The XML and SGML Cookbook: Recipes for Structured Information (CHARLES F GOLDFARB SERIES ON OPEN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT) - Softcover

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Every month, the demand for SGML expertise grows-yet few people have mastered this breakthrough technology for managing information. With The XML & SGML Cookbook, you can move from SGML novice to expert faster than ever before. Based on a successful training course, this book provides dozens of instantly-usable Document Type Definition (DTD) "recipes" for virtually every type of document - and it delivers a practical understanding of document structure, patterns and form, so you can go "beyond the cookbook."

• Proven recipes for all the most common editorial structures.
• Databases, tables, forms, lists, and multiple-version documents.
• Frontmatter, metadata, formatting, and backmatter.
• Practical tips and warnings for SGML, XML, HTML, TEI, and CALS publishing.
• Detailed coverage of building documents for international use.
• All DTDs on CD-ROM - plus extensive state-of-the-art SGML tools!

Quickly learn the skills and sensitivities it's taken SGML experts years to develop.

Discover how to manage critical tradeoffs between simplicity and richness, and between immediate and future applications.

Learn to build DTDs that serve the needs of different users and different media-using techniques that are equally applicable in both SGML and XML environments.

The CD-ROM contains all the book's DTDs, plus an extensive library of great SGML tools, including EditTime SGML Editor sampler and OmniMark Light sampler.

Whether you're a publishing manager, information professional, system integrator or anyone else who needs stronger SGML expertise fast, there's no better solution than The XML & SGML Cookbook.