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Summary: Highly recommended reading
Review: A solid insight into the important linkage between XML and Data Architecture. The author's approach and recommendations on reusable data structures outline the path to enabling structural consistency and standards conformity. I work in Data Architecture and this book supports the viable dependency XML and Data Architecture have on one another. This is a book I highly recommend to all XML and architecture practitioners.
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Summary: IT Development Manager
Review: As the manager of SW development staff, this easy to understand XML manual has shaped and fine tuned the thinking of my department ... more consistency, logical, etc. This author really nailed it. It's mandatory reading.
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Summary: IT Development Manager
Review: As the manager of SW development staff, this easy to understand XML manual has shaped and fine tuned the thinking of my department ... more consistency, logical, etc. This author really nailed it. It's mandatory reading.
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Summary: What a Waste of Time & Money !
Review: I must not have gotten the same book that the other reviewers got. I rarely write bad reviews. I've normally researched the books I buy pretty thoroughly. But I screwed up this time
It reminded of those "C" language style guide books. Some people get into that stuff I guess....
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Summary: Should have been named "XML Schema primer"
Review: In a nutshell, this book is all about understanding XML schemas. As the use of XML transactions to exchange, share, and move data among enterprise systems grows, enforcing data standards and structural efficiency plays a critical role for ensuring overall flexibility, robustness and extensibility.The author starts the book with a discussion about various XML application scenarios and attempts to classify the use of XML data containers into three forms viz., a document, transaction or a message. He argues that any form of cross platform exchange and sharing of enterprise data falls in to one of the three. He then convinces how the use of highly reusable structures and custom data types affects data architecture. If you are wondering, data architecture is a term used to describe XML structures that plumb disparate enterprise systems. Here are two new buzzwords - Application to Consumer (A2C) and Application to application (A2A). Since XML also used to describe data extracts from, insertions into, and exchanges between application systems and databases, it is important to understand variation in database data type support. In the chapters that follow, XML schema is introduced as the singular standard for achieving maximum reusability and enforcing data standards. For each of the three XML usages, he quotes XML snippets and critiques on various approaches. The focus remains on a designing an XML schema for maximum reuse and extensibility. The book should have been named as "XML Schema primer". Most of the chapters are dedicated to discuss application of XML schemas. The amount of material covering actual process, challenges and strategy recommendations to achieve optimal data architecture does not do any justice to the title. Ajith Kallambella [...]
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Summary: Great job!!
Review: In the evolving world of technology, and the 'do more with less' mentality, this book has helped me tremendously in expanding my Data Administration responsibilities in a major financial institution. This book is easy to follow, provides great guidelines and techniques for incorporating and expanding metadata into this new technology, XML. I would recommend this book to any Data Administrator whose company is embarking, or expanding, their web presence, and is concerned about maintaining the quality of the data.
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Summary: Excellent resource for all data professionals
Review: This book is a perfect match for the data architect, data analyst, data administrator, or database administrator coming from a background devoted to relational databases. It clearly explains what XML is and more importantly, how it impacts your world. The author's style is easy to read, which is surprising considering how dry this subject could have been.
This book is a must for every data professional's library.
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Summary: Excellent resource for all data professionals
Review: This book is a perfect match for the data architect, data analyst, data administrator, or database administrator coming from a background devoted to relational databases. It clearly explains what XML is and more importantly, how it impacts your world. The author's style is easy to read, which is surprising considering how dry this subject could have been.
This book is a must for every data professional's library.
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Summary: Great job!!
Review: This book is great! I bought it because other data architects at a conference recommended it. I'm a data architect and after reading it, I am recommending it to others. It is very easy reading and also an excellent reference guide. By showing others chapters in the book, it has helped me explain XML and how it affects our company. I recommend it highly for all those involved in information technologies.
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Summary: Fantastic !
Review: This book is great! I bought it because other data architects at a conference recommended it. I'm a data architect and after reading it, I am recommending it to others. It is very easy reading and also an excellent reference guide. By showing others chapters in the book, it has helped me explain XML and how it affects our company. I recommend it highly for all those involved in information technologies.
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