XML Weekend Crash Course, w. CD-ROM

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