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     The author has laid the content out in an alternating java/xml fashion. After an introductory chapter, which describes the plethora of acronyms in xml, he spends several chapters alternating in xml/java. One chapter would describe an aspect of xml, and the next would tell you how to put it to use.

     The second half of the book goes into putting this technology to use in practical situations and the details of java-specific xml technologies, such as jdom and cocoon.

    This book is perfect for any one armed with a little knowledge of java and the question "What the heck is XML?".