He is an editor of the xsl transformations, xquery serialization, and xpath 2. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Xml nerds looking to make the angle brackets dance. A guide to the w3c xml query language by howard katz, don chamberlin, denise draper, mary fernandez, michael kay, jonathan robie, michael rys, jerome simeon, jim tivy, philip wadler.
See all books authored by michael kay, including xslt 2. Free xml books download ebooks online textbooks tutorials. Jonathan robie is the xml product architect at datadirect technologies. Written by a true expert in the field, michael kays xslt, second edition is a thorough and truly informative guide to using xslt and xml for real projects. He also represents software ag on the w3c xsl working group. In contrast to ducharmes book, kays is not very digestible, sparse on examples, has few tips for performing different types of common transformations. For producing html, and indeed in lots of other places, i relied on build scripts. Michael kay has been working in the xml field since 1997. Michael kay author of xslt meet your next favorite book. The resulting node set always contains a single node and is the root node of the tree. He is also involved the xquery and the xml schema working groups, also at w3c. Michael kay is the founder and technical director of saxonica limited, which develops both the open source and commercial variants of the saxon xslt and xquery processor, as well as offering xmlrelated consultancy services. Run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book.
Kay married wpix news anchor jodi applegate on february 12, 2011. It isnt the greatest book to learn xslt from, but i find it great in answering detailed questions. As an icl fellow, he divides his time between external activities and mainstream projects for clients, mainly in the area of electronic commerce and. Michael kay michael kay has spent most of his career as a software designer and systems architect with icl, the it services supplier. View michael kays profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The code for the book is no longer available on the wrox site since wrox went under, but you can. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover michaels. To perform the actual transformation, youll need an xslt processor. Carmelo anthony checks in to talk about amares injury and the differences between dantoni and woodson. Michael kay has spent most of his career as a software designer and systems architect, and has recently moved to software ag, where he is specialising in xml database and transformation technology. Xslt by michael kay, 9780764543814, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Were pleased to provide free sample chapters of the following recommended xml books to further your xml education and training. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. Stack overflow for teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. This book is widely recognized as the authoritative reference on the xslt 2. They talk nfl cba, luis severinos injury, and wilderfury 2. Xquery is a query language under development by the world wide web consortium w3c and makes possible to efficiently and easily extract information from native xml databases and relational databases that store xml data. An xml vocabulary should be designed in such a way that the applications that process it do not break when it is inevitably changed. As michael kay starts celebrating ratings win over mike. Transformation xslt standard will be playing a major role in making all those xml predictions a reality. Programmers reference programmer to programmer, and more on. Were pleased to provide chapter one entitled xslt in context, of what is widely recognized as the standard reference book on xslt by michael kay. The first thing the xslt processor does is analyze the xml document figure 1 and convert it into a node tree figure 2. Actually, i am incredibly grateful to michel kay for the book, it was a close friend of. Author michael kay has created his own implementation of xslt 2.
Programmers reference by wrox press and several other books and papers on software engineering. Its a dauntingly large book, but it is a very fine reference. Problem design solution by mitch amiano, conrad dcruz, kay ethier, michael d. Michael kay is the television play by play broadcaster of the new york yankees, host of centerstage with michael kay on the yes network, and the host of the michael kay show on espn ny 98. Some say that xml on the web meaning on the browser has failed. A lot of people in the xml community know michael kays xslt book michael kay. Michael kay is the expert on the subject, he has been publishing xslt references for almost a decade now. Resources and references xpath for processing xml and. With plenty of indepth information on current standards and tools, this tutorial and reference is all any working developer needs to implement xsltbased applications effectively. At the most basic level it allows the programmer to manipulate xml on a template model. Learn to create and validate documents, design xml schemas and wsdl files, and build and debug xslt stylesheets. He is also the author of the only book on this subject to have reached a second edition. Michael kay reveals his dyed hair after losing a bet with his cohosts on the michael kay show.
Michael kay professor, american academic michael kay footballer born 1989, english footballer michael kay cricketer born 1981, former english cricketer michael kay songwriter, english singer, songwriter and record. Mike francesa rips michael kay over ratings numbers. Judging by the reaction of the michael kay show crew to its win over wfans mike sports pope francesa in the january ratings book, its not a matter of if but when they beat the all. Programmers reference, 2nd edition or buy the book from your favorite retailer. Id still recommend mike kays xslt programmers reference, or xslt 2. His hobbies, as you might guess from the examples in this book, include genealogy and choral singing.
The book literally measures over 1,000 pages in total. Sign and view the guest book, leave condolences or send flowers. I suppose i could just make an arbitrary call and lock it. Michael kay has 20 books on goodreads with 485 ratings. Author michael kay exudes enthusiasm in this guide, xslt programmers reference, by taking every opportunity to illustrate the power and flexibility of xslt. A node is nothing more than one individual piece of the. I presented at xml europe 2003 on whats new in xslt 2. Michael kay s book is one of the most recommended books for learning to write xslt code.
Michael kay is the developer of saxon, a highlyregarded xslt processor, and is the author of the bestselling xslt programmers reference. In the xml world he is known as the developer of the open source saxon product. Mike francesa rips into his radio nemesis, michael kay, and makes sure everyone knows he didnt actually lose to espn in the ratings. Transforming xml with xslt transforming xml with xslt.
When exchanging data, there is often a need for a standardised format that many applications can read and write. Michael is an invited expert on the w3c working groups developing xslt, xquery, and xml schema. He lives and works in reading, england and is a member of the xml guild and a regular speaker at the xml summer school in oxford and balisage markup conference. Its written for programmers who want to learn how to use the xslt language for developing web applications. Michael kay books list of books by author michael kay. Michael lives in reading, berkshire with his wife and daughter. Although this article was written over four years ago, it has stood the test of time. There are a number of these available online, including instant saxon written by michael kay. The book does assume a basic knowledge of xml, html, and the.
Join facebook to connect with michael kay and others you may know. The couple had a daughter, caledonia rose, on january 5, 20. He is also a member of the xquery and xml schema working groups, and is a joint editor of the xpath 2. Professional xml by thiru thangarathinam, bill evjen, alessandro vernet, sam ferguson, kent sharkey, michael kay get professional xml now with oreilly online learning.
Love from margaret, bryan, mum, dad and family xxxxx. He is well known not only through previous editions of this book, but also as the developer of the opensource saxon product, a. In the first full ratings book of the second mike francesa semiretirement era, the story stayed the same in sports radio afternoons. He is well known not only through previous editions of this. The best xslt reference book is michael kay, xslt 2. The optional third argument is the document root of. Edited by longtime xml expert and programmer howard katz, coverage ranges from strictly technical chapters to comparative essays such as michael kays xquery, xpath, and xslt, which explores the common ancestry of all three languages, and don chamberlins influences on the design of xquery, which details the process behind xquerys design. Michael kay sports broadcaster born 1961, american sports announcer and broadcaster michael howard kay born 1951, british xml developer. As xml begins to take hold, the extensible stylesheet language.
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