XML Weekend Crash Course

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Get Up to Speed on XML - in a Weekend! The big day is Monday - the day you get to show off what you know about XML. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you worked with Extensible Markup Language, or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you - XML Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you'll be able to jump right in and start creating cutting-edge XML solutions. It's as simple as that. The Curriculum Friday Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Introduction to Structured Documents * Why XML? * A Simple XML Document * Using XML on the Web Saturday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Creating XML Documents * Tour of XML Syntax: Elements and Attributes * Tour of XML Syntax: Special Constructs * Working with Well-formed XML Documents * Specifying an XML Vocabulary with a DTD * Validating an XML Document and Expanding Its Structure Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Exploring XML DTDs: Specifying Attributes * Exploring XML DTDs: Creating Cross-References and Links * Exploring XML DTDs: External Files * Exploring XML DTDs: Special Characters * Exploring XML DTDs: Graphics * Publishing XML Documents: Introduction to XML Transformations Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Simple Transformations with XSLT and XPath * Introducing the XML Path Language (XPath) * Using XSLT and XPath to Select XML Content * Using XSLT and XPath to Fill an HTML Template Sunday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Introduction to Displaying XML Documents * Formatting XML Documents with Cascading Style Sheets * Building Web Sites with XSLT - Part I * Building Web Sites with XSLT - Part II * Scripting XML * XHTML: An XML Vocabulary for the Web Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Introduction to XML Schemas - Part I * Introduction to XML Schemas - Part II * Using Industry-Standard XML Vocabularies * Linking and Querying XML Documents CD-ROM Includes: * Turbo XML trial version * Evaluation versions of XML Spy and WorX for Word * FrameMaker+SGML and SVGViewer tryout version * Sample code from the book * Assessment software to help gauge your progress System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later, Windows NT 4 or later. See Appendix B for details and complete system requirements. For more information on Hungry Minds, go to www.hungryminds.com