Pardi give you a feel for what Microsoft throws into the mix by giving a general introduction to XML, with a focus on the implementation of Internet Explorer 5.0 'in particular. Not surprisingly, the book opens with a discussion of markup language, extensible solution requirements such as XML, and a sense for some language related to XML is important. This text is then moved into the structure of XML documents, XML presentation of many terms and explain how the Document Type Definition (DTD) enforce the rules that govern XML implementations. This book describes how script and how to use XML to build data structures - the main advantages of XML and is an essential skill for Web developers. The author also discusses the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), dialect specific format for use with XML, and the special linking capabilities of XML, focuses on the XLink and Xpointer. Pardi illustrates several other advanced aspects of XML documents and XML Object Model.