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IN30 XML Fundamentals |
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| Length/Format |
2 days
Lecture, discussion, demos and hands-on labs
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| Description |
This course presents a
technical introduction to XML concepts and technologies.
Included are topics on creating XML documents, HTML
presentation using both CSS (client) and XSLT (server)
transformations and validating XML with DTDs.
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| Audience |
This course is intended for
a broad audience including web site/application developers.
A solid background in HTML is required and some programming
familiarity will be helpful (such as IN11 "HTML
Fundamentals").
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| Key Topics |
Introduction & Overview -
Evolution, SGML, Standards, Usage; Documents, Modeling,
Presentation, Processing; Definitions: Applications,
Document; Browsers, SW, Tools (Editors, Parsers,
Processors); Technologies: XML, XLinks, DTD, XSchema, XPath,
XSLT, CSS, XPointer, XQL, DOM, SAX); APPENDIX: SAX, DOM
Creating XML Documents -
Overview, Syntax, Structure tags, case, names, quotes,
entities, whtspc, comments; Declarations PI, attributes,
Entities, Decl DTDs, PUBLIC vs SYSTEM, syntax;
Elements, Attributes, paired/empty Values (string, numeric,
entity); Entities: Declaration, Internal vs External
Predefined, Numbered, MixedContent, Unparsed NDATA/notation;
APPENDIX: NameSpaces, XLinks, Character Sets, UNICODE
Formatting XML Documents CSS -
Overview, HTML vs XML Usage, Versions CSS1/2, Internal vs
External, Inheritance, Blocks; Syntax: Rules, Selectors,
Attributes (Properties); Selectors, Over, elements(tags),
Simple, Grouping, Universal Contextual/Hierarchy,
containment, Positional, Pseudo;
Attributes, Length/Size, Color, Keyword, Strings; CSS
Properties, Layout Control, Display, Box, Position Text
Styles, Font, Text, Color; Background, Color, image, repeat,
attachment, position
Validating XML Documents DTD -
Overview:Internal vs External, PUBLIC vs SYSTEM; Elements,
Attributes, Entities, Notations; Validators, Browser(web) vs
SW (Xerces); Elements, names, sequencing, required/optional,
Content-Models; Attributes, name, types, enum values,
defaults, behavior; Entities, General Int/External,
NonParsed, Parameter; Notations, Over, name, identifier
(SYSTEM/PUBLIC); APPENDIX:Processing Instructions.,
Conditional/exclude, XML Schema
Transforming XML Documents XSLT -
Overview, Purpose, vs CSS, Client vs Server Processors,
Xalan; Definitions, XSL, XSLT, XSL-FO, Select, Reorder,
Output nodes; Source/Result Tree, Nodes, root, elements,
text, attributes; Comments, namespaces, process instruct;
Template Rules, match pattern, output, Stylesheet Structure,
NameSpaces; Essentials, Root Element, HTML Doc, Simple
Element Match, Default Template Rules; Applying Templates,
Extracting Text, Looping; Selecting Nodes, Templates:
Location Path Patterns, Wild Cards, Precedence; Children,
Descendant, Attributes; Conditions; Sorting:
apply-templates/for-each, keys, data-types, ordering; XPath
Templates & Expressions, Node Axes, ancestor/descendant,
parent/child; Node Sets, Context/Current Node, Child,
Parent, Sibling; XPath Tests & Functions
Compare, Arithmetic, String Ops, Formatting; APPENDIX:
Outputing elements & attributes; Multiple Stylesheets, Named
Templates, Variables/Parameters
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