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Introduction to XML and the MS .NET Platform
Duration: 2 days
Audience Prerequisites
  • Microsoft Visual Basic® developers with little Web development experience
  • Web developers with experience writing client scripts by using CGI, Visual Basic Scripting Edition, PERL, Java Script, or some other scripting language
  • Web developers Microsoft FrontPage® or some other Web page development tool and basic HTML knowledge
  • Microsoft Office developers
  • Microsoft SQL ServerT 2000 administrators and developers
  • Working knowledge of a scripting or programming language
  • Working knowledge of HTML
  • Working knowledge of how databases are used in distributed computing environments
Description
This course provides a technological overview of the structure and programming techniques of XML. This course discusses the role of XML in the Microsoft .NET vision and the larger world of distributed standards-based computing.
Objectives
  • Describe how XML and related technologies fit into the .NET Platform
  • Create a well-formed XML document
  • Use XML schemas to validate an instance document
  • Describe how XML Document Object Model (DOM), XML Path Language (XPath), XSL Transformations (XSLT), and XQuery are used to create real-world solutions
  • Describe how Office XP and SQL Server 2000 can be used to handle XML
Course Outline
The Microsoft .NET Platform and XML
  • XML in the .NET Platform
  • XML as a W3C Standard

Basic XML

  • The Form of XML
  • Designing an XML Vocabulary
  • Namespaces

Validating XML

  • Introducing Validation
  • Using XSD Schemas

Technologies for Handling XML Data

  • Metadata and XML Processing
  • XML Processing Technologies

Creating and Manipulating Trees Using DOM

  • How Does DOM Work? Using the DOM
  • Using DOM and the .NET Framework XML Classes
Using XPath to Navigate a Tree of Nodes
  • What is XPath?
  • Using XPath
  • XPath and Other Technologies
Formatting and Transforming: XSL and XSLT
  • Defining XSL
  • Transforming XML Using XSLT
  • XSLT in the Microsoft .NET Framework
Using XQuery to Link and Query XML Documents
  • What is XQuery?
  • Using XQuery
SQL XML
  • XML Support in SQL Server 2000
  • Using HTTP to Access and Input XML Data
The Challenge of Designing XML Solutions
  • Solutions that Use XML
  • XML Web Services
  • What Is Next?
 
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