XML Introduction Training Course

Introduction to XML

What is XML?
XML document tags
Rules for naming XML terms
The XML document - elements, the hierarchical element structure
The XML document attributes - elements vs. attributes, entities, text
A well formed XML document
Namespaces

Using XML

XML in the Enterprise
XML over the web
XML architecture and design
Some XML applications (XHTML, SVG)

Validating XML documents - I

DTD - Document Type Definition

Using a DTD, a sample DTD
Definition of elements, attributes, entities

Validating XML documents - II

XML Schemas

Schema Grammar and vocabulary
Elements, schema, datatype, attribute type, group, description
Referring to a schema in an XML file
Converting DTD to schemas
Using namespace and open model

Styling and displaying XML
CSS Cascading Style Sheets

The History of CSS
Syntax
Selector by attribute (class, id)
Styles (units, colours, display/background, text, font, border, margin)
Styles (padding, classification, positioning)

Styling and transforming XML
XSL eXtensible Style Language

XSLT and FO
XSL capabilities
Templates
XSL style sheets
Matching elements by location Xpath
Matching attributes and ids
Testing for existence
Processing XSL and program flow
Repetition
XSL number and string functions
Node-set functions
Sample style sheets
Examples using formatting objects
Variables, white space
Importing style sheets

 DOM Document Object Model

The XML DOM
A document tree
Accessing the DOM
The DOM Interfaces
Accessing nodes
Data types returned by DOM Methods
Adding nodes
Node interface, types, attributes, methods
The Character Data Interface
The element interface
Implementing DOM

Parsing XML

SAX Simple APIs for XML

SAX - how it works
How to parse an XML document
HandlerBase class
Element, text callbacks
DOM versus SAX
Parsing XML
SAX parser considerations
Java parsers