Sanjit Roy reviews XML and Web Services Unleashed (Bloomberg, Darby, et al,
Sams Publishing, paperback, $49,99):
When I received my copy of this book, I was eager to read it after examining
the table of contents. It covered almost every topic one could think of
related to XML! I have quite a few books on XML and J2EE programming, but
none covered as broad a spectrum of XML technologies as this one. However,
because the authors tried to cover such a broad range, the book takes an
introductory or "survey" approach to the subject matter. The book is well
structured in spite of having nine authors. It's divided into four parts. The
first part covers the fundamentals of XML and their validation using DTDs and
schemas. These two topics are covered in about 100 pages. The authors provide
many examples on schemas, which are assumed to be self-explanatory. A brief
review of ... (more)