Introduction to XML

    

Summary:
This course provides the student with a rigorous overview of the new language of the Web: Extensible Markup Language. Better known as XML, it is fast becoming the de facto business language of the Internet, allowing powerful and ubiquitous B2B and B2C business solutions to be created, implemented, and maintained. This course explores XML and related technologies, such as Document Type Definitions (DTDs), XML Schema, XML namespace, XSL, XSLT, and XHTML.

Duration:
3 Days or 5 Half Days/Lec

Audience:
This course is designed for those who need to write XML documents and schema.

Topics:

• What is XML?
• Well-formed XML
• Valid XML
• Introducing the Document Type Definition
• Introducing XML Schemas
• XML elements
• XML attributes
• XML entities
• XML namespaces
• XSLT
• XSL
• XHTML

Prerequisites:
HTML is a very helpful prerequisite, although not mandatory. Programming experience is also helpful, but not required.

Last Update: February 7, 2012