XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language. XML is the universal format for structured documents and data on the Web. XML is an industry-standard protocol administered by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It is also a programming language that enables designers to create their own tags to indicate specific information. XML is a key enabling technology for Microsoft .NET. In addition, we cover the following topics:

Chapter 1: Introduction to XML

• HTML vs. XML
• Extensibility
• Unstructured Data & XML
• App-Specific Documents
• Independence
• XML Definition

Chapter 2: Business Value of XML

• Advantages
• Hidden Benefits
• XML in Real World
• EDI

Chapter 3: XML Life Cycle

• Overview
• Create the Document
• Store & Retrieve
• Display or Interpret

Chapter 4: Three Views of Data

• Document Example
• Database Format
• Database Example
• Object Example
• XML Hybrid
• XML Example

Chapter 5: Design Goals & Basic Parts

• Ten Goals
• Related Technologies
• Element Examples, Root & Names
• Open & Close Tags
• Content & DATA Sections
• Attributes
• Empty Tags
• Data Types
• White Space
• Language
• Attributes vs. Elements
• Expansion

Chapter 6: Entities & Entity References

• Processing Instructions
• Comment Examples
• Namespace Examples
• Mixed Examples
• Validation Tools
• Problems with DTDs

Chapter 7: Declaration vs. Definition

• External Definition
• Internal Definition & Private DTDs
• Public DTD Options
• Referencing Private DTD

Chapter 8: Content Specifications

• Element Types
• Element Sequences
• Valid XML Document
• Invalid XML Document

Chapter 9: Element Groups

• Choice Lists Slide
• Option Groups
• Element Groups Demonstration
• More Element Groups
• PCDATA in Elements Slide

Chapter 10: Attribute Lists

• Attribute Types Slide
• Attribute Modifiers Slide
• DTD Example of Attribute Lists

Chapter 11: Cascading Style Sheets

• HTML Examples
• How XML Declares CSS
• Browser Support Web Site
• Applying CSS to XML Documents
• Context Selectors, Class & ID Attributes
• Line Formatting & Font Attributes
• Color Attribute
• Comments Slide
• Pseudo Elements & Content Slides
• Attribute Selectors & Pattern Matching Slides
• Counters Slide
• CSS Tools

Chapter 12: Getting Started with XSL

• Agenda
• Terms
• XSL Process & Benefits
• XSL Namespaces
• Declaring a Style Sheet
• Client Tips

Chapter 13: eXcelon Stylus

• XSL Example
• Default Templates
• Value of White Space
• Direct Child
• Parents
• XSL Concepts

Chapter 14: Matching Parts

• Overview
• Root Node
• Element Name & Children
• Descendants
• Text Nodes
• Conditional Matches
• Apply Templates
• Mode Attribute

Chapter 15: Flow Control

• Overview
• For Each
• If Element
• Procedures

Chapter 16: Expressions

• Sorting
• Variables
• Parameters
• Calculations
• Comments

Chapter 17: XML DOM Basics

• Agenda
• The XML DOM
• Nodes & Trees

Chapter 18: Properties & Methods

• Document Properties & Document Methods
• Node List Object
• Node Types, Properties & Methods
• Named Node Map
• Bi-Directional
• Instantiating the DOM
• Visual Basic
• Active Server Pages
• Internet Explorer

Chapter 19: Loading & Saving

• File System
• URL
• String
• Save & Load

Chapter 20: Tree Navigation

• Overview
• Walking the Tree
• Querying the Tree
• Dead Reckoning
• Parameterized XML
• Substitute Parameter
• Apply Style Sheet
• Custom Helper Classes
• XML Update Language

Chapter 21: XML Schema Background

• Agenda
• DTD
• XML Schema Goals
• Implementations
• Using XML Schema
• Content Model Basics
• Element & Attribute Types
• Instances
• Group
• Description Element
• Data Types

Chapter 22: Storage Options

• Dynamic Creation
• File System
• Map to Fields
• Text Field
• XML DOM Object
• OODMBS

Chapter 23: OLE DB & ADO

• ActiveX Data
• Recordset Persistence
• Text File
• Namespaces in ADO
• Hierarchical Recordsets
• Integration with DOM
• Integration with IIS
• Integration with SQL

Chapter 24: The Need for SOAP

• Three Issues
• SOAP in a Sentence
• SOAP Advantages
• How SOAP Works
• Design Implementation
• Implementing SOAP
• Client Post
• Server Response
• SOAP Extensions

Chapter 25: Reading XML with SAX

• Why SAX
• How SAX Parses XML
• SAX Content Handler
• Setup References
• Events with SAX Reader
• Common Events
• Hooking Events to Reader
• Creating a SAX Form
• Constructing Start Element
• Extract Data to Form
• DOM vs. SAX
• Limited Data Retrieval
• Handling Parsing Errors
• DOM or SAX?

Chapter 26: SOAP 2.0 Toolkit

• SOAP Review
• Limitations of SOAP
• New in SOAP 2.0 Toolkit
• WSPC
• WSDL Generator
• SOAP 2.0 Toolkit Wizard
• SOAP Trace Utility

Chapter 27: Programming with SOAP

• MSSOAP APIs
• High Level API
• High Level API Client
• Low Level API & Client

Chapter 28: XML Data Source

• Where to Process XML
• XML Data Islands
• External & Internal
• XML Document Property
• Create Table Using DSO
• View XML Data
• Multidimensional Data
• Using Nested Tables
• Large Table Navigation
• Manipulating Data Source Records
• Handing Events & Text

Chapter 29: Local State & Security

• Save History
• Save Favorite
• User Data
• Access Data Across Domains & Zone

Chapter 30: XML on the Server

• Cross-browser Support
• Server-to-Server Communication
• XMLHttpRequest Object
• Request Process
• Pull from Server

Chapter 31: ServerXMLHTTP Object

• XML Requests
• HTML Request
• Binary Attachments Requests
• Request with Passwords
• XML Document Processing

Chapter 32: Designing Distributed Applications

• Communicating Between Tiers
• Why Use XML
• Distributed Architectures
• Passing XML Through Tiers
• Issue with XML
• Movement & Transformation of Data
• Three-tier Application
• Middle tier component
• Pass an Array
• Detached Record Set
• Build XML Document
• Contact Components
• Disconnected ADO
• Passing XML
• XML Transformed with SXLT

Chapter 33: XML Performance

• Performance Factors
• Evaluating Performance
• XML DOM Performance
• Validation
• Accessing Nodes
• Creating XML Documents
• XSLT Cache Templates

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