Document Management [Intensive Hands-on Introduction to XML] (P00886)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : INF-P-DM

Provide a working knowledge of XML and related technologies (XSLT, XML Schema); Introduce basic architectural principles of the WWW.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : PGs only.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Cognitive Science, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Block 3 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
11/01/2006	09:00	13:00			Sem 2 - details will follow!

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Successful completion of this course has both practical and intellectual consequences for the student:

Intellectual Outcomes
-Be able to distinguish between markup languages and other formal systems.
-Be able to characterise the differences between XML, HTML and SGML.
-Be able to assign document design and ontological analysis to the correct points in the design process.
-Understand the 3-layer nature of data on the web, and the basic architecture of information on the web

Practical Outcomes
-Correctly apply document design and ontological analysis at different points in the design process.
-Design and implement XML document types defined by DTD or schema
-Design and implement stylesheets for XML document presentation
-Exploit the separation of style from markup in designing document types and web applications