XML Training

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on the World Wide Web, intranets, and elsewhere. For example, computer makers might agree on a standard or common way to describe the information about a computer product (processor speed, memory size, and so forth) and then describe the product information format with XML. Such a standard way of describing data would enable a user to send an intelligent agent (a program) to each computer maker's Web site, gather data, and then make a valid comparison. XML can be used by any individual or group of individuals or companies that wants to share information in a consistent way.

 Course Outline

Lesson 1: Origins of XML

• Origins of XML
• XML: The best of all worlds

Lesson 2: Creating well formed XML documents

• XML document markup
• Creating an XML markup language: elements, attributes, and entities
• Creating an XML markup language: processing instructions, character data, and comments
• XML and HTML

Lesson 3: Creating valid XML documents

• Introduction to the Document Type Definition (DTD)
• Creating a DTD
• Validating XML against a DTD

Lesson 4: Displaying XML documents in IE5

• Style sheets
• Cascading style sheets
• XSL

Lesson 5: XML Linking

• Linking the "old fashion" way using HTML namespaces
• XLink and XPointer

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