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Advanced XML Training Course

This course is intended for XML developers who need to use advanced features of XML. Through lecture and hands-on lab exercises, you will become fluent in several XML standards and applications.

Delegates should have attended or be of a standard equivalent to our Fundamentals of XML course and have some XML development experience.

Topics covered on the 4 day Advanced XML course

Advanced Core XML Concepts

• Internal vs. External Subset
• Using Parameter Entities
• General Entities
• Conditional Sections
• Character References
• Unparsed External Entities
• Processing Instructions
• Special Attribute Types
• Namespaces in XML
• Default Namespace

Advanced XML Schemas

• Associating Unqualified XML with a Schema
• Associating Qualified XML with a Schema
• Extending Simple Types
• Adding Restrictions
• Understanding Facets
• Attribute Groups
• include and redefine
• Deriving Types by Extension
• Substitution Groups
• Allowing Any Content
• Uniqueness
• keys & keyrefs
• Documenting Schemas

XLink and XPointer

• Introduction to XLink and XPointer
• Simple Links vs. HTML Links
• Extended Links
• Semantic Attributes
• Behavior Attributes
• Traversal Attributes
• Incorporating XPointer
• Referencing Points
• Referencing Ranges

Resource Description Framework (RDF)

• RDF's Purpose
• A Sample Resource
• Resource Identifiers
• Properties
• Statements
• Basic Serialization Syntax
• Abbreviated Syntax
• Containers
• URI Patterns
• The Dublin Core
• Incorporating RDF Inside HTML

XPath Syntax

• The Document Data Model
• Expressions and Location Paths
• Location Steps
• Specifying Axes
• Node Tests
• Predicates
• Types
• Working with Node-Sets
• Type Conversions
• String Functions

XSL Transformations

• What is XSL?
• Modular Stylesheet Strategies
• Namespace Aliasing
• Complex Expressions
• Template Application Hierarchy
• Modes
• Calling Templates by Name
• Constructing Elements
• Outputting Text
• Numbering
• Copying Elements
• Output Methods
• Variables and Parameters

XSL Formatting Objects

• What is XSL?
• XSL-FO Overview
• Types of Objects
• Defining Page Masters
• Setting Up the Flow
• Block-Level vs. Inline-Level Objects
• Lists
• Tables
• Out-of-Line Objects
• Implementation Issues

XML Internationalization

• Localization Concerns
• Unicode and XML
• Text Declarations
• Character Sets
• Character References
• xml:lang

Effective Document Design

• Design Goals
• Intended Audience
• Document Types
• Choosing a Validation Method
• Incorporating Namespaces
• Modular Document Design
• Planning for Extensibility

Parsing XML with DOM

• Document Object Model
• Document Object
• Parsing with DOM
• Key DOM Interfaces
• Node
• Elements
• NodeList and NamedNodeMap
• Text Nodes

Basic SOAP

• SOAP Overview
• The SOAP Envelope
• SOAP Over HTTP
• A SOAP Server
• A SOAP Client
• Complex Data Types
• The Deployment Descriptor
• Complex Data Types: Client Code

Appendix A - Basic XML Schemas

• Schema Overview
• A Minimal Schema
• Associating Unqualified XML with a Schema
• Element Declarations
• Attribute Declarations
• Complex Types
• Simple and Built-in Types
• Derivation of Simple Types
• Choices
• Named Types and Anonymous Types
• Mixed Content

Appendix B - Parsing XML with SAX

• SAX Basics
• Parsing with SAX Using JAXP
• SAX Event Methods
• ContentHandler
• Parsing Elements
• Parsing Characters and Whitespace
• Error Handling
• SAX Parser Usage

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