XML Training

Microsoft Certified Partner

Mastering XML

Duration: 5 Days| Price: £1,345 + VAT | Class Dates:

Students Will Learn:

XML Syntax
DTDs and Schemas
Namespaces and Scoping
XPATH and XSLT

XSL Format Objects
SOAP and Web Services
DOM and SAX Parsing

Description: This hands on XML programming class presents a thorough introduction to creating, validating, transforming, transporting and formatting XML data. The course covers structuring data with XML; validating that data with document type definitions (DTDs) and schemas; creating and viewing XML documents; transforming XML documents with the XML Stylesheet Language (XSL, XSLT and XPATH); use of XML in the deployment of Web Services; referencing XML data via the document object model (DOM) and parsing libraries; and parsing XML via the Simple API for XML (SAX). The course will also focus on creating, validating and transforming data in a Java or .NET application development environment. Extensive examples and demos are provided, as well as comprehensive hands on lab exercises that reinforce the concepts being taught and introduce the practical application of XML to business problems.

Prerequisites: Experience with a programming or scripting language, such as Java, JavaScript, VB or C# is helpful but not necessary.

XML Programming Course Overview:

The Need for XML Structured Data and Formatting The Need for Structured Data The Need for Richer Formatting Control Advantages of XML XML as an International Standard SGML, XML, and HTML World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Specifications and Grammars XML Applications and Tools Creating and Viewing XML Documents Transforming XML Documents		XML Document Syntax The Concept of Well-Formedness Well-Formed Structure Elements and Tags The XML Declaration Editing and Viewing XML Documents The Document Type Declaration Start and End Tags Empty Tags Element Nesting Element Attributes Comments Special Characters and Built-In Entities CDATA Sections Embedded XML External XML XML Parsers Displaying Data in Tables Using DHTML
Validating XML Documents with DTDs The Concept of Data Validation Writing Document Type Definition (DTD) Files Internal and External DTDs Validating Parsers The !DOCUMENT Tag Specifying Valid Elements and Subelements Specifying Valid Attributes Specifying Valid Entities Specifying Parameter Entities The CDATA Type The ID, IDREF, and IDREFS Types The ENTITY and ENTITIES Types The NMTOKEN and NMTOKENS Types The NOTATION Type Enumeration's Conditional Sections Creating Internal DTDs Linking External DTDs to XML Documents Validation Tools		XML Namespaces The Need for Namespaces Specifying a Namespace URLs, URIs, and URNs Qualifying Names Namespace Scoping The HTML Namespace Additional Significant Namespaces Validating XML Documents with Schemas Schema Design Goals (Limitations of DTDs) Mixing DTDs and Schemas Resolving Name Conflicts with Namespaces Schema Composition Linking Schemas to XML Documents Annotation Declarations Element Declarations Attribute Declarations W3C Schema Data Types Specifying Simple Types Regular Expressions Working with User-Defined Data Types Union and List Types Specifying Complex Types Deriving Complex Types Using Inheritance Reusable Groups Substitution Groups Identity Elements Validating Uniqueness Validating Required Fields Combining and Redefining Schemas
Transforming XML Documents with XSLT and XPath The Limitations of CSS XSL Stylesheet Advantages Transformation vs. Formatting XSLT and XSL-FO XSLT Templates XPath Data Model Declaring XSL Stylesheets Built-In Templates Using Templates as Subroutines - xsl:apply-templates XPath Expression Syntax XPath Functions and Predicates Inserting Elements - xsl:element Inserting Attributes - xsl:attribute Extracting Node Values - xsl:value-of Looping - xsl:for-each Sorting - The order-by Attribute Simple Conditionals - xsl:if Multiple Conditionals - xsl:choose, xsl:when, and xsl:otherwise Copying Nodes - xsl:copy Modular Design Using Named Templates Rendering HTML Using XSLT and CSS XML-to-XML Transformations		Introduction to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Purpose of SOAP SOAP's Use of XML and Schemas Elements of a SOAP Message Sending and Receiving SOAP Messages (SOAP Clients and Receivers) SOAP Namespaces and Schemas Handling SOAP Faults Current SOAP Implementations Introduction to Web Services Architecture and Advantages of Web Services SOAP Messages with Attachments Purpose of Web Services Description Language (WSDL) WSDL Elements Creating and Examining WSDL Files Overview of Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) UDDI Registries (Public and Private) Core UDDI Elements UDDI Classification Schemes and Programming Interfaces Deploying and Consuming Web Services ebXML Specifications ebXML Registry and Repository
Formatting XML Documents with XSL-FO XML Documents with XSL-FO Purpose of XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) XSL-FO Documents and XSL-FO Processors XSL-FO Namespace Page Format Specifiers Page Content Specifiers Presentation Conversion		Introduction to the XML Document Object Model (XMLDOM) Purpose of a Document Object Model (DOM) Core, HTML, and XML DOM Data Object Tree XMLDOM Parsers The Top-Level Document Object Primary Nodes and Node Collections (NodeList and NamedNodeMap)
Programming the XML Document Object Model with Java and .NET XMLDOM Data Access Methods Core DOM Objects Microsoft XMLDOM Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) Sources of Java XML Parsers Installing Parsers The Parser Object The Document Object Loading an XML File Traversing the Document Tree Using the Performance Monitor to Record and Analyze Performance Data Validating and Transforming an XML Document Creating an XML Document with DOM		Using the SAX Parser in Java and .NET Applications Purpose of the Simple API for XML (SAX) Event-Driven Programming Model Types of SAX Parsers Obtaining a SAX Parser at Runtime Importing Interfaces The ContentHandler Interface The DocumentHandler Interface Declaring Handlers Loading and Processing an XML File Validating XML Data with the SAX Parser

Student Testimonials

"HOTT was hands-down the best training experience I've had in my professional career. The instructor was outstanding! Not only did he thoroughly understand the subject matter at hand, but he also had an extensive background and understanding of related material. He was very good at presenting the material and making it easy to understand."
– T.K., Giant Eagle

"This has been the best class that I've had in the last 4 years. Excellent hands-on labs! The instructor did a great job of making XML very understandable and fun. Great job!"
– S.S., USAF

"The hands on approach is great. I was able to experiment with ideas to see how things work in addition to the lab work. I would definitely take a class from HOTT again."
– B.G., Giant Eagle

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