This article is excerpted from Ajax for Web Application Developers, copyright 2007, published last month by Sams Publishing. Reprinted with permission, all rights ...

If you've been following this series on Builder.com, you already know that XML describes the structure of data and makes no assumptions about what the data it describes actually is, and whether that ...

XML structures vary widely in arrangement, complexity, and whether the data is held in content or attributes. A variation of this sample XML is used throughout this article.

With a name like Extensible Markup Language, it must be boring. Right? Shorten that to XML and think again. Fast becoming a requirement for conducting business online, XML is the key to flexibility.

Most professional business programmers have found themselves on the receiving end of more than a few crazy requirement or design documents at least once in their careers. These stoic programmers grind ...