Gee, this book [stinks]!
I have read books about HTML, JavaScript, C++ and honestly THIS BOOK IS THE WORST that I have ever read! I wanted to learn some XML from this book, it starts talking about its capabilities, use, implementation, functionality, examples, examples, blah, blah, blah... zzzzz.
If you want to learn how to use XML take my advice, do not consider this book. However, if you know XML this book has examples of how can XML be implemented, though I think it is not worth its price.
little more than a "gee-whiz" book for non-techies
Others have already said it better than I, so I'll keep this short:* not enough information to be useful
* poor presentation of the details
* it only babbles on and on about how great XML is, without telling you anything about any pitfalls or, for example, the shortcomings of DTDs.
Charles Goldfarb should actually look at these books, before lending his name to them.
If you want the real deal, go with the Wrox Press book: Professional XML. Sure, it's big, weighs a ton, and you'll probably never need to look at more than a third of it, but I swear even just the first 4 chapters are worth the price of the entire book!
Best of all worst XML books
I was greatly disappointed with the contents of this book and above all after learning that the editor is the one who invented SGML(Mother of XML)...they should think a hundred times before writing this kinda books. Please stop circulating this book in the market. Why are you people giving wrong information to people???
Its not for developers
Definitely this book is for those who dont wanna know XML, it contains nothing.
An example of disorganization
You'll spend most of your time waiting for something to happen. There is essentially no connection between the CD-ROM and the text.
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