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• Big Picture of XML Family of Specifications - my unique imagemap gateway to all major XML technical specifications [updated 4/20/03; another update planned for 1Q07]
• XML Conference Presentations from this Decade
  • Applying XQuery and OWL to CIA World Factbook, Wikipedia and Project Gutenberg - paper and slides from XML 2006 (Sall and Reck); local copy: paper and slides
  • Implementing a Government-wide Semantic Solution to Thesauri - presentation from XML 2005 (Sall and Reck); local copy: paper and slides
  • How the US Federal Government is Using XML: One Year Later - presentation from XML 2004; local copy: paper and slides [password: "sall"]
  • How the US Federal Government is Using XML - presentation from XML 2003; local copy: paper and slides
• Government Demos - numerous proof of concepts developed for the US Federal Government, especially the XML CoP (Community of Practice)
• XML Acronyms - over 60 acronyms with links to specs [updated 4/20/03]
• XML Family of Specifications: A Practical Guide - my comprehensive book of core XML technology, published by Addison Wesley on May 31, 2002; ISBN: 0-201-70359-9; with contributions by G. Ken Holman on XSLFO and Ora Lassila on RDF
  • Home Page of XML Family of Specifications: A Practical Guide on WDVL.com - includes For Further Exploration (900 XML links)
  • Sample Chapter: XML Syntax and Parsing Concepts [ HTML version], [PDF version]
  • Primary Addison Wesley link
  • Amazon link - includes at least 5 reviews and over 70 Look-Inside pages
  • Barnes & Noble link - includes Preface
  • PerfectXML.com [includes other XML books by Addison-Wesley]
  • README .DOC link
  • InformIT link
  • XML-Book.com link
  • Programming Network link
  • FatBrain link (now Barnes & Noble.com Professional, Technical and Business Bookstore)
  • Addison Wesley academic site
  • Search Google for links to XML Family of Specifications: A Practical Guide
  • Reviews of XML Family of Specifications
    • Amazon Reviews [at least 5 reviews]
    • Andrew Allentuck's review
    • Mitch Tulloch's review
• Essential XML Sites - a work-in-progress; short list of the most useful XML sites in various categories (Specs, Tutorials, Articles, FAQs/Refs, Resource Sites, News/Mail, Software, Vendors, Microsoft, E-Commerce) [updated 4/20/03]
• XML Training Course - covering XML and DTD syntax, SAX, DOM, XML Schema, CSS, XSLT, XPath, XSL Formatting Objects, XLink, XPointer, XHTML, SOAP, and SVG.     [PDF of XML Training Description]
• Resume - outdated; send email to addresses at top of page for current version
• Publications and Presentations - master list of articles, conference papers, presentations and books from 2000 and earlier (many broken links, sadly)
• XML section at Web Developers Virtual Library - my extensive collection of XML-related resources
• Next Generation HTML: XML Presentations - for NASA and others (unfortunately, this server, owned by my former employer, Commerce One, appears to be non-responsive)
• NASA Instrument Remote Control presentations - contributor to XML-based approach (see IML and AIML)
• XML For Astronomy - a site collection and mailing list I initiated
• Google Search for "Sall XML"
• Google Search for "NASA XML"
• MW3: Motif on the World Wide Web - my first site, now called motifdeveloper.com and maintained by Imperial Software Technology in the UK
• Columbia Ski Club - my recreational site, not XML related (yet ;-)

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