With your HTML knowledge, you have a solid foundation for working with markup languages. However, unlike HTML, XML is more flexible, allowing for custom tag creation. This course introduces the fundamentals of XML and its related technologies so that you can create your own markup language.

Target Student: A person who possesses previous HTML or other markup language experience.

To use XML to create open non-proprietary markup languages.

• Explore the capabilities of the Extensible Markup Language and examine an environment used to develop XML documents

• Create a well-formed XML document

• Validate an XML document

• Access XML documents with APIs

• Format and transform XML documents

• Link XML documents

Content

Getting Started with XML - Determine When to Use XML  

 

Creating an XML Document - Create XML Elements - Create XML Attributes - Insert XML Entities - Create Additional XML Document Components - Implement Namespaces  

 

Validating an XML Document - Validate XML with a DTD - Create a DTD - Validate XML with a Schema - Create a Schema  

 

Accessing XML Documents with APIs - Access an XML Document Using the Document Object Model (DOM) - Manipulate XML Data Using the Simple API for XML (SAX)

 

Formatting and Transforming XML Documents - Display an XML Document Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - Transform XML to XML  - Transform XML to HTML - Create an XSL-FO Document - Display an XML Document Using XSL-FO  

 

Linking XML Documents - Use XLink to Link to an External Document - Link to External Sources Using the HTML Namespace