Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157) and index.

XML and SGML -- XML document structure -- Doing it with style -- Pointing and linking -- Processing XML data -- Managing XML documents -- XML and its potential for e-commerce -- Getting started -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Appendix 1. Library of Congress' SGML format -- Appendix 2. Bibliographic record in XML format -- Appendix 3. USMARC record converted from XML -- Appendix 4. XML format for bibliographic data. "This book provides an overview of XML and some of its possible applications in libraries. It discusses XML and its relationship to SGML and HTML and examines the various components of the markup language. It explains the structure of an XML document and explores the different types of style sheets that offer various options for formatting and presenting XML documents for reading and processing. It covers XML's linking and pointing components which expand those capabilities even further than HTML allows." "One of the important advantages of XML is that it can be read by both humans and machines, allowing sharing of data for computer processing. The book will discuss the processing of XML data and its import, particularly for electronic commerce (e-commerce) which is expected to be the "killer application" that will accelerate XML's adoption and catapult it into widespread use. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.