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1 Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: XML and the Enterprise 1 Problem 1 Design 2 A Brief History of XML 2 Understanding XML Basics 4 Exploring the Winery Markup Example 5 Determining an Information Model for the Winery XML 6 Problems That XML Addresses 10 Solution 17 Summary 17 Chapter 2: Well-Formed XML 19 Problem 19 Design 19 Producing a Well-Formed XML Document 20 Introducing Valid XML 23 Developing Your Structure 23 Solution 23 Summary 24 Chapter 3: Creating and Distributing a Structure for Shared Information 25 Problem 25 Design 26 Creating a Document Structure (Information Model) 26 Examining the Structure at the Outset 27 Revising the Structure 33 Solution 35 Summary 38 COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL ix xvii xi

2 Chapter 4: Presenting XML Directly 39 Problem 39 Promoting Product Online 39 Pertinent Product Data 40 Extracting Requirements 41 Design 41 Technical Motivation 41 Structure of the Design 42 Applicable Technologies 46 Design Consequences 47 Solution 47 Product Line Sketch 48 Product Data Raw XML 48 Wine List, First Draft 51 Wine List, Second Draft 54 Final Cut 56 Summary 58 Chapter 5: Converting XML Content Online 59 Problem 59 Presenting a Comprehensive View 60 Pertinent Wine Data 61 Objective 64 Design 65 Technical Motivation 65 Structure of Design 65 Applicable Technologies 71 Design Consequences 72 Solution 72 Product Data: Raw XML 74 Online Data Sheet 74 Online Data Sheet, Second Draft 86 Final Cut 91 Summary 94 Chapter 6: Rendering XML to Print 97 Problem 97 Presenting a High-Fidelity Image 97 Objectives 98 xii

3 Design 98 Structure of Design 99 Applicable Technologies 105 Design Consequences 106 Solution 106 Product Data Layout 107 Wine Brochure Formatting Objects 108 Summary 122 Chapter 7: Targeting Your Audience 123 Problem 123 Design 125 xml:lang 125 Entities 129 XPath Features for xml:lang 130 Pertinent XML Data 130 Applicable Technologies 131 Solution 131 Parameterizing a Transform 131 A Stage in the Pipe 133 Lookup Tables 136 Filtering 138 Refinements 141 Domain-Specific Languages 144 Resources and Further Reading 145 Summary 146 Chapter 8: Searching and Merging XML Documents 147 Problem 147 Design 148 How XQuery Works 148 Some Alternatives 149 XQuery Concepts 157 Solution 181 Summary 184 Chapter 9: Integrating XML with the Rest of Your Data 185 Problem 185 Design 186 Creating XML from Relational Data with SQL/XML 186 XQuery and Relational Data 191 xiii

4 Understanding Native XML and XML-Enhanced Relational Databases 196 SQL with XML Extensions 197 Solution 199 Generating XML from Relational Data 199 Including Relational Data in XQuery Queries 201 Including XML in SQL Queries 202 Summary 204 Chapter 10: Transforming Business Documents 205 Problem 205 Converting XML Catalogs 206 Converting Other Business Documents 208 Design 212 Custom Software Solutions 213 Common Languages 213 Industry Standards 213 Solution 215 Custom Applications 215 Transformation Sheets 216 XML Pipelines 223 Pipeline Implementations 226 Summary 230 Chapter 11: Consuming Data with Web Services and Syndication 231 Problem 231 Design 232 Understanding Web Services 233 Web Services and the World Wide Web 233 RSS 235 REST Web Services 236 SOAP Web Services Standards 237 Solution 246 Integrating an RSS Feed 246 Consuming the Amazon Web Service from a Web Application 247 Integrating an ebay Web Service with an Inventory System 250 Consuming Partner Web Service 251 Summary 251 xiv

5 Chapter 12: Providing Web Services 253 Problem 253 Design 253 RSS Feeds 254 Creating REST-Style Services 256 SOAP/WSDL Web Services 257 Service-Oriented Architecture 258 Interoperability 262 Solution 262 Summary 264 Chapter 13: Combining Catalogs 265 Problem 265 Combining Structured Relational Data 266 Combining XML Documents 267 Design 267 Merging XML Data: Big Bang versus Wave Approach 268 Guaranteeing the Content from Each Source 269 Choosing Merge Points 271 Solution 273 Database Integration 273 Application Integration 274 Service-Oriented Architecture 276 Content Integration 277 Summary 278 Chapter 14: Integrating and Automating Business Processes 281 Problem 282 The Value Proposition of Partnerships 283 The Challenges of Integrating Data and Systems 283 Business Process Integration and Workflow 285 Business Process Integration 287 Design 287 Business Process Reengineering 287 Patterns for Business Process Integration 288 Leveraging Technology for Process Integration 289 Solution 290 The Winery Operations 291 The Supply Chain 292 The Benefits of Integration and Automation 296 Summary 297 xv

6 Appendix A: Tools 299 XSLT Engines 299 Saxon 299 Xalan 301 XSL-FO Processors 302 FOP 302 XED 304 XSL Formatter 304 Browsers 304 Mozilla/Firefox 304 Internet Explorer Editors and IDEs 304 oxygen XML 304 Trang 305 Turbo XML 305 XMLSpy 305 Stylus Studio 305 XMetaL 305 Graphic Editors 306 GIMP 306 Inkscape 306 Appendix B: Additional Reading 307 Appendix C: Online Resources 309 Glossary 311 Index 315 xvi