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Introduction to XML Tagging

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Class Overview

This is a one-day introduction to XML class that covers the basic rules of the language and discusses use cases for XML. It is useful as an introduction for managers or for people who will be responsible for tagging XML documents but not doing any XML programming.

Class Goals

  • Learn to create well-formed XML documents
  • Learn the difference between HTML and XHTML
  • Learn to create basic DTDs
  • Learn to validate XML documents

Class Outline

  1. XML Basics
    1. What is XML?
    2. XML Benefits
      1. XML Holds Data, Nothing More
      2. XML Separates Structure from Formatting
      3. XML Promotes Data Sharing
      4. XML is Human-Readable
      5. XML is Free
    3. XML in Practice
      1. Content Management
      2. Web Services
      3. RDF / RSS Feeds
    4. XML Documents
      1. The Prolog
      2. Elements
      3. Attributes
      4. CDATA
      5. Whitespace
      6. XML Syntax Rules
      7. Special Characters
    5. Creating a Simple XML File
  2. Quick Introduction to XHTML
    1. XHTML vs. HTML
    2. The DOCTYPE Declaration
      1. XHTML Strict
      2. XHTML Transitional
      3. XHTML Frameset
    3. The Document Element
    4. A Sample XHTML Document
  3. DTDs
    1. Well-formed vs. Valid
    2. The Purpose of DTDs
    3. Creating DTDs
      1. The Document Element
      2. Other Elements
      3. Choice of Elements
      4. Empty Elements
      5. Mixed Content
      6. Location of Modifier
      7. Using Parentheses for Complex Declarations
      8. Declaring Attributes
    4. Validating an XML Document with a DTD

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:

  • HTML

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