Introduction to XML

Audience	System programmers, Java application developers, programmers and other technical professionals that will be responsible for using XML in web application development.
Duration	3 Days
Course Abstract	Through a combination of instructor-led discussions and workshops this seminar will demonstrate the capabilities of XML within web application development. The course will allow student’s to develop the knowledge and skills you need to build a Web application of moderate complexity using Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology. This course will focus on; XML content, develop Document Type Definitions (DTD), use of element, entities and attributes, XML rendering, pointing and linking, DOM and cascading style sheets.
Objectives	Upon conclusion participants will have acquired these skills: Understand the role of XML in web development Create valid XML documents Define the Document Object Model (DOM) Illustrate the role of DTDs (Document Type Definitions) Define the difference between HTML and XML Preparation of XML data on the client Depict the use schemas for data validation Structuring data using XML tags Illustrate the use of Element, Entity and Attribute Declarations Understand the use of Namespaces Discuss the usage of cascading style sheets (CSS) Explore the use of XLinks
Class Format	Lecture and Lab
Prerequisites	None