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Course - XML Development Workshop

Course overview:

XML has become the primary format for creating and storing electronic content in a way that maximizes the value of electronic content as an information asset. This course covers XML and important associated technologies. The main topics cover: XML syntax and structure, validation using DTD and XML Schema, use of Nampespaces, XPath for document navigation and querying, Cascading Style Sheets, XSLT for XML document transformation and presentation, XSL-Formatting Objects for production of print-oriented output, XML database technologies. The course explains how XML is used for both document and data driven applications, providing a close-up view of tools and techniques in action.

This is a highly practical course and has numerous computer-based workshops.

Who should attend:

People who are involved in the development of XML electronic content, whether in technical, commercial, catalogue or new media publishing.

Course objectives:

• to understand XML syntax, components, and structure
• to understand the nature and use of validation technologies
• to appreciate the need and use of namespaces
• to understand the capabilities of processing and transformation technologies
• to understand use of stylesheets: CSS and XSLT in combination
• to gain an awareness of the range of XML database techniques and tools
• to gain an awareness of the wide-range of XML applications and vocabularies
• to understand the nature and capabilities of XML-based messaging systems
• to gain an awareness of the most widely used XML tools

Prerequisites:

Lightweight working knowledge of HTML would be useful for some of the practicals.

Duration:

3 days

Course contents:

• Introduction
• History, Standards, Organizations, Background
• XML Syntax and Document Structure
• Document Validation - DTD
• Standard Implementations - Vocabularies
• Namespaces
• Document Validation - XML Schema
• XPath
• Parsing XML
• Persistency for XML
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Declarative Transformation - XSLT
• XSL-FO
• Overview of Tools & Utilities
• XML Based Technologies

On successful completion of this course:

Attendees will be able to understand the wide range of uses, positioning, processing and transformations of XML as is relevant for Web content applications.

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