
Comprehensive XML Training
- Learn to create well-formed XML documents.
- Learn the difference between HTML and XHTML.
- Learn to create basic DTDs.
- Learn to create basic XML schemas.
- Learn to validate XML documents against DTDs and XML schemas.
- Learn to create basic XSLTs to transform XML documents for output as text, HTML, and other XML structures.
- Learn the purpose and power of XML Schema
- Learn to declare simple-type and complex-type elements
- Learn to derive custom types
- Learn to declare attributes
- Learn to annotate schemas
- Learn to understand namespaces
- Learn to work with multiple XML schema documents
- Learn to use XPath to access XML elements and attributes
- Learn to loop through XML elements
- Learn to use conditionals in XSLT
- Learn to create and call templates
- Learn to work with multiple XSLTs
- Learn to reference external XML documents
This comprehensive XML training class teaches students to create well-formed XML documents, to build sophisticated XML Schema for validating XML documents and to build eXtensible Stylesheets (XSLs) for transforming XML documents into XHTML, and other XML structures.
- XML Basics
- What is XML?
- XML Benefits
- XML Holds Data, Nothing More
- XML Separates Structure from Formatting
- XML Promotes Data Sharing
- XML is Human-Readable
- XML is Free
- XML in Practice
- Content Management
- Web Services
- RDF / RSS Feeds
- XML Documents
- The Prolog
- Elements
- Attributes
- CDATA
- Whitespace
- XML Syntax Rules
- Special Characters
- Creating a Simple XML File
- DTDs
- Well-formed vs. Valid
- The Purpose of DTDs
- Creating DTDs
- The Document Element
- Other Elements
- Choice of Elements
- Empty Elements
- Mixed Content
- Location of Modifier
- Using Parentheses for Complex Declarations
- Declaring Attributes
- Validating an XML Document with a DTD
- XML Schema Basics
- The Purpose of XML Schema
- The Power of XML Schema
- A First Look
- A Simple XML Schema
- Validating an XML Instance Document
- Simple-Type Elements
- Overview
- Built-in Simple Types
- 19 Primitive Data Types
- Built-in Derived Data Types
- Defining a Simple-type Element
- User-derived Simple Types
- Applying Facets
- Controlling Length
- Specifying Patterns
- Working with Numbers
- Enumerations
- Whitespace-handling
- Specifying Element Type Locally
- Nonatomic Types
- Lists
- Unions
- Declaring Global Simple-Type Elements
- Global vs. Local Simple-Type Elements
- Default Values
- Fixed Values
- Nil Values
- XSLT Basics
- eXtensible Stylesheet Language
- An XSLT Stylesheet
- xsl:template
- xsl:value-of
- Whitespace and xsl:text
- Output Types
- Text
- XML
- HTML
- Elements and Attributes
- xsl:element
- xsl:attribute
- Attributes and Curly Brackets
- XML Schema Basics
- The Purpose of XML Schema
- The Power of XML Schema
- A First Look
- A Simple XML Schema
- Validating an XML Instance Document
- Simple-Type Elements
- Overview
- Built-in Simple Types
- 19 Primitive Data Types
- Built-in Derived Data Types
- Defining a Simple-type Element
- User-derived Simple Types
- Applying Facets
- Controlling Length
- Specifying Patterns
- Working with Numbers
- Enumerations
- Whitespace-handling
- Specifying Element Type Locally
- Nonatomic Types
- Lists
- Unions
- Declaring Global Simple-Type Elements
- Global vs. Local Simple-Type Elements
- Default Values
- Fixed Values
- Nil Values
- Complex-Type Elements
- Overview
- Content Models
- xs:sequence
- xs:all
- xs:choice
- Complex Model Groups
- Occurrence Constraints
- Declaring Global Complex-Type Elements
- Mixed Content
- Defining Complex Types Globally
- Attributes
- Overview
- Empty Elements
- Adding Attributes to Elements with Complex Content
- Adding Attributes to Elements with Simple Content
- Restricting Attribute Values
- Default and Fixed Values
- Default Values
- Fixed Values
- Requiring Attributes
- Reusing Schema Components
- Overview
- Groups
- Element Groups
- Attribute Groups
- Extending Complex Types
- Tying It All Together
- Workshop: Creating and reusing XML schemas
- Annotating XML Schemas
- Overview
- Annotating a Schema
- Transforming an XML Schema for Documentation
- Namespaces
- Overview
- Purpose of Namespaces
- Target Namespaces
- Default Namespaces
- Locally Declared Elements and Attributes
- Qualified Locals
- The XMLSchema-instance Namespace
- Using Multiple Namespaces
- XSLT Basics
- eXtensible Stylesheet Language
- An XSLT Stylesheet
- xsl:template
- xsl:value-of
- Whitespace and xsl:text
- Output Types
- Text
- XML
- HTML
- XSLT Elements and Attributes
- xsl:element
- xsl:attribute
- Attributes and Curly Brackets
- XPath
- XPath in XSLT
- XPath Expression
- XPath Terminology
- Context Node
- Current Node
- Context Size
- Proximity Position
- Location Paths
- Axis
- Node Test
- Predicate
- Accessing Nodes
- Abbreviated Syntax
- XPath Functions
- XPath Operators
- Flow Control in XSLT
- Looping in XSLT
- Sorting with XSLT
- Looping and Sorting
- Conditions with XSLT
- XSLT Templates, Parameters and Variables
- xsl:apply-templates
- xsl:call-template
- Passing Parameters
- Removing Content
- Template Modes
- Template Priority
- Default Priorities
- Assigning Priorities
- XSLT Variables
- Multiple XML and XSLT Documents
- Including XSLTs
- Importing XSLTs
- Conflict resolution
- The document() Function
- Working with Keys
- Key Basics
- <xsl:key/>
- The key() Function
- Improving Performance with Keys
- Cross References
- The Key Way
- Grouping
- The generate-id() Function
- Using generate-id() for Grouping
- Key Basics
- Advanced XSLT Techniques
- Working with Numbered Lists
- The position() function
- xsl:number
- Outputting Processing Instructions
- Copying Nodes
- xsl:copy
- xsl:copy-of
- Working with Numbered Lists
- Tying It All Together
- Workshop: Sharing data and transforming it for the Web
Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Experience in the following would be useful for this XML class:
- HTML
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- Online or On-location
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Register for a Live Class
This course is composed of the following live classes, which you can sign up for individually.
Introduction to XML Training
Next Class: Jan 29, 2021 10AM-5PM ET
Introduction to XML Schema
Next Class: Feb 18-19, 2021 10AM-5PM ET
XSLT 1.0 and XPath 1.0 Training
Next Class: Feb 18-19, 2021 10AM-5PM ET