INPRG20

DATES:

1. Introduction
   • Become familiar with the concepts which serve as the foundation of XML.
2. Getting started with XML
   • Code an inventory schema by creating elements, attributes, entity references, and CDATA.
3. Processing Instructions
   • Install a parser and locate the SAX classes for the parser.
   • Become familiar with and use the Xerces parser or another parser designated by the client organization.
   • Perform a simple parse of the inventory document created previously.
4. Document Type Definitions
   • Recognize that a DTD is used for defining the building blocks which are allowed for use in an XML document; it defines the document structure with a list of legal elements.
   • Create a DTD declared inline in a XML document and as an external reference.
   • Use the inventory document and create XML element attributes declared with an ATTLIST declaration for all the attributes.
   • In order to provide the defaults, create an entity consisting of variables for defining shortcuts to common text; perform validation with the XML parser.
5. CSS2: Cascading Style Sheets Level 2
   • Create a CSS style sheet, which utilizes inheritance, for the inventory document.
   • Use absolute, relative, and fixed positioning of elements.
   • Code text attributes: spacing between words, letters, and lines of text.
   • Run and test the CSS with the document.
   • Create a price list for the inventory as an XML document.
6. XSL: XML Stylesheet Language
   • Use XSL to operate on the XML inventory; specify the transformation from the source tree into a result tree.
   • Copy the result tree into a result file in a specified format.
7. XML Schema
   • Map an XML schema to an object schema such as the inventory database.
   • Refine the attributes by controlling string length and specifying patterns which restrict values in fields.
   • Numeric simple types in the schema can be derived by limiting the value to a range using minExclusive, minInclusive, maxExclusive, and maxInclusive.
8. DOM: Document Object Model
   • Use the DOM class to read, write, and manipulate an XML document.
   • The .NET Framework, Java, and JavaScript provide classes for navigating through an XML document and obtaining relevant information.
   • Every XML document consists of parent and child nodes; both will be generating an extraction of the data.
9. SAX API
   • Code a program which obtains a SAX parser instance.
   • Instruct the parser what to parse and start the parser using the XML documents provided by the instructor.
   • In order to be prepared for problems with the parsing process, become familiar with the parser calls: warning(), error(), and fatalError().
10. Future XML Capabilities
    • Recognize the advantages associated with XLink when accessing remote locations as resources instead of stand-alone pages.
    • Use the <description> element for setting the link to open in a new window.
    • Change the value of the xlinkshow attribute to "embed"; the resource should now be processed inline within the page.
    • Set an XML document to embedded; not an image.
    • Use the XLink to build a hierarchy of XML documents.