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Jonathan Eisenzopf

Demystifying XML

One hour talk

This tutorial will de-mystify the hype surrounding XML by replacing hand-waving and abstract concepts with real explanations and practical examples. It will begin with a no-nonsence intro by answering the what, why, and how of XML, continue with practical examples of manipulating XML with regular expressions and the XML::Parser module, and conclude by building several practical examples that will retrieve XML from the Web and convert it to HTML using regular expressions, LWP, and XML::Parser. Materials will include harcopies of the presentation, and a floppy disk containing all Perl XML modules, the Perl-XML FAQ, and the sources of the scripts used in the presentation.

The materials for this conference will be available from this site, as well as at http://www.perlxml.com/yapc.

Author Bio: Jonathan Eisenzopf is an author, teacher, and consultant who has worked with companies like Netscape, Chrysler, Mecklermedia, Bell Atlantic, and Litton/PRC to deploy large scale Web-based information systems. He is presently a Principal Software Engineer and VP of Technology at Internet Intelligence Group based in the Washington D.C. area. He is also a regular contributer at Webreference.com, an online resource site for the Web development community. Jonathan is active in the Perl and XML communities by delivering presentations to user groups, contributing articles to publications such as The Perl Journal, and maintains www.perlxml.com, an information clearinghouse for Perl and XML. Jonathan is also the co-author of an upcoming book from O'Reilly and Associates covering Perl and XML.

Jonathan is a member of DC.pm

Kevin Lenzo

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