The following Web sites provide a wealth of supplemental information on XML and its related technologies. I’ve also included these addresses in the chapters of XML Step by Step, each in the appropriate context. You can visit any of these Web sites by simply clicking the underlined link.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) offers a wide variety of information, standards, and services for Web authors at http://www.w3.org/.
Microsoft Developer’s Network (MSDN) provides extensive general information on XML as supported by Microsoft products at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/default.asp.
The online reference work The XML Cover Pages includes
comprehensive information on XML and other markup languages at http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/.
You can download the latest version of Internet Explorer 5.5 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie. For more information, view the Readme file on the companion CD.
The XML Cover Pages site provides a comprehensive list of current and proposed XML applications, as well as detailed descriptions of each application, at http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/xml.html#applications.
The W3C publishes the specification for Cascading Style Sheets Level 1 (CSS1) at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1.
The W3C publishes the specification for Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 (CSS2) at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2.
The W3C publishes the official namespace specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/.
MSDN provides information on data binding and the DSO that it is based on at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/XMLGuide/xmldso.asp.
Microsoft offers general information on ADO and the ADO recordset object at http://www.microsoft.com/data/ado/default.htm.
MSDN provides documentation on specific recordset methods, properties, and events at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/dasdk/mdap2y7s.htm.
The W3C publishes the official HTML specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/.
MSDN provides information on working with HTML and DHTML, as implemented in Internet Explorer 5, at http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/default.asp.
MSDN offers complete information on Microsoft JScript, including
tutorials for beginners, at http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/c-frame.htm#/workshop/languages/jscript/handling.asp
and http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/default.htm?/scripting/jscript/default.htm.
The W3C publishes the “Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification” at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1.
MSDN publishes the
“XML DOM User Guide” at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/XMLGuide/dom-guide-overview.asp.
MSDN publishes the
“XML DOM Reference” at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/reference/xmldom/start.asp.
MSDN provides documentation on all properties, methods, and events belonging to the different types of DOM node objects at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/reference/scriptref/XMLDOM_Objects.asp.
The W3C publishes “Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.0 (working draft)” at http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl.
The W3C publishes “XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 (recommendation)” at http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xslt.
MSDN publishes the “XSL Developer’s Guide” at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/XSLGuide/default.asp.
MSDN publishes the “XSL Reference” at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/reference/xsl/start.asp.
I provide book corrections, reader questions and answers, sources for getting help on XML and its related technologies, descriptions of some of my other books, and additional information, at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mjy/.