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Introduction to XML

Course Prerequisites

To gain the most from this course you should have:

• Good knowledge of HTML
• At least one year of software development experience

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explore the capabilities of the Extensible Markup Language and examine an environment used to develop XML documents
• Create a well-formed XML document
• Validate an XML document
• Access XML documents with APIs
• Format and transform XML documents
• Link XML documents

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Getting Started with XML

• Topic 1A: Determine When to Use XML

Lesson 2: Creating an XML Document

• Topic 2A: Create XML Elements
• Topic 2B: Create XML Attributes
• Topic 2C: Insert XML Entities
• Topic 2D: Create Additional XML Document Components
• Topic 2E: Implement Namespaces

Lesson 3: Validating an XML Document

• Topic 3A: Validate XML with a DTD
• Topic 3B: Create a DTD
• Topic 3C: Validate XML with a Schema
• Topic 3D: Create a Schema

Lesson 4: Accessing XML Documents with APIs

• Topic 4A: Access an XML Document Using the Document Object Model (DOM)
• Topic 4B: Manipulate XML Data Using the Simple API for XML (SAX)

Lesson 5: Formatting and Transforming XML Documents

• Topic 5A: Display an XML Document Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Topic 5B: Transform XML to XML
• Topic 5C: Transform XML to HTML
• Topic 5D: Create an XSL-FO Document
• Topic 5E: Display an XML Document Using XSL-FO

Lesson 6: Linking XML Documents

• Topic 6A: Use XLink to Link to an External Document
• Topic 6B: Link to External Sources Using the HTML Namespace

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