XML Foundations for Developers Training Course

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XML Foundations for Developers

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Description

COURSE INTRODUCTION

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is the universal format for data on the web. XML Foundations for Developers training course from LearnKey is a basic, general course for application developers, website builders, database administrators or anyone who needs to learn more about XML. Expert instructor Martin Schaeferle begins with XML basics and proceeds step-by-step to more advanced topics. At the conclusion of this training course, you'll be able to make more informed decisions about how to solve business problems with XML.

Prerequisites: No XML experience is needed, but previous programming experience will be helpful.

Benefits

* Increase your earning potential and technical credibility.
* Enhance employment opportunities with in-demand web development knowledge.
* LearnKey courses let you move along at your own pace and gain new skills in a useful, productive manner.

COURSE OUTLINE

Session 1

Section A: Introduction What is XML?
B2B & B2C
Solutions
XML Standard
HTML and XML
HTM vs. XML Code
HTML Pros & Cons
Business Values

Section B: XML Data & Documents
XML & Data Formats Documents
DataBase
Object & Code
XML
XML Goals
Parsing Data
Formatting & Transforming

Section C: Well-formed XML
Overview XML
Declaration
Elements
Root Elements
Content
Empty Content

Section D: Attributes & Content Model Attributes
Elements vs. Attributes
Quotes & Double Quotes
Comments
Entities & Entity References
Whole Space
Language
Processing Instructions

Section E: Validating with DTDs
Validation Process
Validation Example
DTD Repositories
DTD Structure
External Definitions
Create DTD
Combine DTDs

Session 2

Section A: DTD Definitions
Overview
XML Elements
Valid Elements
Zero or One
One or More
Optional Children
Nested Definitions
Option Groups

Section B: Attributes in DTD
Mixed Content
Defining Attributes
Enumeration
ID, IDREF, & IDREFS
Other Attributes
Attribute Modifiers
Custom Entities
DTD Problems

Section C: Schema Building Blocks
Overview
Schema Structure
Schema Documentation
Schema Specification
DTD vs. Schema
Built-in Data Types
Primitive vs. Derived
Data-type Hierarchy

Section D: Schema Construction
Content Model
Anonymous Complex Type
Named Complex Types
Cardinality
Compositors
Model Group Definition
Element Content Specs

Section E: Advanced Validation
Using Attributes
Deriving Simple Types
List
Union
Deriving Complex Types
XML Namespaces
XML Schema Namespaces

Session 3

Section A: DOM Model
Introduction
Hierarchy
Levels of DOM
Using XML with VB
Build DOM Tree
IDL

Section B: DOM Interfaces & SAX
DOM Types
DOM Interfaces
Document Interface
Interfaces
SAX
Using SAX

Section C: XSLT
Overview
Transformation
XSLT History
Building Stylesheets
Processor Instructions
XSLT Language

Section D: Transformation Types
Overview
Simple Stylesheets
Rule-based Stylesheets
Navigational Stylesheets
Computational Stylesheets
Processing XSLT
XPath

Section E: XSLT Simplified Stylesheets
The Essential Stylesheet
XSLT Example
value-of
for-each
if
sort

Session 4

Section A: Web Services & WSDL
History
Problems
Web Services
Technologies
WSDL
Namespace
Child Elements

Section B: SOAP
SOAP Advantages
The SOAP Structure
Stateless Components
Client Post
Server Response
Programming SOAP
SOAP Server
SOAP Client

Section C: UDDI
Overview
UDDI Catalogs
How UDDI Works
Find UDDI
Programming UDDI
UDDI APIs

Section D: XML Query
Overview
Existing Technologies
XML vs. Relational
XQuery
XQuery Specifications
XQuery Formats

Section E: XQuery Expressions
Operators
Path Expressions
Element Constructors
FLWR Expressions
Conditional Expressions
Quantified Expressions
Sorting & Functions
XQueryX

Session 5

Section A: Scalable Vector Graphics
Graphic Images
Create SVG Document
ViewPort & Coordinates
Basic Shapes
Displaying the Result
Reusable Shapes
More Shapes
Beyond the Basics

Section B: XML Security
Security Activities
HTTP Security
XML Signature
Signature Elements
XML Encryption

Section C: RDF
The Semantic Web
Semantic Web Uses
What is RDF
RDF Tools
Writing RDF
RDF Notation
RDF XML Notation

Section D: RDF Vocabulary
Identifying Resources
Resources as Values
Anonymous Resources
RDF Abbreviated Format
RDF Schemas
RDF Vocabularies