Date: 27-Nov-2009 URL: global/training/catalog/courses/DTX-110.xml

Introduction to XML (DTX-110)

The Introduction to XML course provides students with the principles and use of XML (Extensible Markup Language). The course takes a hands-on approach. It begins with the concepts of tagging and markup and moves quickly to more advanced topics, such as validation and presentation. The course teaches key XML technologies, such as document type definitions (DTDs), cascading style sheets (CSS), Extensible Style Language for Transformation (XSLT), and schemas. The course labs employ Java technology. The course materials include a copy of "XML, In a Nutshell" from O'Reilly and Associates, Inc., as reference material for the course.

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Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are web developers, network administrators, project architects, application programmers, systems administrators, and web designers.

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

Perform general UNIX computing skills, such as changing directories, copying files, and running a command from the command line
Display an understanding of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Skills Gained

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

Mark up a page of data by using tags
Create a well-formed XML document
Create a valid XML document
Design a DTD for XML documents
Use a CSS to format an XML document
Use XSLT to transform an XML document
Use XSLT and XPath to transform an XML document
Use an XML schema to validate an XML document
List current XML standards

Related Courses

After:

Fundamentals of the Java Programming Language (SL-110)
Java Programming Language (SL-275)
Java Programming Language Workshop (SL-285)
Managing XML with the Java Platform (SL-385)

Course Content

Module 1 - Introducing XML

Use an editor to create a basic XML file
Describe XML
Describe why XML is important
List two examples of how XML is used

Module 2 - Using XML

Create an XML document that has a root element that contains elements and content
Test an XML document to determine if it is well-formed
Create an XML document that includes element attributes
Create a well-formed XML document

Module 3 - Creating DTDs and Validating Documents

Differentiate a well-formed document from a valid document
Create a DTD that defines order, quantity, and hierarchy
Use DTDs to validate XML documents
Define a DTD that includes attributes and mixed content

Module 4 - Using CSS With HTML and XML

List the benefits of separating presentation from content
Change HTML output by using a CSS
Create a CSS for an XML file

Module 5 - Transforming With XSLT

Combine two XML documents that contain the same elements names into one document by using namespaces
Create a default XSLT style sheet that transforms an XML document into text
Create an XSLT style sheet that matches a specific element and displays only the text for that element
Create an XSLT style sheet that transforms an XML document into an HTML document
Transform an XML document into an HTML document

Module 6 - Transforming With XSLT and Basic XPath

Write a style sheet that uses XPath expressions to select document nodes
Write a style sheet that selects documents based on location paths
Write a style sheet that uses XPath expressions to identify element attributes
Write a style sheet that adds attributes to an output document
Use XPath expressions to transform an XML document that contains elements and attributes into an HTML document that contains tags and attributes

Module 7 - Using XML Schemas

Design an XML schema
Use an XML schema to validate an XML document

Module 8 - Reviewing Current XML Standards

Describe XML Formatting Objects (XSL-FO)
Describe the Simple API for XML (SAX) programming model
Describe the Document Object Model (DOM) programming model
Describe the purpose of the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) standard
Describe the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) standard
Describe the ebXML standard