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Beginning XML 4th Edition begins with a broad overview of the technology and then focuses on specific facets of the various specifications for the reader. This book teaches you all you need to know about XML what it is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety of situations, from simple data transfer to using XML in your web pages. In addition to the technical updates and additions, this edition takes great care to tightly focus the examples to help the reader better see the effect of the XML and spend less time looking at long sections of code that are fun for the example, but add no practical learning value. About the Author David Hunter is a Senior Technical Consultant with CGI, Canada's largest IT services provider, and was the principle author of the first 2 editions of Beginning XML. He has given numerous training seminars and workshops on XML and other technologies. Jeff Rafter is an XML consultant and developer working with Standfacts Credit Services. He has worked on many open source projects and he currently leads the SAX for Pascal development. Andrew Watt has been programming for 20 years, including 10 years work with the Web. He has several books in the areas of XML and XSLT to his credit and is well known for his work on XML.com. Joe Fawcett is a Microsoft MVP for XML and is highly sought after in the UK as a recognized expert on XML and associated technologies. He is a co-author on the highly successful Professional Ajax. Jon Duckett co-authored Wrox Press' first book on XML in 1998. After 4 years with Wrox in the UK, Jon is now a freelance web developer working with clients in the UK, US and Australia, and has co-authored 10 programming books. Daniel J. Ayers is a developer specializing in leading-edge technologies. He is active in the RSS community including contributions to RSS development through the W3C. All of the authors were co-authors on Beginning XML 3rd Edition.