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77-941 XML DTD Design

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XML : DTD Design

Course Specifications

Course number: 077941

Software Version Number: 1.0

Course length: .5 days

Course Description

Overview: Students will learn how to design and write XML DTDs.

Prerequisites: Students should have previously taken the Element K course, XML: An Introduction, or

possess equivalent knowledge.

Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured handson

activities.

Benefits: Students will learn how to model XML document structure and translate that structure into a

DTD.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand basic XML concepts such as

elements, attributes, and entities.

What’s Next: This course is a part of a series of courses that provide the foundation of XML

technologies. After having learned about DTDs and Schemas, XSL/XSLT, XML DOM, and

XLink/XPointer/XPath, students will be well-poised to start integrating XML support into their Web

applications using ASP, ADO, Java, various database management systems, ColdFusion, JSP, and so

on.

Hardware/Software Requirements:

 

At least 16 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM).

 

At least 20 MB of free hard disk space for the installation of Internet Explorer 5.0.

 

A 486 or faster processor (Pentium recommended).

 

Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000, installed according to the software documentation.

 

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, with the latest MSXML parser installed.

 

Internet Explorer Tools for Validating XML and Viewing XSLT Output.

 

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 or 2000.

 

See your reference manual for any additional hardware considerations that may apply to your

specific hardware setup.

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to

evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

 

Explain the difference between well-formed and valid XML, and use Microsoft's XML parser to

validate an XML document.

 

Model a document's structure.

 

Write a DTD that expresses a document's structure.

 

Explain the difference between DTDs and XML schema.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Valid XML

Topic 1A: Minimal Structural Requirements for XML

Topic 1B: Valid XML

Lesson 2: Document Modeling

Topic 2A: Planning Stage

Topic 2B: How to Model Information

Lesson 3: Writing a DTD

Topic 3A: Internal and External DTDs

Topic 3B: DTD Syntax

Topic 3C: Miscellaneous DTD Concerns

Lesson 4: The Future of DTDs

Topic 4A: Overview of Schema

Additional Info This course constitutes one half-day of training. It is meant to introduce students to

basic XML DTD design. Students wishing to further explore document modeling and description in XML

should take the Element K course, XML: Schema Design.

This course uses the Microsoft XML parser and the Tools for Validating XML and Viewing XSLT

Output. Both of these Internet Explorer add-ons can be found on Microsoft's Developers Web site at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/. This particular parser and tool set was chosen due to the fact that it can be

set up quite easily. Because of this, students and training centers will not need to call upon Java in order

to validate XML against a DTD.

 

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