Adopting XML: Tomorrow's Web

Course Outline

Adopting XML: Tomorrow's Web

1 Day Tutorial Format

Course Description

A one day workshop which gives an overview of the present state of development and future prospects for XML, (eXtensible Markup Language), the proposed new open standard for Web documents. The workshop includes some technical material and hands-on elements. Participants should have a working knowledge of HTML.

Who should attend

Web developers,
Web development managers.

Course Objectives

The course is intended to help you:

Understand the underlying technology of XML
Understand the benefits offered by XML, and their costs.
Be aware of the current state of the standardisation of XML
Be aware of commercial implementations and market committments to XML
Be aware of available tools for generating XML documents
Understand the issues required in switching to XML from other technologies
Decide whether, and when, to switch your Web development to XML

Course Outcomes

The delegate will understand how XML fits into the architecture of the Web, and will have the resources to develop a strategy for incorporating XML into their organistions' Web presence, or for converting an existing Web presence entirely to XML.

Course Notes
Set of Online and Published references
XML Strategy Workbook

Working Method

Presentation of Information
Worked case-study
Hands-on investigation
Personal plan workbook

Author: Simon Brooke