DAO Object Model: The Definitive Reference

By Helen Feddema

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Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of DAO Object Model: The Definitive Reference is a sparrow hawk (Accipiter nisus). "Sparrow hawk" is the common name for several smaller members of the hawk genus. The American kestrel is also commonly called a sparrow hawk, but the kestrel is a falcon that has little in common with the true sparrow hawk except for its small size. The true sparrow hawk is colored a bluish-gray, with brown and white markings. It has a long tail and short wings. The male grows to a length of approximately 11 inches, and the female to 15 inches.

The sparrow hawk is widely distributed throughout Eurasia and North Africa, from Ireland to Japan. As its name implies, this bird of prey feeds on other birds, from the small sparrow to the medium-sized wood pigeon. It will occasionally eat small rodents, but birds make up the majority of its diet. Its preferred habitat is a somewhat open woodland, with plenty of areas of cover from which it can launch surprise attacks on its prey. Clairemarie Fisher O'Leary was the production editor and the copyeditor for DAO Object Model: The Definitive Reference. Maureen Dempsey, Jeff Holcomb, and Nicole Arigo provided quality control. Bruce Tracy wrote the index.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Kathleen Wilson produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 3.32 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

Alicia Cech designed the interior layout based on a series design by Nancy Priest. Mike Sierra implemented the design in FrameMaker 5.5. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Rhon Porter using Macromedia FreeHand 8 and Adobe Photoshop 5. Kathleen Wilson designed the CD-ROM label. This colophon was written by Clairemarie Fisher O'Leary.

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