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:
- Developing CICS Applications
- API (EXEC CICS) Reference
- Developing CICS System Programs
- Global User Exit Reference
- XPI Reference
- Using EXCI with CICS

COBOL Report Writer Precompiler
- Programmer's Manual, SC26-4301
Installation and Operation, SC26-4302
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/OS
(formerly IBM Debug
for z Systems and IBM Debug Tool for z/OS)
You can find information
about
IBM® Debug for z/OS
in the 
IBM Debug for z/OS
library
.
IBM Debug for z/OS
supersedes
IBM Debug for z Systems®
and IBM Debug Tool for z/OS. Not all references to
IBM Debug for z Systems and
IBM Debug Tool for z/OS have been changed in the COBOL
documentation library.
It is recommended that you
upgrade your debugger to the latest level in order to have the full
range of debugging features available. In some cases, you must upgrade
your debugger to a certain version depending on what level of Enterprise COBOL you are using to create the
COBOL application:

- IBM Debug Tool V13.1 supports Enterprise COBOL V5.1 and earlier versions
- IBM Debug for z Systems V14.0 supports Enterprise COBOL V6.1 and earlier versions
- IBM Debug for z Systems V14.1 supports Enterprise COBOL V6.2 and earlier versions
To find out which IBM debug
product best suits your needs, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_14.2.0/com.ibm.debug.cg.doc/common/dcompo.html?sc=SSQ2R2_latest.
IBM Developer for z/OS
(formerly IBM Developer
for z Systems)
You
can find information about IBM Developer
for z Systems in the
IBM Developer for z/OS
library.
Note: 
IBM Developer for z/OS
supersedes
IBM Developer for z Systems and
Rational® Developer for z Systems.

IBM Developer for z/OS
supersedes
IBM Developer for z Systems and
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/