XML Basics

• What is XML? An interactive pre-test
• W3C's XML in 10 Points

Authoring Well-Formed XML

• XML as data: a Hands-on example
• Authoring XML with a text editor (HTML-Kit)
• Formatting XML with a CSS
• Validating XML with a DTD

XML Schemas and DOM

• Validating XML with a Schema: a PowerPoint lecture
• Example Schema file in XDR format: books.xdr
• Corresponding XML file: books.xml
• Accessing XML with DOM: a PowerPoint lecture
• Example XML file: article.xml
• Javascript example of DOM: article.htm

Transforming XML with XSL Transformations (XSLT)

• Part of eXtensible Stylesheet Language (W3C's XSL Reference)
• XML to XML transformations: a Hands-on example
• XML to XHTML transformations
• Using JavaScript to transform on-the-fly

XML Applications

• Child Languages: a PowerPoint lecture
• MathML example (requires Amaya browser)
• File: mathml.htm
• Scalable Vector Graphics example (requires Adobe SVG plug-in)
• Files: planet.svg and shapes.svg

XML in the Curriculum

• Web Courses
• Compiler Course
• Senior Projects
• Data Structures
• Others ...