Introduction to XML

This course introduces XML and a series of technologies and tools to work with XML

Course Overview

This course is aimed at all those who are new to the world of XML or the world of information exchange between different organisations/applications and require a high level introduction to the technologies listed below with simple examples and uses appropriate tools to highlight the results that can be achieved. The training material has been prepared at a high level to ensure the course can be understood without any prior software programming experience.

Duration

1 day

Audience

All

Course Content

• Introduction to XML Documents
• XML Document Type Description (DTD)
• XML Schemas
• Namespaces
• Basic XSL
• XPath (link HTML input fields with XML)

Skills Learned

Upon completion of the course, delegates will have a basic understanding of:

• The uses and benefits of XML
• The differences between DTDs and XML Schemas
• XSL and XPath (link HTML input fields with XML)

Course Prerequisites

• IT literacy with basic keyboard skills

Time in Exercises

20%

Tools

Internet Explorer
IRIS Forms
XML Spy

Associated Courses

Introduction to the XML-MTF
XSL - Creating Custom Views