XML - Introduction to XML - XML101
Duration: 3 days
Audience: Application developers, web developers and administrators, and XML authors.
Prerequisites: HTML. Familiarity with web and data processing concepts. Programming experience is helpful, but not necessary.
Topics:
Getting Started with XML
- Data and Document Structure
- XML
- Well-Formed XML
- Valid vs. Well-Formed XML
- Enforcing Valid Documents: DTDs
- Enforcing Valid Documents: XML Schema
- Presentation Style
- XSL and XSLT
- Using XML
Writing Well-Formed XML
- XML Fundamentals
- Tag Attributes
- Naming Rules
- Empty and Non-Empty Elements
- Nesting and Hierarchy of Tags
- Processing Instructions and the XML Declaration
- Other XML Constructs
- Entity and Character References
Namespaces
- Why Namespaces?
- Namespace Prefixes and Declaration
- Multiple Namespace Declarations
- Declaring Namespaces in the Root Element
- Default Namespaces
Validating XML with DTDs
- XML DTDs
- DOCTYPE
- Element Conditions and Quantifiers
- Attributes
- Attribute Types
- REQUIRED, IMPLIED, and FIXED
- Parsed General Entities
- Parsed Parameterized Entities
- DTDs and Namespaces
Validating XML with XML Schemas
- Schema Overview
- A Minimal Schema
- Associating XML With a Schema
- Simple and Built-in Types
- Complex Types
- Element Declarations
- Attribute Declarations
- Choices
- Named Type and Anonymous Types
Using XML Schema with Namespaces
- Qualified and Unqualified XML
- Associating Qualified XML with a Schema
- Associating a Schema with a Namespace
- Controlling Element and Attribute Qualification
- Merging Schema with the Same Namespace
- Merging Schema with Different Namespaces
Intro to XSLT
- Stylesheet, Source, and Result
- XSLT Processors
- Processor Implementations
- XPath Basics
- xsl:stylesheet
- xsl:template
- xsl:value-of
- xsl:apply-templates
- xsl:output
XPath Nodetypes
- XPath Expressions
- XPath Context
- XPath Location Steps
- Element and Root Nodes
- Text and Attribute Nodes
- Comment and Processing Instruction Nodes
- Namespace Nodes
- Wildcards
- Whitespace
- Default Template Rules
XPath Axes and Predicates
- Location Paths and Location Steps
- Peer Axis Types
- More Peer Axis Types
- Descendant Axis Types
- Ancestor Axis Types
- Node Tests
- Predicates
- Functions
XSLT Flow Control
- Intro
- xsl:if
- xsl:choose
- xsl:for-each
- xsl:sort
- Named Templates
- Mode
XML in Applications
- Reasons and Places for Using XML
- DOM Parsers
- SAX Parsers
- Web Services
Appendix A - Effective Document Design
- Design Goals
- Intended Audience
- Document Types
- Choosing a Validation Method
- Incorporating Namespaces
- Modular Document Design
- Planning for Extensibility