Introduction to XML (3 days)

Course Outline

• Getting Started with XML
• XML Basics
  • What is XML?
  • XML Benefits
    • XML Holds Data, Nothing More
    • XML Separates Structure from Formatting
    • XML Promotes Data Sharing
    • XML is Human-Readable
    • XML is Free
  • XML in Practice
    • Content Management
    • Web Services
    • RDF / RSS Feeds
  • XML Documents
    • The Prolog
    • Elements
    • Attributes
    • CDATA
    • Whitespace
    • XML Syntax Rules
    • Special Characters
  • Creating a Simple XML File
• Quick Introduction to XHTML
  • XHTML vs. HTML
  • The DOCTYPE Declaration
    • XHTML Strict
    • XHTML Transitional
    • XHTML Frameset
  • The Document Element
  • A Sample XHTML Document
• DTDs
  • Well-formed vs. Valid
  • The Purpose of DTDs
  • Creating DTDs
    • The Document Element
    • Other Elements
    • Choice of Elements
    • Empty Elements
    • Mixed Content
    • Location of Modifier
    • Using Parentheses for Complex Declarations
    • Declaring Attributes
  • Validating an XML Document with a DTD
• XML Schema
  • XML Schema Basics
    • The Purpose of XML Schema
    • The Power of XML Schema
    • A First Look
    • A Simple XML Schema
    • Validating an XML Instance Document
  • Simple-Type Elements
    • Overview
• Built-in Simple Types
  • 19 Primitive Data Types
• Built-in Derived Data Types
• Defining a Simple-type Element
• User-derived Simple Types
• Applying Facets
• Controlling Length
• Specifying Patterns
• Working with Numbers
• Enumerations
• Whitespace-handling
• Specifying Element Type Locally
• Nonatomic Types
  • Lists
  • Unions
• Declaring Global Simple-Type Elements
  • Global vs. Local Simple-Type Elements
• Default Values
• Fixed Values
• Nil Values
• Complex-Type Elements
• Overview
• Content Models
  • xs:sequence
  • xs:all
  • xs:choice
• Complex Model Groups
• Occurrence Constraints
• Declaring Global Complex-Type Elements
• Mixed Content
• Defining Complex Types Globally
• Attributes
• Overview
• Empty Elements
• Adding Attributes to Elements with Complex Content
• Adding Attributes to Elements with Simple Content
• Restricting Attribute Values
• Default and Fixed Values
• Default Values
• Fixed Values
• Requiring Attributes
• XSLT
• XSLT Basics
  • eXtensible Stylesheet Language
  • An XSLT Stylesheet
    • xsl:template
    • xsl:value-of
    • Whitespace and xsl:text
  • Output Types
    • Text
    • XML
    • HTML
  • Elements and Attributes
    • xsl:element
    • xsl:attribute
    • Attributes and Curly Brackets
• XPath
  • XPath in XSLT
  • XPath Expression
  • XPath Terminology
• Context Node
• Current Node
• Context Size
• Proximity Position
• Location Paths
• Axis
• Node Test
• Predicate
• Accessing Nodes
• Abbreviated Syntax
• XPath Functions
• XPath Operators
• Flow Control
  • Looping in XSLT
  • Sorting with XSLT
  • Looping and Sorting
  • Conditions with XSLT

XML Training Course Materials

Each student will get a copy of comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class files (XML Training published by Webucator).

See also

JavaScript / Cascading Style Sheets /AJAX Training

• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (2 days)
• Comprehensive JavaScript (5 days)
• Introduction to AJAX (2 days)