Ronald Bourret

Consulting, writing, and research in XML and databases

XML Links

XML specifications

• W3C Technical Reports and Publications
• Annotated XML specification
• SAX

XML FAQs

• XML FAQ
• XML Namespaces FAQ

XML Tutorials

High-level overviews

• Thomas Erl's XML specifications summary
• Barry & Associates Includes links to sites and books
• A survey of XML standards: Part 1 and Part 2 Includes links to specifications, tutorials, and sites

Less technical

• W3Schools

More technical

• C# Computing
• XML tutorials from Anders Moller and Michael Schwartzbach Introduces all major XML technologies. A good starting point.
• Webucator (XML, XSLT, XSLT-FO, XML Schemas)
• xFront.com In-depth tutorials on a number of subjects, including XML Schemas and XSLT. Also includes XML Schemas Best Practices.
• ZVON.org

Most technical

• the skew.org XML & XSLT resources Using XML with HTTP, character encoding issues, whitespace issues, XSLT, etc.
• Entry-Level Unicode for XML All you ever wanted to know about Unicode (when writing an XML parser)

XML links pages:

• Cetus-Links: XML An amazing, well-organized collection of XML links
• Computers > Data Formats > Markup Languages > XML by the Open Directory Project
• STARTKABEL XML
• XML / Database Links

XML software

• Free XML software (Lars Marius Garshol)
• XML Database Products
• XML Data Binding Resources
• XML.com's XML Resource Guide
• XML software on freshmeat.net

XML magazines

• XML.com
• IBM developerWorks: XML zone
• developer.com: XML
• The XML Cover Pages (Robin Cover)
• Cafe con Leche XML News and Resources
• DevX.com: XML Zone
• <XML>fr: l'espace XML francophone
• Planet XMLhack -- Aggregated weblogs from XML hackers and commentators

Lists of industry-specific XML schemas

• List of XML markup languages
• Vertical XML Schemas
• Specific XML vocabularies
• XML Standards Library
• OASIS Standards and Other Approved Work
• Specifications and Best Practices List of IDEAlliance intitiatives, including some industry-specific schemas
• WebX Systems See the Industries menu for information on industry-specific markup languages

XML mailing lists

• XML-DEV
  For: XML developers
  Website: http://www.xml.org/xml-dev
  To (un)subscribe: mailto:xml-dev-request@lists.xml.org (un)subscribe
  To post: mailto:xml-dev@lists.xml.org
  Archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/

• XQuery Talk
  For: XQuery discussion list
  To (un)subscribe: http://www.x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
  To post: talk@x-query.com
  Archive: http://x-query.com/pipermail/talk/

• XSL-List
  For: Questions about XSL (XSLT and XSL:FO)
  Website: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/index.html
  To (un)subscribe: mailto:majordomo@lists.mulberrytech.com with the words (un)subscribe XSL-List in the body
  To post: mailto:XSL-List@lists.mulberrytech.com
  Archive: http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/

• See also Mailing Lists for XML Developers and SGML/XML Discussion Groups and Mailing Lists

XML resources in German

• Informationen zur Extensible Markup Language (inkluiert Uebersetzungen der XML-Spezifikation und weiterer Standards)
• Uebersetzungen einige XML Spezifikationen
• Deutschsprachige XML Liste
• SGML/XML