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"Professional XML" -- Course Outline

XML Course Chapters

Introduction
Cascading Style Sheets ^TM (CSS)
Creating markup with XML
XML Document Type Definition (DTD)
XML Schemas
XML Document Object Model (DOM ^TM)
SAX: Simple API for XML
XML Messenger
XPath: XML Path Language
XSL Transformation Language ( XSLT)

Chapter		Details

Introduction The environment that supports a language as powerful as XML and its derivatives		The internet The world wide web HyperText Markup Language 4 (HTML 4) Markup languages Editing HTML Common Elements Headers, linking, images, special characters, lists Tables, forms, internal linking, maps <meta> tags, frameset Exercises + solutions Where HTML ends and XML starts

Cascading Style Sheets Mastering the style of page elements separately from the document structures		Introduction Styles Inline styles The style element Conflicting styles Linking external style sheets Positioning elements Backgrounds Element dimensions Text flow and the Box model User style sheets Exercises + solutions

Creating Markup with XML How to create new markup languages from XML		Introduction to XML markup Parsers and well-formed XML documents Parsing XML with msxml Characters Markup CDATA sections XML Namespaces Exercises + solutions

Document Type Definition (DTD) Defining XML document's structure to ensure conformity in business-to-business transactions		Parsers, well-formed and valid XML documents Document type declaration Element type declarations Attribute declarations Attribute types Conditional sections Whitespace characters Exercises + solutions

Schemas Beyond DTD: making the XML document's structure definition an XML document itself		Schemas versus DTD Microsoft XML schema Elements Attributes Data Types W3 XML schema Exercises + solutions

Document Object Model (DOM) Giving the parsed XML document a hierarchical tree structure (in memory) that can be manipulated and modified		DOM implementations DOM with JavaScript Setup DOM components Creating nodes Traversing the DOM Exercises + solutions

Simple API for XML (SAX) An alternative to DOM, using an event-based model to parse the XML document.		DOM versus SAX SAX-based parsers Setup Events Example SAX 2.0 Exercises + solutions

Case Study: XmlMessenger Program (optional) Using XML with Java to traverse DOM within Java and using XML to communicate between client and server.		Introduction to instant-messaging Setup (J2SDK, JAXP, XmlMessenger) Server side of XmlMessenger Client side of XmlMessenger Implementation Exercise: extending functionality Exercise solution

The XML Path Language (XPath) An effective way of locating specific data (nodes) within an XML document.		Overview Nodes Location Paths Axes Node tests Location Paths using axes and node tests Node-set operators and functions Exercise + solution

XSL Transformation Language ( XSLT) The XSL Transformation Language to transform an XML document into any other text document format, like HTML.		Overview Setup Templates Creating elements and attributes Iteration and sorting Conditional processing Copying nodes Combining stylesheets Variables Case study: XSLT and XPath Exercise + solution

XSL Formatting Objects (XSL FO) Formatting XML documents for high-level presentation -- beyond HTML.		Quick Overview Setup Examples of XSL formatting-object documents Lists Becoming proficient in XSL formatting objects Introduction to Formatting Objects Formatting Object Content Formatting Objects Summary Declarations and Pagination and Layout Formatting Objects Block-level Formatting Objects Inline-level Formatting Objects Formatting Objects for Tables Formatting Objects for Lists Dynamic Effects: Link and Multi Formatting Objects Out-of-Line Formatting Objects Other Formatting Objects XSL FO Formatters-renderers brief overview Apache's FOP RenderX 's XEP Abortext's Epic 4.2 Exercises + solutions

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