Name: Python & XML
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Author: Christopher A. Jones
ISBN: 9780596001285

Python & XML

Christopher A. Jones

Jr Fred L Drake

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 ian 2002

Python is a language for manipulating XML, and this volume offers a solid foundation for using these two languages together. Complete with practical examples that highlight common application tasks, the book starts with the basics then quickly progresses to more complex topics.

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Dedication; Preface; Audience; Organization; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Python and XML; 1.1 Key Advantages of XML; 1.2 The XML Specifications; 1.3 The Power of Python and XML; 1.4 What Can We Do with It?; Chapter 2: XML Fundamentals; 2.1 XML Structure in a Nutshell; 2.2 Document Types and Schemas; 2.3 Types of Conformance; 2.4 Physical Structures; 2.5 Constructing XML Documents; 2.6 Document Type Definitions; 2.7 Canonical XML; 2.8 Going Beyond the XML Specification; Chapter 3: The Simple API for XML; 3.1 The Birth of SAX; 3.2 Understanding SAX; 3.3 Reading an Article; 3.4 Searching File Information; 3.5 Building an Image Index; 3.6 Converting XML to HTML; 3.7 Advanced Parser Factory Usage; 3.8 Native Parser Interfaces; Chapter 4: The Document Object Model; 4.1 The DOM Specifications; 4.2 Understanding the DOM; 4.3 Python DOM Offerings; 4.4 Retrieving Information; 4.5 Changing Documents; 4.6 Building a Web Application; 4.7 Going Beyond SAX and DOM; Chapter 5: Querying XML with XPath; 5.1 XPath at a Glance; 5.2 Where Is XPath Used?; 5.3 Location Paths; 5.4 XPath Arithmetic Operators; 5.5 XPath Functions; 5.6 Compiling XPath Expressions; Chapter 6: Transforming XML with XSLT; 6.1 The XSLT Specification; 6.2 XSLT Processors; 6.3 Defining Stylesheets; 6.4 Using XSLT from the Command Line; 6.5 XSLT Elements; 6.6 A More Complex Example; 6.7 Embedding XSLT Transformations in Python; 6.8 Choosing a Technique; Chapter 7: XML Validation and Dialects; 7.1 Working with DTDs; 7.2 Validation at Runtime; 7.3 The BillSummary Example; 7.4 Dialects, Frameworks, and Workflow; 7.5 What Does ebXML Offer?; Chapter 8: Python Internet APIs; 8.1 Connecting Web Sites; 8.2 Working with URLs; 8.3 Opening URLs; 8.4 Connecting with HTTP; 8.5 Using the Server Classes; Chapter 9: Python, Web Services, and SOAP; 9.1 Python Web Services Support; 9.2 The Emerging SOAP Standard; 9.3 Python SOAP Options; 9.4 Example SOAP Server and Client; 9.5 What About XML-RPC?; Chapter 10: Python and Distributed Systems Design; 10.1 Sample Application and Flow Analysis; 10.2 Understanding the Scope; 10.3 Building the Database; 10.4 Building the Profiles Access Class; 10.5 Creating an XML Data Store; 10.6 The XML Switch; 10.7 Running the XML Switch; 10.8 A Web Application; Installing Python and XML Tools; Installing Python; Installing PyXML; Installing 4Suite; XML Definitions; XML Definitions; Python SAX API; Python DOM API; DOMException; DOMImplementation; DocumentFragment; Document; Node; NodeList; NamedNodeMap; CharacterData; Attr; Element; Text; Comment; CDATASection; DocumentType; Notation; Entity; EntityReference; ProcessingInstruction; 4DOM Extensions; Working with MSXML3.0; Setting Up MSXML3.0; Basic DOM Operations; MSXML3.0 Support for XSLT; Handling Parsing Errors; MSXML3.0 Reference; Additional Python XML Tools; Pyxie; Python XML Tools; XML Schema Validator; Sab-pyth; Redfoot; XML Components for Zope; Online Resources; Colophon;