XML – Extensible Markup Language
Overview
XML is a markup language for documents containing structured information. Extensible Markup Language (XML) enables the Web designer to create information that is evolvable: Write it once and use it many times. This class is for those with no programming background who want to learn more about XML.
Prerequisite
Basic understanding of HTML
Course Outline
- XML structure and syntax
- Creating well-formed XML documents
- Creating document type definitions (DTDs) and schemas
- Creating valid XML documents
- Defining and using entities
- Displaying XML documents using Cascading Style Sheets, data binding, and document object model scripts
- Defining XSLT
- Building XSLT applications
- Transforming XML to HTML, PDF, Word, and more
- Creating dynamic XSLT
- Guidelines for translating XML structure to a relational database model
- Rules for modeling XML based on a relational database structure
- Common techniques for storing, transmitting, and displaying your content
- Data access mechanisms that expose relational data as XML
- How to use related technologies when processing XML data


