In addition to being a tutorial to learn how to use XML as an effective way to represent and transmit data across the Web, Professional XML Databases also covers how to work with XML in the current generation of Microsoft tools, such as Internet Explorer and SQL Server 2000. (The reverse this process further and show you how to create database tables based on XML.) The next section covers many of the standards and API in XML today, from XML Schemas, XML W3C Document Object Model (DOM) and Simple API for XML (SAX), to related standards such as XSLT, XPath, and XPointer. Sections on SQL Server 2000 highlight ways to use XML in this product, whether as a result and through XML views. Closing explore the parts a choice to work with XML for data warehousing and transmit data efficiently across the organization. Sections in Java and Prisma DB (open-source XML framework), this book helps to give perspective beyond the Microsoft platform. For every database developer or designer who needs to architect XML documents to share data in real projects, this advanced treatise on the proper way to define and use XML will prove very valuable Dragan. - Richard Topics covered: Help to design an effective XML documents (including XML for text and XML to the database) Designing XML to existing database tables Creating database tables from XML Standard guidelines to be used in XML (and between) organizations W3C XML Schemas XML Document Object Model (DOM) Using the Simple API for XML (SAX) is used by XPath XSLT style sheets and templates Resources links with additional XLink Overview of emerging XML-based standards (including xbase, XInclude, XHTML, and XForms) Convert XML Query language between flat files databases and XML Introduction to Microsoft ADO, ADO + (ADO.NET), and XML Store and retrieve XML in SQL Server 2000 (including outlook OPENXML and XML) tutorial for programming JDBC JDBC is used with XML data warehousing data transmission with XML Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) marshalling and presentation with XML (including examples of WML to generate wireless content) case study examples to demonstrate techniques SQL Server 2000 XML DB Prism (dynamic, open-source XML framework), XML and database of primary references for the data type XML and SAX