A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML

A Designers Guide to InDesign and XML is an introduction to XML tagging and how it works. The technology is broken down into its essential parts, explaining what XML is and how it works in plain English. XML is a markup language, a close cousin to HTML. While HTML is used to format text for display, XML is used to tag or identify data. By "marking up" the data users can then transfer or repurpose it from one application to another. This ability to repurpose is XML's key advantage over most other technologies. And, because XML was built for the Web, it offers the promise of moving data from print to the Internet and back again with the push of a button. The guide includes 10 real world projects with an aim toward users working with increasing confidence and skill to incorporate XML into their daily workflow. The projects include: Business card: How to create a structured layout in InDesign and import XML. Get text to format automatically and then flow into multiple examples. Product catalog: Learn how to import XML data into a structured layout using nested styles and cloned text. Magazine and newspaper: Tag and export magazine-style publications for Web distribution. SML and XSL: Transform XML into XHTML for use on the Web in Dreamweaver and GoLive. XML and CSS: Use Cascading Style Sheets with your exported XML.Maivald, James J. is the author of 'A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML', published 2007 under ISBN 9780321503558 and ISBN 0321503554.