adaptable Web app front end with XML and XSL
• Architectures for Styling, by Didier Martin

Style, good practice and tips

• 28 XML Design patterns
• Improve your XSLT coding five ways, by Benoît Marchal Tips to make you a better XSLT programmer
• A Class Act, by Didier Martin, February 02, 2000

XML and databases

• XML and Databases, by Ronald Bourret.

XML and other WEB technologies

• Using XML and JSP together, By Alex Chaffee
• Developing, Applying and Optimizing XSLT with Java Servlets
• Style-free XSLT Style Sheets
• What Place Has CSS in the XML World?, by Didier Martin. Is CSS a good style language to use with XML? Is CSS an alternative to XSLT?
• Architectures for Styling, by Didier Martin.
• Processing XML with Java

• XML Namespaces FAQ

Tools

• A roundup of editors (from 2001), by David Mertz, Ph.D. This article, highlighting the difference between data- and prose-oriented XML formats, describes 3 XML editors: Microsoft's XML Notepad, Wattle Software's XMLWriter, TIBCO Extensibility's XML Instance; two integrated development environments (IDE): XML Spy, SoftQuad? XMetal, and mentions a few others (Morphon, Xeena ...)