Style Sheets and Links

Overview/Description
To explain the use of style sheets and links in XML and to discuss different XML applications

Target Audience
Technology managers, including LAN managers, webmasters, web authors, system integrators, and Internet service providers; strategic IT planners who want to use or integrate Extensible Markup Language (XML) into new or existing environments; database administrators

Prerequisites
A basic understanding of the Internet, computers, and computing terms; experience with web-page development, HTML, and JavaScript

Expected Duration
315 Minutes

Objectives:

Style Sheets and Links

  • explain how style sheets work.
  • apply style sheets to an HTML document.
  • explain how to use selectors and declarations and how to apply style rules based on elements and attributes.
  • create a cascading style sheet (CSS) to format an XML document.
  • explain the principles of XSL Transformation (XSLT).
  • describe how XSL templates are matched with elements in an XML document.
  • describe how to use XSL Transformation (XSLT) to create a result tree.
  • use XSL Transformation (XSLT) to transform an XML document.
  • explain the purpose of the formatting component of XSL.
  • explain the principles of XSL linking in HTML documents.
  • explain the design goals and principles of XLink.
  • explain the function and use of simple XLink, XPath, and XPointer.
  • describe extended and out-of-line links.
  • describe how web services are used and the technologies used to develop them.
  • describe the role of SOAP in building web services, the basics of the SOAP protocol, and the structure of a SOAP document.
  • explain the role of WSDL and UDDI in building web services and be familiar with their usage.


    • Course Number: 70152_eng