Tables of Contents for Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, and Xml

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Tables of Contents for Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, and Xml

Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

List of Figures

xi

List of Tables

xiii

Foreword

xv

Preface

xvii

About the Authors

xxiii

Introduction

xxv

Information Linking

xxvi

The Web

xxvii

XML

xxviii

Conclusions

xxx

PART I FOUNDATIONS: THE WEB WE WANT

1

66

Current Technology

3

18

The Internet Environment

3

4

Connecting to the Internet

4

1

How the Internet Works

5

2

The World Wide Web

7

1

Information Linking in the WWW

8

12

The Web's Linking Model

8

2

A Broader View of Linking in the Web

10

1

Shortcomings of the Web Linking Model

11

7

Current Solutions

18

2

Conclusions

20

1

Hypermedia Concepts and Alternatives to the Web

21

28

What Is Hypermedia?

21

4

History of Hypermedia

22

1

Definition of Hypermedia

23

2

Hypermedia Concepts

25

17

Representing Information Associations

25

12

Formalizing Linking Concepts

37

5

Usage Scenarios: Hypermedia Support for Information Utilization

42

6

Scenario Description

42

2

Discussion

44

4

Conclusions

48

1

Conceptual Viewpoint

49

18

References versus Links

49

5

Resource Identification: URL, URI, and URN

54

2

Persistence of Identifiers and References

56

3

Persistence of Identifiers

57

1

Persistence of References

57

2

Third-Party Links and Linkbases

59

3

Multi-Ended Links

62

1

Generic Links

63

1

Typed Links

64

2

Conclusions

66

1

PART II TECHNIQUE: THE WEB'S NEW LOOK

67

132

Related Technologies

69

26

XML Core Standards

71

4

XML Namespaces

75

4

XML Base

79

1

XML Inclusions

80

1

XML External Entities

80

1

XLink

80

1

XML Information Set

81

7

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language

88

1

Extensible Stylesheet Language

89

3

XSL Transformations

90

2

XSL Formatting Objects

92

1

Resource Description Framework

92

2

Conclusions

94

1

XML Path Language

95

44

General Model

96

7

Root Node

99

1

Element Node

99

1

Attribute Node

100

1

Namespace Node

100

1

Processing Instruction Node

101

1

Comment Node

101

1

Text Node

101

1

Example

102

1

Location Paths

103

18

Location Steps

105

1

Axes

106

9

Node Tests

115

1

Predicates

116

2

Abbreviations

118

2

Examples

120

1

Expressions

121

2

Functions

123

10

Boolean Functions

125

1

Number Functions

126

2

String Functions

128

3

Node Set Functions

131

2

Examples

133

3

Future Developments

136

1

Conclusions

137

2

XML Pointer Language

139

30

General Model

143

7

XPointer Data Model

144

4

XPointer Data Model Examples

148

2

XPointer Forms

150

6

Bare Names

150

1

Child Sequences

151

2

Full XPointers

153

3

Functions

156

5

Using XPointers

161

6

XPointer Character Escaping

162

1

XPointers and Namespaces

163

2

How to Compose XPointers

165

1

Persistence

166

1

Future Developments

167

1

Conclusions

168

1

XML Linking Language

169

30

Embedding Links into XML Documents

170

1

Link Types and Element Types

171

9

XLink Link Types

172

5

XLink Element Types

177

3

Attributes

180

8

Element Type Attribute

180

1

Locator Attribute

181

1

Semantic Attributes

182

2

Behavior Attributes

184

4

Traversal Attributes

188

1

Interpretation of XLinks

188

2

Processing

188

1

Conformance

189

1

Usage

190

8

XLink Element and Attribute Declaration

190

4

Extending XLink

194

1

Using XLink for Linkbases

195

3

The Future of XLink

198

1

Conclusions

198

1

PART III APPLICATION: WEAVING THE WEB WE WANT

199

38

Authoring Aspects

201

20

Practical Issues

201

8

Lack of Presentation Semantics

201

2

Unclear Processing Model

203

3

Tool Support

206

1

Loss of Context

206

1

Legal Issues

207

1

More Complex Authoring

208

1

Emerging Support for XLink and XPointer

209

4

Support in Existing Browsers

210

1

Parsers and Code Libraries

211

1

Hand-Coded Support

212

1

Development Tools

213

1

Authoring Approaches

213

7

Identifying Things to Link

213

2

Controlling Linking and Ensuring Link Integrity

215

1

Link Semantics

216

3

Accessibility and Usability

219

1

Conclusions

220

1

Transitioning to a New Model

221

16

Alternative Approaches

222

4

Issues

222

2

Alternatives

224

2

Example Strategies

226

5

Internal Hybrid, External No Change

226

4

Internal Hybrid, External Hybrid

230

1

Content Negotiation

231

2

Migration of Content

233

2

Building New Sites

235

1

Conclusions

236

1

Epilogue

237

4

References

241

10

Index

251