Kevin Goldberg, partner and CTO at Imagistic, is currently writing a book on XML.
The 360-page book, titled "XML: Visual Start Guide (2nd Edition)," covers such topics as: the rules of writing XML, transforming XML with XSLT, XPaths, XML schema basics, real world XML, and more.
The product description on Amazon states: "The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose markup language. It is classified as an extensible language because it allows its users to define their own elements. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the sharing of structured data across different information systems, particularly via the Internet. Hundreds of thousands of readers learned HTML and XML from Elizabeth Castro. This update to her best-selling "XML: Visual QuickStart Guide," uses concise instructions and plenty of screen shots to teach beginning users all they need to know to write XML code, XSL, and Cascading Style Sheets, as well as providing the scripts required to generate each piece. For anyone wanting to learn XML and use it to generate dynamic Web sites, Castro's book can't be beat."
The book is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It is set to be published in September, 2008 by Peachpit Press.
The first edition of the book was written by best-selling author, Elizabeth Castro.
About Kevin Goldberg
As Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Imagistic, Kevin directs the company's internal operations with an eye toward efficiency, simplicity, and world-class client service.
With twenty years of experience in the technology industry, Kevin has led Imagistic to many successfully launched projects for clients such as the ACLU, Franchise Services, Inc., Move.com, and Reed Publishing; ensuring that technology choices are carefully weighed against many factors, including business objectives, user expectations, and existing infrastructures.
Before starting Imagistic in 1997, Kevin held senior positions in multi-million dollar video game divisions at Film Roman and Lionsgate (previously Trimark). Previously, he served as Lead Software Engineer at Philips Interactive Media, where one of his innovations resulted in an ADPCM compression / decompression scheme which doubled the sound effects storage capacity for all CD-i titles.
Kevin serves on the Santa Monica College Computer Science and Information Systems Advisory Board. In 2006, he was invited to speak at the ACLU Nationwide Staff Conference as a Web development and production expert.
Kevin holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, he is a candidate for a master's degree in Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.
