XML Technical Overview — a 1-day course

Synopsis

This XML course provides a basic, broad introduction to XML. The course is in seminar format and combines theory with examples of real world applications and practical demonstrations of XML processing. The emphasis in this course is mastery of the key concepts as opposed to learning lots of detail.

The course begins with an introduction to XML and the structure of XML documents, and then covers XML application development and XML document processing using Java tools and frameworks. This will include overviews of methods for generating XML, how XML can be processed using a programming language such as e.g. Java, C# or Python. Strategies for processing XML documents - the SAX and DOM APIs.

Suitable For

Developers who need to understand how XML works and where it can be used
This course does not depend on any particular programming language.

Please note: Programmers who need to acquire practical/craft skills in XML development will find our 3-day XML course (Introduction to XML Development) more suitable.

Prerequisites

None, but some understanding of Java would be helpful to understand the Java/XML material

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.

XML - the big picture

History and context of XML
What is Markup
Similarities and differences between HTML, XHTML and XML
XML's goal - separation of structure, content and format
how XML markup can be used

XML Markup - the key concepts

tags
documents
document prolog
elements
entities
comments
CDATA sections
processing instructions

XML as a means for modeling information

simple data
narrative documents ( documents to be read by people )
complex data and specialised markup languages
documents that describe documents

Schemas and schema languages and their uses

introduction to schema concepts
DTDs
XML Schema
Document Validation

XML and CSS

overview of stylesheets
overview of CSS
rule matching
properties

Processing XML Documents

overview of SAX and the stream approach to handling XML content
tree processing approach to handling XML content
XPath and XPointer
DOM API

Transforming XML Documents

XSLT
pattern matching and pattern substitution
methods for running transformations
stylesheet element
templates
XSLT patterns and how they relate to XPath
an overview of formatting capabilities of XSLT

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