Basic XML Processing Using OS Tools Training Course

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		Basic XML Processing Using Open Source Tools


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Objectives		This course will introduce students to the XML language and provide them with the opportunity to learn how to process XML documents using open source tools on the Linux Operating System.

		This is a hands-on course, with the expectation that the student has some familiarity with programming languages.



Description		This course explains what the XML language is, what it is used for, and how it is used in system integration. Many opportunities will be presented throughout the course to practice reading, processing and writing XML documents just like those that would be encountered in everyday business scenarios. After taking this valuable course you will be able to:

		- Recognize XML documents on sight.
		- Realize what can and cannot be done with XML documents.
		- Find out what tasks can be performed using XML documents.
		- Understand which programs will perform which task.
		- Know where to download XML open source software and install it onto your workstation.
		- Actually write your own simple XML document processing routines.

		The course is presented within a system design model. It starts with inputs, moves onto transformations, follows up with outputs and finishes up with a review of complete XML systems.

		Course Highlights

		This preparatory course will cover the following topics:

		- Overview of the W3C XML-related Recommendations.
		* XML
		* XPATH
		* XSLT
		* XINCLUDE
		* XHTML
		* DOM
		- Overview of XML vocabularies and schema languages.
		* DTD
		* XML Schema Language
		- Processing of XML documents.
		- Overview of how interprocess communications work.
		- Overview of using system integration:
		* Web services, creating applications from modules.
		* XML-RPC
		* SOAP

		Every student participating in this course will receive a set of PowerPoint slides of session notes and source code to session exercises.

		The course was designed for a weekly frequency of sessions. It can definitely be extended over a longer period of time. Compressing the frequency is dependent on how much time the student can commit to studying the learning materials. There is a quiz for every session. A project is due at the end of the course illustrating the use of an XML technology through an XML application.

		Intended Audience
		Developers and coders, individuals that would like to be able to write programs that will process XML documents. This would include people such as programmers, systems analysts, and their supervisors. Also, anyone new to the XML language and has an interest in directly working with it is invited to participate in this course.

		Requirements
		The student should already have some hands-on knowledge of HTML as well as that of Java, C++ or C. At a minimum the student must have programming skills in some programming language. This course will combine text book readings with articles and case studies to illustrate the key concepts behind XML technologies and how XML is applied in many IT systems. The required textbook is "Introduction to Applied XML Technologies in Business". The textbook is available from the online bookstores Amazon, Barnes & Noble, among others.



Content		Course Syllabus

		Session 1 - Introduction to XML

				Syllabus review and course grounding
				Terminology and concepts
				Open Software
				Hands-on: downloading and installing OS XML tools

		Session 2 - Becoming Familiar with XML Documents

				All about documents, CSV, HTML, XML and otherwise
				SGML/HTML/XML history
				XML Hype
				What the XML language really is
				XML application Overview
				Hands-on: viewing XML documents with various OS tools

		Session 3 - Working with XML Documents

				XML document model
				Names and types
				Well-formed XML documents
				Hands-on: editing XML documents with various OS tools

		Session 4 - XML Vocabularies

				Vocabularies and meta-data
				Valid XML documents
				Reading and Writing Data Type Definition (DTD)
				Overview of XML Schema Language
				Hands-on: validating XML documents against their DTDs

		Session 5 - Entity processing of XML Data Streams

				XML entities and physical representation of XML documents
				Network processing of XML documents
				Overview of XINCLUDE
				Elements vs. attributes
				Miscellaneous XML design particles
				Hands-on: writing your own DTD

		Session 6 - Simple Processing of XML Documents

				Review of system model
				Output experience processing
				Generating output using CSS
				Hands-on: writing your own CSS stylesheet

		Session 7 - Content Processing of XML Documents

				Parsing and transformation fundamentals
				Overview of XPATH
				Location Paths
				XPATH node tests
				XPATH predicates
				Hands-on: locating content in an XML document using XPATH

		Session 8 - Transformation Type of Processing

				Overview of declarative languages
				XSLT stylesheets
				XSLT template design
				Using XSLT and CSS simultaneously
				Hands-on: generating a new XML document using XSLT

		Session 9 - Programmatic Type of Processing

				The Infoset - the difference between textual and data content processing
				Using a character-based program to populate the Infoset
				Using a DOM parser to populate the Infoset, part I
				Hands-on: writing a JavaScript webpage to display content from an XML document

		Session 10 - Programmatic Type of Processing Continued

				DOM parser to populate the Infoset, part II
				Using a SAX parser to populate the Infoset
				Hands-on: writing a Java application display content from an XML document

		Session 11 - XML Applications

				XML application basics
				TCP-IP / HTTP infrastructure
				XML-RPC / RESTful protocols
				Hands-on: communicating with an XML-RPC server

		Session 12 - Web services & E-Commerce

				System integration
				Web services / SOAP
				ebXML
				Wrap-up
				Hands-on: simple SOAP example




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