XML in Scientific Computing

NOTE EDITORE

While the extensible markup language (XML) has received a great deal of attention in web programming and software engineering, far less attention has been paid to XML in mainstream computational science and engineering. Correcting this imbalance, XML in Scientific Computing introduces XML to scientists and engineers in a way that illustrates the similarities and differences with traditional programming languages and suggests new ways of saving and sharing the results of scientific calculations. The author discusses XML in the context of scientific computing, demonstrates how the extensible stylesheet language (XSL) can be used to perform various calculations, and explains how to create and navigate through XML documents using traditional languages such as Fortran, C++, and MATLAB®. A suite of computer programs are available on the author’s website.

SOMMARIO

Text and Data Formatting Text formatting with latex and html Formatting with xml Usage and usefulness of xml files Constraints on structure and form Xml data processing Relevance of xml in scientific computing Xml Essential Grammar Xml tags Xml elementsCommentsXml document declaration Character reference Language processing instructions Character data (CDATA) Xml root element Xml trees and nodes Document type definition and schemaXml namespaces Xml formatting of computer language instructions Xml Data Processing with Xsl Xsl processors The main programfor-each loops Extracting data with value-of Repeated parsing Extracting element attributes Conditional blocks Choose, when, and otherwise Variables and parameters TemplatesSplitting the code Summary of xsl elements and functionsPassive processing and cascading stylesheets (css) Computing with Xml/Xsl Elementary operationsTemplates are user-defined functions and subroutinesFurther applications of Xslt templatesSquare root of a number Exponential of a number Natural logarithm of a number Recursive sequences Greatest common divisor of two integers Student roster Producing and Importing Xml Data Fortran Perl C++ Matlab Appendix A: ASCII Code Appendix B Perl Quick ReferenceAppendix C: Summary of Xslt ElementsAppendix D: Functions Called by Xslt Elements Index

AUTORE

C. Pozrikidis is a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is well known for his contributions in fluid mechanics and biomechanics, applied mathematics, and scientific computing. He has published numerous research papers and is the author of eight books and the editor of two contributed volumes.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781466512276
• Collana: Chapman & Hall/CRC Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Series
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.125 in Ø 1.10 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 6 b/w images and 18 tables
• Pagine Arabe: 260