Introduction to XML for Developers — A 3-day course

Synopsis

XML has become popular as a way of representing, transmitting and storing data in a platform and application independent format. This course provides an in-depth introduction to what XML is, how it is structured, and how to use it.

This is a hands on course with about 30 to 40% of the course time devoted to hands on exercises. These exercises will not involve programming, but, rather the use of Altova's XML-Spy tool for creation of XML documents, DTDs, and for experimenting with XPath, XPointer and XSLT stylesheets.

Suitable For

Developers who want to know how XML works: how to create XML documents, how to validate them, and how to transform them using stylesheets.

Prerequisites

None

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

A schedule of dates for this course is not currently available. Please call 0800 651 0338 or use our contact form to enquire about places and availability.

Introduction

What is XML?
XML, XHTML and HTML
Uses of XML

XML Foundations

Document structure
XML declaration
Processing instructions
Elements
The Root Element
Attributes
CDATA and escaping special characters

Namespaces in XML

The need for namespaces
Defining namespaces
Default namespaces
Using namespaces correctly

Document Validation with DTDs

What is a DTD?
Referencing DTDs in documents - defining inline
Using external DTDs (public and system)
Validating elements
Validating attributes
Defining and using entities in DTDs

Document Validation with XML Schema

What is a schema?
Schemas and DTDs
Creating a schema
Associating schemas with elements
Simple and complex types
Built-in types
Defining complex types
Structuring schema documents

XPath

What is XPath?
Locating elements and attributes
Axes
Using predicates
Functions

XSL

What is XSL?
Creating stylesheet
Defining templates
Built-in template rules
Selecting elements and attributes
Structuring stylesheets: if, choose and for-each
Calling templates
Parameters and variables

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