XML Course outline

• The W3C and the evolution of XML.
• XML elements and attributes.
• The XML Prolog.
• Well-formed XML and valid XML.
• Using CSS with XML.

 

Document Type Definitions

• Using a DTD to validate XML.
• The DOCTYPE declaration.
• Element declarations.
• Attribute declarations.
• Internal and external DTDs.
• Internal and external general and parameter entities.

 

XML Namespaces

• The role of namespaces.
• Declaring a namespace.
• Using multiple namespaces.
• The default namespace.
• Attributes and namespaces.

 

XML Schemas

• Schemas versus DTDs.
• The XMLSchema-instance namespace.
• The type hierarchy and built-in simple types.
• Element type definitions
• Custom simple types and the facets for restriction.
• Custom complex types for element content, mixed content, text content and empty content.
• Attribute type definitions.
• Including schemas.
• Schemas and namespaces.

 

XSL Transformations

• The concept of transformation.
• XSLT templates.
• Generating elements and attributes.
• XSLT conditional and iterative statements.
• XSLT variables and parameters.
• XPath expressions and functions.

 

Other Topics

• Introduction to Formatting Objects (XSL-FO).
• Basics of the Document Object Model.
• Other XML technologies and examples of XML applications.

 

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical course. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular course.

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