Rating: 

I'm currently in Chapter 5 (about halfway through the book). Even if I never finish the book, I've gotten my money's worth. Not only do I actually understand what XML is, but I understand why people think it's so cool.

I bought the book because I was working on a project to create, organize, and store test results and other documentation for my department. As an added bonus, the book mentioned DocBook, an open standard for writing technical documentation in SGML and XML! Now, I don't even have to develop my own schema.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs to know more about XML, but doesn't want to waste time wading through hundreds of web sites or trying to decipher other books.