Wow! eBook – Blog

Book Description

Engineer your way to excellence! This professional resource explains in full detail how to build VoiceXML-based applications using real-world programs you can adapt for your own projects. The book includes three full-scale, enterprise-level applications complete with all source code.

From the Back Cover
Your Definitive Professional Resource Develop real-world voice-based applications using this authoritative one-of-a-kind guide. Featuring in-depth coverage of both core and emerging topics within voice-enabled technology, this book explains everything from setting up a simple voice mail system to developing advanced multi-model voice applications using the newest Web telephony engine. You’ll learn how to integrate VoiceXML with other key technologies such as ASP, JSP, ColdFusion, CCXML, and SALT. All examples are based on today’s most current hardware. Containing project specifications, guidelines, deployment procedures–as well as actual case studies with all source code–this practical resource will change the way you develop next-generation voice-based applications.

• Design dialog flow and navigation architecture and learn guidelines for voice applications
• Manage content and identify target audience
• Learn VoiceXML document structure and execute multi-document-based applications
• Develop voice mail and voice banking systems using ASP and VoiceXML
• Identify the scope and role of grammars in VoiceXML 2.0
• Use JSP to interact with databases and write code for front-end dialogs
• Understand the benefits and components of the Microsoft Web telephony engine
• Write CCXML programs and integrate CCXML with VoiceXML applications
• Produce speech output and speech input in SALT Download Now »

Book Description

Replacing DTDs (Document Type Definitions) as the way in which XML documents are described and validated, XML schemas are essential for ensuring the accuracy and security of information in B2B transactions and other XML applications. This how-to guide employs extensive examples and source code to help developers and programmers get quickly up to speed on the practical application of this important technology. With in-depth explanations for each example, XML expert Mike Fitzgerald acquaints readers with coding structures, then moves to more advanced topics, including unique element and attribute values, keys, and how to use schemas with HTML. Like the other books in the series, this guide features comprehensive appendices listing all the datatypes and data facets, code indexes, and other time-saving features.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
About the Authors

Part 1    Getting Started
Chapter 1    Elementary XML Schema
Chapter 2    XSD Elements
Chapter 3    Adding Attributes

Download Now »

Book Description

Learn how to build a data-intensive Web application with XML Web services and ADO.NET!

Richard Hundhausen, Steven Borg, Cole Francis, and Kenneth Wilcox have combined their years of expertise in this invaluable resource to teach you how a typical wired business can leverage Web services in B2B commerce. Using a case study, the authors walk you step by step through how to take advantage of new technologies in .NET, such as ADO, ASP, and SOAP, to create XML Web services. They start with a discussion of a Web services provider case study, including the analysis, design, construction, registration, and deployment of the Web service. You’ll then learn about the conceptual design of a system and receive an introduction to Object Role Modeling (ORM). Packed with useful information, the chapters also dive into topics such as:

• Database design, covering the implementation of the physical design in Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• Syntax and attributes used to code a Web service, including proper testing techniques
• The benefits of using the Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) framework
• Security–both the traditional mechanisms provided by IIS and new ones provided by ASP.NET
• Web service performance testing and tuning

The companion Web site includes the complete case study application and code used in the book. Download Now »

Book Description

Provides a discussion of the various XML data management approaches employed in a range of products and applications. Topics covered range from using XML with Oracle9i or SQL Server to embedded XML databases to Tamino. Softcover.

From the Back Cover

“This is an excellent book that combines a practical and analytical look at the subject.”

—Leo Korman, Principal Software Engineer, KANA Software

As organizations begin to employ XML within their information-management and exchange strategies, data management issues pertaining to storage, retrieval, querying, indexing, and manipulation increasingly arise. Moreover, new information-modeling challenges also appear. XML Data Management—with its contributions from experts at the forefront of the XML field—addresses these key issues and challenges, offering insights into the advantages and drawbacks of various XML solutions, best practices for modeling information with XML, and developing custom, in-house solutions. Download Now »

Book Description

“Most books in this area are either beginners’ guides, in-depth reference works to the foundational standards, or guides to using XML in particular environments or application areas. This book takes a broader approach for non-beginners and describes where XML can be used profitably in the real world. Highly recommended.”
–Dr. Marc J. Hadley, Senior Staff Engineer, Web Technologies and Standards division, Sun Microsystems

“Imperfect XML is a thorough and engaging exploration of the issues XML practitioners are likely to face, with considered advice from one of the trailblazing authorities in the field.”
–Neil Bradley, XML and Publishing Consultant and author of The XML Companion, The XSL Companion, and The XML Schema Companion

XML projects can fail for all kinds of reasons, from unrealistic overall goals to mishandled low-level technical decisions. Fortunately, one of the world’s leading XML experts is ready to show you how to avoid XML pitfalls on your next project.

Since its invention, David Megginson has been helping to drive XML to new levels. He led the team that developed the SAX streaming API now used worldwide, has been a key contributor to the World Wide Web Consortium, and has served as a consultant to many of the world’s leading companies, including Boeing, Reuters, and McGraw-Hill. Drawing on this vast experience, Megginson offers in this book expert solutions and problem-solving guidance for virtually any XML project challenge. Download Now »

Book Description

Special Edition Using XML, Second Edition gives developers a formal introduction to XML technology, starting with in-depth coverage of basic syntax and fundamental “pieces” of XML, including DTDs, Schemas, and Namespaces. The authors then cover various applications of XML, including transforming and displaying XML documents using CSS and XSL, locating data within XML documents using Xpath, Xlink and Xpointer, programming XML with SAX or DOM, including XML in Java or .NET applications, XML Scripting with Perl, XHTML and WML for presentation on traditional and hand-held Web browsers, and querying data or documents with Xquery. The final chapters cover technologies related to XML such as SVG, SMIL, and RDF, focusing on the practical features developers can put to use today.

About the Author
David Gulbransen is the CEO of Vervet Logic, an XML tools development company. More than 5,000 businesses have licensed XML Pro, their XML editor, including The European Union, the Library of Congress, IBM, Prudential, Intel, Cisco Systems, New York Life, Harvard University, and Purdue University. More than 30,000 developers receive Vervet’s newsletters. David has been involved with XML since before there was a standard, shipping the final version of XML Pro as XML 1.0 was made final. Today Vervet’s strategic partnerships include IBM, Sun, BlueStone, Siber Logic, and OpenText. His most recent book was Special Edition Using XML Schema.

Download Now »