XML: An Introduction 077 940 5.0 1 day This course requires a Pentium PC with 32MB of RAM. Windows 95/98 or NT is required. In addition, the latest version of Internet Explorer 5.0 must be installed. Students will learn how to create well formed and valid XML documents. HTML Level 1 and Level 2 or equivalent knowledge. Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities. Students will learn how to create well-formed and valid XML documents and display them in Internet Explorer 5.0. Students enrolling in this course should understand Internet basics and level 2 HTML. Students who want to learn advanced features can take Cascading Style Sheets. Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Explain the differences between HTML, SGML and XML. Create well formed XML. Create valid XML. Create a DTD. Display XML documents in a browser using CSS. Display XML documents in a browser using XSL. Link to files outside of an XML document. 1 Origins of XML XML: The best of all worlds 2 XML document markup Creating an XML markup language: elements, attributes, and entities Creating an XML markup language: processing instructions, character data, and comments XML and HTML 3 Introduction to the Document Type Definition (DTD) Creating a DTD Validating XML against a DTD 4 Style sheets Cascading style sheets XSL 5 Linking the "old fashion" way using HTML namespaces XLink and XPointer