XML 1.0 Introduction: Documents, Elements, Style

Overview/Description
This course, XML 1.0 Introduction: Documents, Elements, Style, introduces you to extensible markup language (XML), the universal format for structuring documents and data. The course presents the origin and basics of XML, and discusses structuring and creating XML documents.

Target Audience
Although no knowledge of XML or programming is required, you should have a working knowledge of HTML or another markup language, including basic markup and creating tags, as well as an understanding of Web browsers.

Expected Duration
This course, including the practice exercises, will take up to 4 hours to complete.

Objectives:

Introduction to XML

  • Identify advantages of XML
  • Define markup language
  • Identify uses of parsers and DTDs
  • Define metadata
  • Define cascading style sheets
  • Define extensible stylesheet language
  • Identify browser support for XML

    • Creating XML Documents

  • Create an element
  • Create an XML declaration
  • Save an XML document
  • Apply a style sheet to an XML document

    • Structuring XML Documents

  • Nest XML elements
  • Create multiple instances of one element
  • Insert a comment in an XML document
  • Create an attribute in an element start tag
  • Create an attribute in an empty-element tag
  • Identify decimal character references
  • Identify hexadecimal character references
  • Use a predefined entity reference
  • Create a CDATA section


    • Course Number: WDEV0301