Book about InDesign and XML

Hello everybody!
Has anybody read "A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML" by James J. Maivald, Cathy Palmer (Adobe Press)? I am looking for a book about using xml in InDesign. And i'm hoping the title says it all: a guide to show me the basics. Or does anybody have another book I should read?
Thank you for answering!
Maaike

It is a great book to begin for inDesign and XML.
Strange enough there is NO mentioning at all of how to process tabels!
Maaike, if you are Dutch take a look here:
http://www.macmojo.nl/nl/artikelen/gratis-hoofdstuk-als-pdf-van-het-nieuwe-boek-slimmer-we rken-met-indesign-cs4.html

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