For Immediate Release
Contact (US): Julie Bowen, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 317-581-3575
Contact (Europe): Beno�t Marchal, [EMAIL PROTECTED], + 32 81 226 270
As eCommerce Grows, Understanding XML Becomes a Key Job Skill
INDIANAPOLIS: The growing popularity of eCommerce continues to change the
business world. Yet some of the most crucial tools of eCommerce are a
mystery, even for many successful Cyberspace business owners.
One of the most important tools for building and maintaining eCommerce
sites is a markup language called XML. Like the more well-known but less
powerful HTML, XML lets Web designers organize a document by structure, so
that changing a document's appearance is a simple matter of changing the
definition of an element once, and letting the changes ripple through an
entire file-or a huge Web site.
But XML takes document structure to the next level, by allowing tags not
just for formatting, but for data elements. For example, prices and catalog
numbers can have their own element tag. This allows powerful data
manipulation on Web sites offering thousands of different items.
Corporations such as IBM, Microsoft, Sun, Oracle, and Netscape are
releasing a wide range of XML-compatible products. XML also integrates
seamlessly with JavaScript, Java, Perl, C++, and other major computer
languages.
Now, Que, an imprint of Macmillan, offers an easy teaching tool that
unveils the mysteries of XML. XML by Example, by Belgian software
consultant and markup language expert Beno�t Marchal, allows the reader to
learn the fundamentals of XML. Numerous examples and illustrations are
included in the 425-page book (ISBN #0-7897-2242-9)-concluding with a
real-life eCommerce example. Publication date is December 1999, and the
book is $24.95 in the U.S.
As with all eight titles in Que's By Example series, each chapter follows a
logical, linear progression. The reader gains understanding in small,
manageable chunks, while sidebars offer tips, cautions, and other ways to
integrate the information into actual skills.
The author is available for e-mail and telephone interviews. To order
review copies, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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