XML Web Services

1. Introduction to XML -------------------------------------------------------------------7
Overview
SGML
HTML
Need for XML
Goals of XML
Writing XML document

XML is case-sensitive

The Root Element

Well-formed XML Document

No unclosed Tags

No Overlapping Tags

Rules for Attribute Values
Structures of XML Document
Displaying XML documents
XML Vs HTML
Benefits of XML

2. Well-Formed XML Documents -----------------------------------------------------35

Introduction

Simple XML Document

Creating a Simple XML Document

Saving the XML File

Loading the XML File into a Web Browser

Exploring the Simple XML Document

Assigning Meaning to XML Tags

Writing a Style Sheet for an XML Document

Attaching a Style Sheet to an XML Document

A Well-formed XML document

Prolog

The Document Element

XML Elements

Attributes

Comment

Processing Instructions

CDATA sections

Basic XML Rules

3. Creating Document Type Definition DTD’s--------------------------------------68
Overview
Valid Documents
XML Validating Parsers
Types of DTD's
Exercise 3:1:Internal DTD subset
Exploring the document
External DTD subset
Declaring Elements
Empty Elements
Elements with only character data
Elements with any contents
Elements with children (sequences)
Declaring only one occurrence of the same element
Declaring minimum one occurrence of the same element
Declaring zero or more occurrences of the same element
Declaring zero or one occurrences of the same element
Declaring either/or content
Declaring mixed content
Attribute Declaration
Attribute declaration example
Default attribute value
Implied attribute
Required attribute
Fixed attribute value
Enumerated attribute values
Entities
Parsed Entity
Exercise 3:2:Parsed Entity
Unparsed Entity
Predefined Entities
Internal and External Entities
Exercise 3:3 Unparsed Entity

4. Introduction to XML Schema -----------------------------------------------------110
Overview
XML Schema
Need of Schemas
Simple XML Schema Example
Comparison of DTD and Schema
Namespaces
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
XML Schema Example
More on Schema

5. XSL Transformation ----------------------------------------------------------------130
Overview
XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language)
XSLT - XSL Transformations
Exercise 5:1: A simple XSLT example
XSL Templates
The xsl:stylesheet element
The xsl:template Element and match attribute
The xsl:apply-template Element and select attribute
Exercise 5:2 : Using xsl:template and xsl:apply-templates
The xsl:value-of element
The xsl:for-each element
Exercise 5:3 : Using xsl:for-each and xsl:value-of
Matching Nodes
Matching the root node using the value "/"
Matching the Children of a particular node
Matching the descendants
Exercise 5:4: Matching root element
Applying a particular style to a single element
XSL Sorting
Using the order-by attribute
Exercise 5:5 : Sorting using order-by attribute
Using xsl:sort element
Exercise 5:6 : Sorting using xsl:sort element.
XSL Filtering
Using xsl:if element
Exercise 5:7 : Using xsl:if element.
Using xsl:choose element
Exercise 5:8 : Using xsl:choose element
Merging the multiple style sheets

6. Data Source Objects (DSO)---------------------------------------------------------182

Overview

Accessing a Single Record through DSO

Properties and its Actions

Exercise 6:1:Accessing a single Record.

Checking for XML Errors

Accessing all Records

Exercise 6:2: Accessing all Records.

XML Data Islands

Working with the inline XML data islands

Exercise 6:3:inline XML data islands

Working with Linked XML Data Islands

Exercise 6:4:Linked XML Data Islands

Advantages of Data Islands

Disadvantages of Data Islands

Displaying Hierarchical Recordset

Exercise 6:5:Displaying Hierarchical Recordset

Working with XML attributes

Exercise 6:6:Working with XML attributes