The definitive, best-selling introduction to XML -- just updated again with even more new products, applications, resources, standards, and techniques!-- Written by Charles F. Goldfarb, inventor of the SGML markup language that gave birth to XML and HTML.-- New coverage of XML Web Services, XML Query, XSL, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, Topic Maps -- even the just-finalized XML Schema Structures and Datatypes specs!-- 2 CD-ROMs! Over 175 hand-picked XML software packages: genuine freeware, plus the latest trialware and demos from the industry's leaders.In the past year, there has been dramatic evolution in XML-related standards, specifications, techniques, and products. Now, Charles F. Goldfarb and Paul Prescod have updated their definitive, best-selling XML guidebook to reflect the very latest innovations. Charles F. Goldfarb's XML Handbook, Fourth Edition delivers practical insight for decision-making and implementation, real-world case studies, in-depth explanations of XML technologies, and more than 175 hand-picked XML software and trialware packages -- now on two CD-ROMs! Charles F. Goldfarb's XML Handbook, Fourth Edition contains extensive new coverage of the latest XML standards and specifications, including XML Web Services, XML Query, XSL, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, Topic Maps, and even the just-finalized XML Schema Structures and Datatypes specifications. Goldfarb and leading XML developer Paul Prescod show how XML is simplifying supply chain integration, portal and "digital dashboard" development, trading exchanges, enterprise-class Web site management, and many other applications. They present several state-of-the-art XML solutions, from Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Sun, Intel,Hewlett-Packard, Adobe, and many others.