XML 1.0 Advanced: XML Linking

Overview/Description
This course, XML 1.0 Advanced: XML Linking, presents advanced XML concepts, including linking technology, XPointer, XPointer Extensions, and XLink.

Target Audience
You should have an understanding of introductory and intermediate XML concepts including namespaces, data islands, XML schemas and schema data types, XSLT Stylesheets and Templates, and XSL formatting.

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

Objectives:

XML Linking

  • Compare XLink and XPointer
  • Examine XLink
  • Review context nodes
  • Examine axes and node tests
  • Review predicates
  • Traverse backward through a tree
  • Code with an XPointer example
  • Examine location steps
  • Format an XPointer
  • Code with the point() function
  • Code with ranges
  • Code with XLink attributes
  • Examine additional elements and attributes for extended links
  • Review other multidirectional extended links
  • Review the purpose of XLink
  • Examine traversals and arcs
  • Examine XLink examples


    • Course Number: WDEV0324