Ajax in Action

XML in a Nutshell, Third Edition

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Querying XML, : XQuery, XPath, and SQL/XML in context (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

Format: Paperback
Author: Jim Melton
ReleaseDate: 06 March, 2006
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Rating:

A must for anyone working with XML
It sets out to describe methods for querying and does so,
in an almost scholarly fashion, for many common but different contexts. I've been an XQuery developer for an academic press for a number of years, and I read this book cover to cover. I found it provided cohesion to the diverse world of XML, from broad subjects to the details of spec grammars--a very welcome contribution to a technical library.

Excellent Book On XML and XQuery
The book has a nice and non-academic approach to learning XML and using the XML Query language (XQuery) to build application software. Querying XML is the 800 page reference book I will now keep next to my keyboard for all things XQuery, XPath, and XML. The book starts with data concepts and then gives in-depth explanations of the tools, APIs, and libraries available to work with the data. I wish the book covered XML-based application development frameworks and developer tools. Perhaps they steered clear of those topics to make this a book whose content will be valid and useful for years. -Frank.