Professional XML by Martin, Birbeck, Kay, Loesgen, Pinnock, Livingstone, Stark, Williams, Anderson, Mohn, Baliles, Peat, and Ozu (Wrox Press, ISBN 1-861003-11-0) Bruce Peat was one of the 13 authors of this book and he did a bang-up job. I see a lot of postings in newgroups saying "How do I get started learning about XML and e-commerce?" This book's chapter about eBusiness and XML is an excellent place to start. Bruce wrote that chapter and it is one of the strengths of the book. He explains EDI and business conversations, message processing issues (e.g., routing, security), repositories, Bizcodes, and more. Bruce provides references for further reading and I was glad to see he is one of the people in "XML land" who is aware of standards from someone other than the W3C. He mentions, for example, ISO standards such as the Basic Semantic Register (BSR) and ISO/IEC 11179 (standardizing data elements and metadata). Here are some URLs for online ordering: www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=1861003110 www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861003110/o/qid=950735909/sr=2-1/104-394177 8-2920420 shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=3LAVSHLQFY&mscssid =H2K69GHNUUSH2J0F001PQUW69G876NJ0&srefer=&isbn=1861003110 ================== Ken North ============================= See you at Java Developer Conference (London, March 13-15, 2000) www.javadevcon.com XML One (Austin, March 29-31, 2000) www.xmlconference.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ken_North =========================================================== ========================================== XML/EDI Group members-only discussion list Homepage = http://www.xmledi.com Brought to you by: Online Technologies Corporation Home of BizServe - www.bizserve.com TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leave the subject blank, and In the body of the message, enter ONLY: unsubscribe Questions/requests should be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To join the XML/EDI Group complete the form located at: http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Floor/5815/mail1.htm
