XML Bible offers a wonderful introduction to the subject and the basis to understand XML's future developments. Author Elliotte Rusty Harold uses a patient, step-by-step discussions that clearly demonstrate the potential of XML without boring the reader with tons of SGML spec-speak. A long list of outstanding applications XML real life also shows how XML has been used, and there is depth of the Resource Description Framework, Channel Definition Format, and Vector Markup Language. Plain Topics covered: XML background, example XML applications, type definitions (DTDs), style languages, Xlinks, Xpointers, Namespaces, application planning, and XML 1.0 specification.