Related publications
z/OS library publications
You can find the following publications in the z/OS® library.
Run-Time
Library Extensions
- Common Debug Architecture Library Reference
- Common Debug Architecture User’s Guide
- DWARF/ELF Extensions Library Reference
z/Architecture®
- Principles of Operation
z/OS DFSMS
- Access Method Services for Catalogs
- Checkpoint/Restart
- Macro Instructions for Data Sets
- Using Data Sets
- Utilities
z/OS DFSORT
- Application Programming Guide
- Installation and Customization
z/OS ISPF
- Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference
- User's Guide Vol I
- User's Guide Vol II
z/OS Language Environment®
- Concepts Guide
- Customization
- Debugging Guide
- Language Environment Vendor Interfaces
- Programming Guide
- Programming Reference
- Run-Time Messages
- Run-Time Application Migration Guide
- Writing Interlanguage Communication Applications
z/OS MVS™
- JCL Reference
- JCL User's Guide
Programming: Callable Services for High-Level Languages
- Program Management: User's Guide and Reference
- System Commands
- z/OS Unicode Services User's Guide and Reference
- z/OS XML System Services User's Guide and Reference
z/OS TSO/E
- Command Reference
- Primer
- User's Guide
z/OS UNIX System Services
- Command Reference
- Programming: Assembler Callable Services Reference
- User's Guide
z/OS XL C/C++
- Programming Guide
- Run-Time Library Reference
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
You
can find the following publications in the CICS® library:
- Application Programming Guide
- Application Programming Reference
- Customization Guide
- External Interfaces Guide
COBOL Report Writer Precompiler
- Programmer's Manual, SC26-4301
Db2 for z/OS
You can find the
following publications in the Db2® library:
- Application Programming and SQL Guide
- Command Reference
- SQL Reference
IBM Debug for z Systems
You
can find information about IBM® Debug for z Systems® in
the IBM Debug for z Systems library
.
Note:
IBM Debug for z Systems supersedes IBM Debug Tool for z/OS. Not all references to IBM Debug Tool for z/OS have been changed in the COBOL
documentation library. You can continue to use IBM Debug Tool for z/OS V13.1 for debugging most COBOL
applications. However, the latest version of IBM Debug for z Systems is required when using new
debugging features available in Enterprise COBOL V6.
To find out which IBM debug
product best suits your needs, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_14.0.0/com.ibm.debugtool.doc/common/dcompo.html.


IBM Developer for z Systems
You
can find information about IBM Developer
for z Systems in the IBM Developer for z Systems
library.
Note: 
IBM Developer for z Systems
supersedes Rational® Developer for z Systems.




You can find the following publications by searching their publication numbers in the IBM Publications Center.
IMS
- Application Programming API Reference, SC18-9699
- Application Programming Guide, SC18-9698
WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS
- Applications, SA22-7959
Softcopy publications for z/OS
The following collection kit
contains z/OS and related product
publications:
- z/OS CD Collection Kit, SK3T-4269
Java™
- IBM SDK for Java - Tools Documentation, publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/javasdk/tools/index.jsp
- The Java 2 Enterprise Edition Developer's Guide, download.oracle.com/javaee/1.2.1/devguide/html/DevGuideTOC.html
- Java 2 on z/OS, www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/software/java/
- The Java EE 5 Tutorial, download.oracle.com/javaee/5/tutorial/doc/
- The Java Language Specification, Third Edition, by Gosling et al., java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/
- The Java Native Interface, download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/jni/
- JDK 5.0 Documentation, download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/

JSON
- JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), www.json.org

Unicode and character representation
- Unicode, www.unicode.org/
- Character Data Representation Architecture Reference and Registry, SC09-2190
XML
- Extensible Markup Language (XML), www.w3.org/XML/
- Namespaces in XML 1.0, www.w3.org/TR/xml-names/
- Namespaces in XML 1.1, www.w3.org/TR/xml-names11/
- XML specification, www.w3.org/TR/xml/