XML Weekend Crash Course

14th
MAY

Posted by Downloadine under XML

Product Description
XML Weekend Crash Course covers the ins and outs of XML in 30 sessions. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period. You can complete the Crash Course over a single weekend — but you can also easily adapt the Crash Course sessions to whatever schedule best suits your needs.

From the Back Cover
Get Up to Speed on XML — in a Weekend! The big day is Monday — the day you get to show off what you know about XML. The problem is, you’re not really up to speed. Maybe it’s been a while since you worked with Extensible Markup Language, or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we’ve got a solution for you — XML Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you’ll be able to jump right in and start creating cutting-edge XML solutions. It’s as simple as that. The Curriculum Friday Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
Introduction to Structured Documents
Why XML?
A Simple XML Document
Using XML on the Web
Saturday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
Creating XML Documents
Tour of XML Syntax: Elements and Attributes
Tour of XML Syntax: Special Constructs
Working with Well-formed XML Documents
Specifying an XML Vocabulary with a DTD
Validating an XML Document and Expanding Its Structure
Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
Exploring XML DTDs: Specifying Attributes
Exploring XML DTDs: Creating Cross-References and Links
Exploring XML DTDs: External Files
Exploring XML DTDs: Special Characters
Exploring XML DTDs: Graphics
Publishing XML Documents: Introduction to XML Transformations
Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
Simple Transformations with XSLT and XPath
Introducing the XML Path Language (XPath)
Using XSLT and XPath to Select XML Content
Using XSLT and XPath to Fill an HTML Template
Sunday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
Introduction to Displaying XML Documents
Formatting XML Documents with Cascading Style Sheets
Building Web Sites with XSLT — Part I
Building Web Sites with XSLT — Part II
Scripting XML
XHTML: An XML Vocabulary for the Web
Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
Introduction to XML Schemas — Part I
Introduction to XML Schemas — Part II
Using Industry-Standard XML Vocabularies
Linking and Querying XML Documents
CD-ROM Includes:
Turbo XML trial version
Evaluation versions of XML Spy and WorX for Word
FrameMaker+SGML and SVGViewer tryout version
Sample code from the book
Assessment software to help gauge your progress
System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later, Windows NT 4 or later. See Appendix B for details and complete system requirements.