Developing XML Solutions (Paperback)

Discover how to develop enterprise XML solutions to enable seamless data exchange.

Extensible Markup Language (XML) has emerged as the most important format for moving data over the Web across the greatest variety of tools and platforms. DEVELOPING XML SOLUTIONS provides expert insights and practical guidance on how to use XML to access, manipulate, and exchange data among enterprise systems. This comprehensive developer’s guidebook examines the newest XML-related technologies for data exchange, and it shows how XML fits into the Microsoft® DNA architecture for distributed computing. It also explores real-world technical examples in the Microsoft Visual Basic® programming language, Microsoft Visual Basic, Scripting Edition (VBScript), and Microsoft Jscript® to show how to create specific XML-enabled solutions for client/server and n-tier systems and other scenarios. This example-filled guide demonstrates how to:

• Take advantage of XML, Document Type Definitions (DTDs), the Document Object Model (DOM), XML schemas and namespaces, and other innovative Web-development technologies
• Combine XML, Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), and XSL Transformations (XSLT) to separate data and presentation when building Web pages for viewing in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
• Use XML data exchange in products such as Internet Explorer 5 and Microsoft BizTalk™ Server 2000
• Create standardized messages that can be moved inside and outside the enterprise with BizTalk, an XML framework that facilitates business-to-business e-commerce
• Call methods through firewalls and between different platforms with the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) open messaging protocol
• Build scalable, Windows® DNA–compatible systems that allow corporations to respond to crises, eliminate paper forms, capture customer feedback, and enable business-partner communication

An electronic version of this book is available on the companion CD.