Introduction to XML

Future Media Concepts, Inc.
Boston, Chicago, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Washington DC, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' In this lecture and hands-on lab course, studentswill come to understand what XML is and why it has become increasinglyimportant in the web world. The course covers XML syntax rules,well-formed versus valid documents, and XML document display. Studentswill be introduced to DTD and XML Schema as options for validation, aswell as both CSS and XSLT as options for presentation. Students willleave with an understanding of how to create and work with XMLdocuments.

Objectives:
Understand the role of XML and its family of technologies
Create a well-formed and valid XML document
Learn about DTD and XML Schema
Present Data Using CSS and XSL
Learn about the potential of XML Linking and Pointing

Prerequisites: HTML experience is beneficial but not required.

Course Outline:

Essential XML

Markup Languages
What Does XML Look Like?
What’s So Great About XML?
Well-Formed vs Valid XML Documents
Parsing XML Yourself
XML Resources, Editors, Browsers, Parsers, Validators
CSS and XSL
XLinks and XPointers
URLs Versus URIs
ASCII, Unicode, and the Universal Character System
XML Applications
Creating Well-Formed XML Documents

The World Wide Web Consortium
What Is a Well-Formed XML Document?
XML Document Components
XML Namespaces
Valid Documents: Creating Document Type Definitions

Valid XML Documents
Creating Document Type Declarations
Validating Against a DTD
DTD Components
External DTDs
Using Document Type Definitions with URLs
Public Document Type Definitions
Using Both Internal and External DTDs
Namespaces and DTDs
DTDs: Entities and Attributes

Creating Internal and External General Entities
Building a Document from Pieces
Predefined General Entity References
Creating Internal and External Parameter Entities
Using INCLUDE and IGNORE
Declaring Attributes in DTDs
Setting Default Values for Attributes
Attribute Types
Embedding Non-XML Data in a Document
Embedding Multiple Unparsed Entities in a Document
Creating XML Schemas

Writing XML Schemas
Declaring Types and Elements
Specifying How Often Elements Can Occur
Specifying Default Values for Elements
Specifying Attribute Constraints and Defaults
Creating Simple Types
Using Anonymous Type Definitions
Creating Empty Elements
Creating Mixed-Content Elements
Creating Choices, Element Groups, Attribute Groups, All Groups
Schemas and Namespaces
Overview of Cascading Style Sheets

Attaching Stylesheets to XML Documents
Creating Style Rules
Formatting with CSS
Layout with CSS
XSL Transformations

Using XSLT Stylesheets in XML Documents
Creating XSLT Stylesheets
XSLT Components
Understanding XPath
The Default XSLT Rules
Altering Document Structure Based on Input
Creating New Attributes
Copying Nodes
Sorting Elements
Using xsl:if and xsl:choose
Controlling Output Type
Overview of XLinks and XPointers

All About XLinks
XLink Components
All About XPointers
XPointer Components ...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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Suite 1510
New York, NY 10007,USA
Tel: 212.233.3500

43 Thorndike Street
Cambridge, MA 02141,USA
Tel: 617.621.1155

325 Chestnut Street
Suite 220
Philadelphia, PA 19106,USA
Tel: 215.922.2500

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