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Definitive XML Schema (Charles F. Goldfarb Definitive XML Series)
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Definitive XML Schema (Charles F. Goldfarb Definitive XML Series) |
Author: Priscilla Walmsley
Published: 2001-12-17 |
List price: $52.99
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Clear and useful
XML Schema can be really confusing but this book has made it much more clear to me. In particular, I muddled through my project never really understanding things like namespaces and elementFormDefault and weirdnesses like why complex types can have simple content, until I decided to sit down and read this book. Now I feel like I've got a handle on how these things work, plus it made me realize that XML Schema has a lot more features I didn't even know about. The chapter on extensibility was a bonus because it compared and contrasted some of these advanced features and gave me a better idea when to use them. The index is good, too - which makes it easy to use as a reference.
 Great Reference Book
This book was very helpful in getting me up to speed with XML Schema. It was written well and I have provided the added detail I needed to go above and beyond up at work. Priscilla's Walmsley's extensive experience is conveyed well in the book and has proven to be a great resource.
A Useful companion to the official standard
Imagine yourself sitting in front of the formal w3c standard(s) and trying to read it cover to cover...
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br /I tried that and it is very hard, boring, and very unproductive.
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br /Now, try to read it with this book as a companion -- you will find yourself understanding everything on the spot.
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br /There are a lot of useful examples and explanations which are (in my opinion) missing from the standard's text. This is what makes this book so useful.
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br /Also, the organization of the book makes it very easy to locate information you need and to use it as a reference book.
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br /Trying to understand the fine details of the XML Schema standard and the capabilities of XML Schema? Trying to implement an XML parser or an XML validator? If so -- you will probably appreciate this book and will probably use it a lot!
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br /Even now, several years later, I sill find it useful and revealing.
My Schema Reference Book
Walmsley's book is the one I go to as the reference for W3C Schema. It is clear and very accurate and reliable. I find the examples relevant and helpful.
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br /I had to chuckle at a previous review that couldn't understand why something was found in multiple places. Well perhaps it is used in several places. I would be happy that the index was thorough. Schema is a somewhat complicated language but Walmsley provides transparency and order.
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br /I recommend this book to my clients and in classes I teach on XML and Schema regulalrly.
 Awful as reference
Since all other reviews are very positive, I'm here to offer a different opinion.
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br /I've had this book for over a year now, and I barely use it. Each time I attempt to find something useful in it, the information is scattered over the entire book making it extremely difficult to understand.
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br /For example, right now I'm looking up the "ref" attribute, and according to the index, it appears on 7 different locations throughout the book, each portion shorter than 1 page. Also, I have seen many tables scattered throughout with exact same information, or one or two differing field values, making it very confusing to understand which table is doing what.
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br /And at over 500 pages long, there is a large amount of filler information in this book.
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br /Is this book "definitive"? It looks like it is. Is this book usable? Absolutely not. This is one of the worst investments I've made in computer books.
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br /And there is a place about strings in the book where it differs from the official W3C specs.
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