The XML Handbook (First Edition)

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Summary: To XML or not to XML, that is the question.
Review: This book provides the non-technical reader with an excellent introduction to XML and the various technologies that surround it. The book gives a number of case-studies showing how XML was used to solve problems in various fields. This book is not "XML in 43 hours and 18 minutes for the Clue Challanged" nor is it a reference book. Rather it shows you the XML forest that can become obscured by the trees of DTD, XSL, CSS, and ETC. If you are a manager and you're not sure what XML can do but you think it might solve a problem you are facing, read this book.

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Summary: Good suumary, but not for programmers
Review: This is a good summary of where XML and associated technologies come from, and where they are going. It has good links to get the latest on standards. The CD-ROM has a lot of software packages. HOWEVER, this is defintely not for programmers. Do not look for code examples or anything close.