Definitive XML Schema
by Priscilla Walmsley · first published 2001
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The authoritative XML Schema reference and tutorial! * Leverage the full power of XML Schema! * In-depth coverage of the approved W3C Recommendation * Schema design--practical and thorough * Transition help for experienced DTD developers * Authoritative! By Priscilla Walmsley--a member of the W3C XML Schema Working Group To leverage the full power of XML, companies need shared vocabularies to base their documents and scripts upon. XML Schema makes it possible to create those shared vocabularies--and Definitive XML Schema is the authoritative guide to the standard
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As a self taught developer there are only a few books I read early in my career that seriously impacted how I write code. 1. XML Schema by Priscilla Walmsley - https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-XML-Schema-Priscilla-Walms... 2. DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith - https://www.amazon.com/DOM-Scripting-Design-JavaScript-Docum... 3. CSS Pocket Reference - Eric Meyer - https://www.amazon.com/CSS-Pocket-Reference-Visual-Presentat...…
on “Ask HN: Name 3-5 books that had the most impact on your career and knowledge?” ↗Here are mine: * XML Schema - https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-XML-Schema-Priscilla-Walms... * DOM - https://www.amazon.com/DOM-Scripting-Design-JavaScript-Docum... * I don’t have a book for this, but learn data structures instead of algorithms. If you can learn to think…
on “Ask HN: What are some good books on creating abstractions?” ↗My first learning on data structures came from https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-XML-Schema-Priscilla-Walms... Not a book but I learned what not to do and what to avoid in my earliest days of programming from the super opinionated tool JSLint. This was my go to reference to learn CSS https://www.amazon.com/CSS-Pocket-Reference-Visual-Presentat...…
on “Ask HN: Books That Dramatically Transformed Your Programming Skills” ↗…helpful to me as a self taught developer: * CSS Pocket Reference - Eric Meyer - https://www.amazon.com/CSS-Pocket-Reference-Visual-Presentat... * XML Schema - Priscilla Walmsley - https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-XML-Schema-Priscilla-Walms... * DOM Scripting - Jeremy Keith - https://www.amazon.com/DOM-Scripting-Design-JavaScript-Docum...
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