Introduction to XML and the Microsoft .NET Technologies Training Class

Lesson 1: XML and the Microsoft .NET Platform

Defining XML's Role in Microsoft .NET
Practice: Exporting and Importing Office Data to and from XML Format
Practice: Choose a Data Format that is Easier to Work with: EDI or XML
XML Standards
Understanding XML Parsers

Lesson 2: Basic XML

The Form of XML
Practice: Fixing Form Problems in a Set of XML Documents
Designing Data with XML Grammars
Namespaces
Practice: Modifying XML Namespaces
Processing Instructions
Lab: Creating and Testing an XML Document to Represent Ticketing Data

Lesson 3: Validating XML

Identifying Validation Requirements
Practice: Identifying Where Validation is Needed
Choosing a Validation Method
Practice: Do Sample Conversions and Check/Compare Functionality
Understanding Schemas
Lab: Using Office XP to Generate a Schema that Validates Instance Documents

Lesson 4: Introducing Technologies for Handling XML Data

The Need for XML Data Handling Technologies
Comparison of Each Type
Practice: Given a Code Snippet, Students Determine the Function of the Code

Lesson 5: Creating and Manipulating Trees Using DOM

Defining DOM
Using the DOM
DOM Code Examples
Lab: Changing a Tree

Lesson 6: Using XPath to Transform a Tree of Nodes

What is XPath?
Using XPath Language
Practice: Identifying and Interpreting XPath Expressions
Understanding the Range of Application of XPath
Practice: Matching Requirements to Technology
Lab: Using XPath to Navigate and Select Data

Lesson 7: Formatting and transforming: XSL and XSLT

What is XSL?
What is XSLT and How Does it Relate to XSL?
Lab: Create and Edit XSLT in FrontPage 2002

Lesson 8: Using XQuery to Link and Query XML Documents

What is XQuery?
Working with XQuery
Lab: Designing Simple and Advanced XQueries

Lesson 9: SQL XML

XML Support in Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Using HTTP to Access and Input XML Data
Manipulating XSL Using Transact SQL
Using ADO to Access XML Data
Using Mapping Schemas
Practice: Using XML View Mapper
UpdateGrams and BulkLoad
Lab: Creating SQL Queries

Lesson 10: The Challenge of Designing XML Solutions

Solutions that Use XML
Web Services
What Next?
Lab: Building a Menu System
Challenge Lab: Matching a Solution Requirement to a Set of Technologies