Course
Length: Two Days
Fees: Training at Client Offices:
One
delegate: £675 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £150 each per-day + VAT
Manuals available @ £35 each (optional)
Overview:
This course is intended as a practical foundation for IT
professionals (developers, analysts or managers) who need to
understand the fundamentals of XML and its related technologies
in order to develop (or manage the development of) applications
for the Windows platform (browser or non-browser).
While coverage of all topics is thorough, aside from the XML
Format, DTDs and Namespaces, the purpose of this coverage is to
explain the use of, rather than to develop in-depth practical
skills in, any particular topic. The course is however a
necessary "starting point" for anyone who will be exposed to the
XML development toolset whatever their capacity.
After the course, attendees should feel comfortable working with
XML documents which use DTDs and incorporate XML Namespaces.
They should also feel confident with how to begin their work
with the other related technologies - specifically: Schema,
XPath, XSLT, DOM, SAX and MSXML 4.0. Further specialised
training and/or study will however be required in these areas.
Prerequisites:
HTML (or XHTML) experience
Based on a mix of lectures
and practical work, it provides a contextual overview of the XML
development environment by creating a clear understanding of:
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The XML Format - Elements
and Attributes. |
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Well-Formedness and
Validity in Relation to XML. |
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XML Data Interchange and
Interoperability. |
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The Role of Namespaces. |
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The Use of DTDs with XML
Documents. |
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What Entities are and How
to Create them. |
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The Limitations of DTDs. |
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The Use of Schema (with
Particular Emphasis on Data Typing). |
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The Use of Some Key XML
Applications: XHTML, XSLT, Schema, SOAP. |
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Where CSS Fits in. |
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What Part
Parser/Processors Play. |
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Server-Side and
Client-Side Parsing/Processing Issues. |
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Some W3C and Microsoft
Issues for the Real World. |
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The Importance of
Microsoft Core Services (MSXML 4.0). |
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How to Create Instances of
MSXML 4.0 in Applications. |
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How XPath Expressions are
Used to Access XML Data. |
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XSLT as a Standard Method
of Transforming XML Documents (XML to XML, XML to HTML). |
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The DOM as W3C's
Recommended API to XML. |
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The Use of Simple API for
XML (SAX) Separate to, or Alongside DOM. |
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Reviewing the Role of XML
in Some Current Key XML Applications: XSLT, XHTML,
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Schema, SOAP |
If you have other questions, please contact us at
enquiry@it-uk.com or
complete
our response form |
