Students who can benefit from this course are web developers, network administrators, project architects, application programmers, systems administrators, and web designers.

• Perform general UNIX computing skills, such as changing directories, copying files, and running a command from the command line
• Display an understanding of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

• Mark up a page of data by using tags
• Create a well-formed XML document
• Create a valid XML document
• Design a DTD for XML documents
• Use a CSS to format an XML document
• Use XSLT to transform an XML document
• Use XSLT and XPath to transform an XML document
• Use an XML schema to validate an XML document
• List current XML standards

Module 1 - Introducing XML

• Use an editor to create a basic XML file
• Describe XML
• Describe why XML is important
• List two examples of how XML is used

Module 2 - Using XML

• Create an XML document that has a root element that contains elements and content
• Test an XML document to determine if it is well-formed
• Create an XML document that includes element attributes
• Create a well-formed XML document

Module 3 - Creating DTDs and Validating Documents

• Differentiate a well-formed document from a valid document
• Create a DTD that defines order, quantity, and hierarchy
• Use DTDs to validate XML documents
• Define a DTD that includes attributes and mixed content

Module 4 - Using CSS With HTML and XML

• List the benefits of separating presentation from content
• Change HTML output by using a CSS
• Create a CSS for an XML file

Module 5 - Transforming With XSLT

• Combine two XML documents that contain the same elements names into one document by using namespaces
• Create a default XSLT style sheet that transforms an XML document into text
• Create an XSLT style sheet that matches a specific element and displays only the text for that element
• Create an XSLT style sheet that transforms an XML document into an HTML document
• Transform an XML document into an HTML document

Module 6 - Transforming With XSLT and Basic XPath

• Write a style sheet that uses XPath expressions to select document nodes
• Write a style sheet that selects documents based on location paths
• Write a style sheet that uses XPath expressions to identify element attributes
• Write a style sheet that adds attributes to an output document
• Use XPath expressions to transform an XML document that contains elements and attributes into an HTML document that contains tags and attributes

Module 7 - Using XML Schemas

• Design an XML schema
• Use an XML schema to validate an XML document

Module 8 - Reviewing Current XML Standards

• Describe XML Formatting Objects (XSL-FO)
• Describe the Simple API for XML (SAX) programming model
• Describe the Document Object Model (DOM) programming model
• Describe the purpose of the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) standard
• Describe the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) standard
• Describe the ebXML standard