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'''(1) Wordpress''' | |||
* Fire up MoWes and enter wordpress as admin | |||
* Install "Formidable" if not already done so | |||
** Best method is to click on ''Plugins'' in the Dashboard | |||
** Else, use the [[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/formidable/installation/ "manual" method]] described by its developer. | |||
'''(2) Edit an XML file''' | |||
'''(3) Modify an XSLT file''' | |||
* Filter data with XSLT | |||
=== Homework 5 === | === Homework 5 === | ||
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; Software | |||
* A good XML editor, e.g. XML exchanger light | |||
; Online software | ; Online software | ||
* none | |||
; Teaching materials | |||
* [[XML]] | |||
* [[DTD tutorial]] | |||
* [[XSLT Tutorial - Basics]] | |||
* [[XPath tutorial - basics]] | |||
* [[XQuery tutorial - basics]] (preview only) | |||
; Teaching materials (older slides) | |||
* http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/xml-intro-edit.pdf | |||
* http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/xml-ns.pdf (optional) | |||
* http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/xslt-basics.pdf | |||
; Optional reading | |||
* Donald Bourret (2005). XML and Databases, http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLAndDatabases.htm | |||
* Darshan Singh, Essential XQuery - The XML Query Language, http://www.yukonxml.com/articles/xquery/ | |||
* XQuery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XQuery (Wikipedia) | |||
Revision as of 19:27, 5 February 2010
Week 5 - COAP 3180
Topics Covered
- Homework and mid-term exam
- Quick feedback
- Termproject
- Each student should now have a "must-have" and "nice-to-have" list of features
- Demonstration of the Wordpress extension "Formidable"
- Crashcourse on XML
- XML - The formalism
- XML - where is it used
- XSLT - XML transformations
- XPath - identify elements in a tree (used by XPath and XQuery)
Classroom activities
(1) Wordpress
- Fire up MoWes and enter wordpress as admin
- Install "Formidable" if not already done so
- Best method is to click on Plugins in the Dashboard
- Else, use the ["manual" method] described by its developer.
(2) Edit an XML file
(3) Modify an XSLT file
- Filter data with XSLT
Homework 5
Submission Dates
- This homework is due at start of wed week 6
- Students must provide the URL (where the instructor can see the widget) in the world classroom
- Each homework counts 10% in your global evaluation. The four best homeworks will be taken into account.
Evaluation
Tips for the homework
Links and teaching materials
- Software
- A good XML editor, e.g. XML exchanger light
- Online software
- none
- Teaching materials
- XML
- DTD tutorial
- XSLT Tutorial - Basics
- XPath tutorial - basics
- XQuery tutorial - basics (preview only)
- Teaching materials (older slides)
- http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/xml-intro-edit.pdf
- http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/xml-ns.pdf (optional)
- http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/xslt-basics.pdf
- Optional reading
- Donald Bourret (2005). XML and Databases, http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLAndDatabases.htm
- Darshan Singh, Essential XQuery - The XML Query Language, http://www.yukonxml.com/articles/xquery/
- XQuery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XQuery (Wikipedia)