title: XML: A Primer
author:  Simon St. Laurent 
description: Completely revised and updated to cover the latest in emerging Internet technologies, this practical guide will teach you how to build smarter Web sites using XML (eXtensible Markup Language). Whether you're porting data-driven applications or searching for a better way to manage documents on your site, XML<sup></sup>: A Primer, Second Edition will get you quickly up to speed on this next-generation authoring tool. With new visual examples, clear explanations, and a splash of humor, author Simon St.Laurent shows you how to harness XML's power and flexibility to create intelligent, efficient, easily managed sites. Simon St.Laurent's lucid primer shows you how to:
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](../Text/titlepage.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Table of Contents](../Text/toc.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright](../Text/front01.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication 1](../Text/front02.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication 2](../Text/front03.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epigraph](../Text/front04.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [The amber light came on. ...](../Text/c01.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [On offering to help the ...](../Text/c02.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [A policeman took the car-thief ...](../Text/c03.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [The suggestion had come from ...](../Text/c04.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [I must open my eyes, ...](../Text/c05.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [We must see if there's ...](../Text/c06.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [An empty belly wakes up ...](../Text/c07.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [The arrival of so many ...](../Text/c08.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [When, at the beginning, the ...](../Text/c09.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [The old man with the ...](../Text/c10.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [If, because of a sudden ...](../Text/c11.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [On the fourth day, the ...](../Text/c12.xml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Say to a blind man, ...](../Text/c