Oracle XML handbook. Platform independent development of XML documents and applications. Transl. from the English by Doris Heidenberger (Q2701792)

The book is meant as a handbook for usage of Oracle XML components. It does not contain complete specifications. These are available elsewhere on the Web. The book is structured into 9 chapters. The first two chapters provide a basic material about XML and XML technologies of Oracle. The reader can learn the basic XML notions and is informed about Oracle XML strategy. An overview of XML-based Oracle products and components is also presented here as well as an example of online bookshop, which documents usage of XML in practice. Chapter 2 introduces components of Oracle's XML Developer's Kit (XDK) that include XML parsers for Java V2, PL/SQL, C, and C++, Java Class and C++ Generators, and some useful beans.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEChapter 3 deals with Java Virtual Machine and Java XML components that are integrated in Oracle8\(i\) DBMS. XML data are conceived as database data here. With Oracle's XSQL servlet it is possible to combine SQL, XML and XSLT technologies and produce easily dynamic web pages over data gained from applications. Again the bookshop example is developed with these tools to provide necessary details.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEChapter 4, 5, and 6 are beneficial to those who plan to use products Oracle Application Sever, Internet File System, or interMedia Text. Chapter 4 describes the architecture of the Oracle Application Sever and its linking to XML and XDK components. The bookshop application is introduced as an Oracle9\(i\)AS Servlet. The Internet File System (\(i\)FS) described in chapter 5 runs either in Oracle8\(i\) DBMS or on a middle level. \(i\)FS integrates a support of XML data collections. It includes a server, Java API, Manager for data administration, Web Manager, Oracle 8.1.6 (for storing XML data), Windows Client, and Web Client. Oracle's interMedia Text described in chapter 6 is a tool for accessing XML data via SQL statements.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEChapter 7 is devoted to applications of Oracle and XML. First, the authors explain two necessary components: Oracle XML SQL Utility and XSQL servlet. Then they show a solution of a Web site based on XML and a B2C system for messages exchange. Chapter 8 introduces XML Website of Oracle Technology Network with many XML based applications. Finally, chapter 9 explores standardization efforts of groups W3C and OASIS and discusses some trends in XML developments.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINETwo appendixes complete the book. The first one summarizes some XML specifications necessary for understanding the previous text. The glossary contains a list of selected XML notions and definitions.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book can be recommended as a handbook either for programmers who begin with applications of XML in Oracle environment or for each reader who would like to learn about application of XML in Oracle products. The CD, attached to the book, contains XDK for Java components of Oracle including XML parsers, XSL processors, TransViewer Java Beans and XSQL Servlet with a number of examples. A test version of JDeveloper 3.1 is also at disposal.