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3 XML Schemas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

4 Namespaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

5 XSL Transformation . . . . . . . . .125

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7 The Parser and DOM . . . . . . . .191

8 Alternative API: SAX . . . . . . .231

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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . .485

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489

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