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For additional information about XML, see:
Oracle Database 10g XML & SQL: Design, Build, & Manage XML Applications in Java, C, C++, & PL/SQL by Mark Scardina, Ben Chang, and Jinyu Wang, Oracle Press, http://www.osborne.com/oracle/
WROX publications, especially XML Design and Implementation by Paul Spencer, which covers XML, XSL, and development.
Building Oracle XML Applications by Steve Muench, O'Reilly, http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orxmlapp/
The XML Bible, http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/books/biblegold/
XML, Java, and the Future of the Web by Jon Bosak, Sun Microsystems, http://www.ibiblio.org/bosak/xml/why/xmlapps.htm
XML for the Absolute Beginner by Mark Johnson, JavaWorld, http://www.javaworld.com/jw-04-1999/jw-04-xml_p.html
XML And Databases by Ronald Bourret, http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLAndDatabases.htm
XML Specifications by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), http://www.w3.org/XML/
XML.com
, a broad collection of XML resources and commentary, http://www.xml.com/
Annotated XML Specification by Tim Bray, XML.com
, http://www.xml.com/axml/testaxml.htm
XML.org
, hosted by OASIS as a resource to developers of purpose-built XML languages, http://xml.org/
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