chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The World Wide Web and XML -- chapter 3,1 Overview -- chapter 4 Information Retrieval Systems and XML -- chapter 5 Information Management Technologies and XML -- chapter 6 2E-Business and E-Commerce -- chapter 7 Metadata, Ontologies, and XML -- chapter 8 Basic Concepts in XML -- chapter 9 Advanced Concepts in XML -- chapter 10 The Semantic Web -- chapter 11 Semistructured Databases -- chapter 12 XML Applications to E-Commerce -- chapter 13 Applications of XML to Data Management -- chapter 14 Applications of XML to Information Management -- chapter 15 XML-Related Data and Information Management Tools for the Web -- chapter 16 Building the Semantic Web -- chapter 17 Summary and Directions.