XML CIS227Y : Spring 2004
Course Outline

• Introductions

· Who am I

· Who are you

• History of XML

• XML Specification Part I

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 1 - Introducing XML

• Homework : Review XML specification at http:\\www.w3c.org

• XML Specification Part II

• XML Basics

· Syntax

· Prolog and declaration

· Elements and Attributes

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 2 - XML Fundamentals

• XML Basics continued

• Internationalization

• Document narrative, permanence, Transformation and presentation

• Creating an XML document using tools

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 5 - Internationalization & Chapter 6 - XML as a Document Format

• Lab : Create an XML document using XMLNotepad

• Homework : Create a simple XML document using XML Notepad

• Data Normalization and Modelling

• Document Type Definition(DTD) - Part I

· Element declarations

· Attribute declarations

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 3 Document Type Definitions pp 27 - 48

• Document Type Definition (DTD) - Part II

· Entities

· Conditional Inclusion

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 3 Document Type Definitions pp 48 - 59

• Lab : Create a DTD for an XML document using tools XMLWriter

• Homework : Create a DTD for an XML document

• Processing XML documents

· Document object model (DOM)

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 17 Programming Models

• Processing XML documents - continued

· Document Object Model (DOM)

• Reading : Chapter 18 Document Object Model(DOM)

• Lab : Using dynamic HTML (VBScript) parse a comma separated file and construct an XML document using DOM methods

• Homework : Create an XML document using DOM methods and Visual Basic

• Processing XML documents - continued

· Simple API for XML (SAX)

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 19 SAX

• Processing XML documents continued

· SAX conclusion

• Lab : Using VB and the Microsoft DOM v3.0 create an application that reads an XML document using SAX

• Homework : Build a Visual Basic application that parses and displays an XML document using either SAX or DOM methods.

• Navigating XML Documents

· XPATH

• Namespaces

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 9 - XPATH

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 4 - Namespaces

• XML Presentation: XSL and XSLT

· XSLT

· Syntax

· Browser based

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 8 - XSL Transformations

• XML Presentation: XSL and XSLT - continued

· Server based transformations

· Document transformations

· Review course web site

• Reading : Click on the 'About' link on the course website to see how XML and XSLT can be combined to create a scalable website.

• Lab : Creation of an HTML document using XSLT

• Homework : Create an HTML document using XSLT

• Additional XML Technologies:

· XLINK and XPOINTER

· XHTML

· XSD - Schema

• Reading : Textbook Chapter 10 - XLinks & Chapter 11 XPointers & Chapter 7 XML on the Web pp 99 - 105 (XHTML)

• Reading : XML Schemas Textbook Chapter 16

• Reading : Schema primer on the web at: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/

• Emerging Technologies - continued

· SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol

· Web Services

• Reading : SOAP specification

• Lab : Build an application that accesses a local Web Service

• Homework : Extra credit assignment to access a WWW Web Service

• Final Exam will be:

· Wednesday May 12, 2004

· 2 hours: 6pm to 8pm

· Open book and open notes

· 40 true/false questions

• Study : Review notes, reading assignments, labs and homework