COAP:COAP-2180

This is a program for an introductory XML course. It is based on my course at Webster University, Geneva. This is not the official syllabus nor the official program. See the (closed) World classroom (Blackboard).

Program

We shall introduce roughly one topic per week. Also see the complete official syllabus for an overview.

• Week 1
• Week 2 - Project/Homework 1-2
• Week 3 - Project/Homework 3
• Week 4 - Project/Homework 4
• Week 5 - Project/Homework 5
• Week 6 - Project/Homework 6
• Week 7 - Project/Homework 7/8
• Week 8 - Term Project/Final

Course level outcomes:

1.Create and validate XML documents

2.Use DTD, namespaces and schemas

3.Bind XML data with a browser (cancelled, since this old proprietary technology)

4.Become familiar with XML Editors

5.Format XML documents with CSS and XSLT

6.Apply the basics of XML DOM (only the principle, since I can't teach XML parsing in an 8-week COAP class)

Grading

• Grading form and 4-point grading scale

Teaching materials

See the weekly programs for slides, textbook chapters and other resources.

Lectures notes

• XML (general overview)
• Tour de XML (list of real-world XML applications that I demo)
• XML principles
• Editing XML tutorial
• CSS for XML tutorial (see also CSS tutorial if you need to catch up with CSS basics)
• DTD tutorial
• XSLT Tutorial - Basics (See also HTML and XHTML elements and attributes)
• For Calibre, see http://calibre-ebook.com/
• XSD tutorial - Basics
• Exchanger XML Editor

PDF Version of the most important wiki pages

• EduTech Wiki:Books/XML - First Steps

Textbook chapters are taken from the following two books

• Erik T. Ray (2003), Learning XML, Second Edition, O’Reilly, ISBN 0-596-00420-6
• Elliotte Rusty Harold and W. Scott Means (2004). XML in a Nutshell, Third Edition, O’Reilly, ISBN 0-596-00764-7

Selected chapters are available through the worldclass room.

Other resources

• XML (Wikipedia) ... and related articles, e.g. Document Type Definition