Programming Web Services with XML-RPC

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The animal on the cover of Programming Web Services with XML-RPC is a jellyfish. A member of the phylum Cnidaria, jellyfish are found in all oceans and many freshwater lakes and rivers. The name “jellyfish” refers to the animal’s adult stage of development, when it acquires a bell- or umbrella-shaped body and long tentacles. The animal’s body (including tentacles) is about 95 percent water and ranges in size from less than an inch to over 100 feet. Jellyfish feed by paralyzing their victims with nematocysts-stinging, harpoon-like cells located in their tentacles. The sting, though lethal to its prey, protects the jellyfish; its body is so fragile that it cannot endure a struggle and must render its prey motionless before feeding. This sting has given the jellyfish a bad reputation among swimmers, some of whom are seriously injured by brushing against the animal’s tentacles. Most jellyfish are harmless to humans, though, and are noted more for their fragile beauty than for their sting.

Ann Schirmer was the production editor and proofreader for Programming Web Services with XML-RPC. Paulette Miley was the copyeditor . Claire Cloutier, Sarah Jane Shangraw, and Jeffrey Holcomb provided quality control. Brenda Miller wrote the index. ...