Course Description

XML Overview

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Benefits

This course shows participants how XML may be used to improve web applications. Students will learn how XML will impact web design and provide a clear understanding of how XML may be used to enhance web pages. 

Audience

Managers, Developers, and other persons who need to understand what XML is and how it is used.

Prerequisites

General information systems background is sufficient. Understanding of the web environment is useful but not required. HTML experience is very useful, but not required.

Recommended Materials

No materials in addition to the student handouts are required.

This course is not available for licensing nor for RCT.

• XML concepts, what it is and what it is not
• XML vocabulary
• Structures
• Document Type Definitions (DTDs)
• XML Schemas
• XML and Style sheets
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• XSL (eXtensible Style Language) and XSLT (XSL Transformations)
• Client-side transformations vs Server-side transformations
• Server-side transformations
• XML-aware applications, databases, and servers
• Introduction to Web services, SOAP, and SAX
  

Exercises