Delphi Developer's Guide to XML

Book excerpt: Delphi Developer's Guide to XML, 2nd Edition explains how to apply the power and flexibility of Delphi to XML, the Extensible Markup Language. This title is targeted at Delphi developers who want to use the power of XML in their applications. XML and related specifications (including XPath, XSL, XSLT, and XML Schema) are transforming the Internet and business-to-business (B2B) communications, defining a data format that is platform- and language-independent. Standardized access to XML documents is provided via the Document Object Model (DOM) and Simple API for XML (SAX) specifications. These XML processors allow more efficient handling of documents as well as the ability to move information between platforms such as Microsoft Windows and Unix.