COAP:COAP-2180/week5

Monday

Easter holiday

Wednesday - midterm

Midterm - preparation

For your mid-term exam (this Wednesday) you will receive a task like the following one:

Please create a DTD that models the following type of Documents: __________________

• Your model should "capture" the most important information blocks
• Use at least ___ elements

Suggested procedure:

• Sketch out the DTD structure on paper (or with an editor)
• Create the DTD
• Validate the DTD
• Create an XML test file
• Revise DTD if needed

Tips:

• Save frequently
• If you start making revisions to the DTD towards the end of the exam, create a new version of DTD and the XML.

Bonus points:

• Use of attributes and/or DTD entities when appropriate
• Use of some elements for styling longer text, e.g. bullets and paragraphs
• Very complete test files
• Comments in the DTD

Upload the following:

• DTD file
• XML test file