Monday, November 14 | Full Day Tutorials
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
XML Fundamentals: From the Author of 'Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days'
This full-day session will provide a comprehensive introduction to the major topic areas in XML technology. Learn what all the fuss is about and how to jump immediately onto the fast-track for XML integration in your own business.
Instructor(s): Devan Shepherd, CEO & Chief Technical Officer, XMaLpha Technologies, USA
Pre-Requisites: Some technical experience with Web Development and HTML coding is beneficial.
A basic understanding of the HTTP protocol and Web browsing is also assumed.
Technology Requirements: Attendees will be given a website address that they can use to access the files tools, utilities, and workshops presented in the tutorial.
Introduction to XQuery
XQuery is a language for querying XML data and documents. This tutorial will cover the basics of XQuery from a technical perspective. It will provide attendees with a solid understanding of the syntax and structure of XQuery expressions.
Instructor(s): Priscilla Walmsley, Managing Director, Datypic, USA
Pre-Requisites: A basic understanding of XML syntax and namespaces is required. Prior use of XPath or XSLT is useful but not required.
Technology Requirements: None
XML for Interoperability
Making sense of current practice; this session is desigfned to enable participants to make sense of the contrasting approaches used in Healthcare, Government, and other industries.
Instructor(s): Ann Wrightson, Principal Consultant, CSW Group Ltd, UK
Pre-Requisites: Elementary knowledge of XML; some experience of enterprise and/or inter-enterprise integration.
Technology Requirements: None
XML and Databases
A technical survey of XML and databases. Describes XML-enabled and native XML databases, mapping relational schemas to XML schemas, when to use native XML databases, SQL/XML and XQuery, and how modern relational databases combine relational and XML data.
Instructor(s): Ronald Bourret, Researcher, rpbourret.com, USA
Pre-Requisites: Good understanding of XML, basic understanding of XML Schemas or DTDs, basic understanding of relational databases
Technology Requirements: None
Introduction to XML Schema
Introduction to the W3C XML Schema language: simple datatypes, facets, complex types, type derivation, design questions, usage, practical issues.
Instructor(s): C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Technical Staff, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), USA
Pre-Requisites: knowledge of XML and some interest in schema languages and/or data cleanliness
Technology Requirements: If you wish to perform the (optional) hands-on exercises, bring a laptop with a CD-ROM drive and/or a USB port.
Describing Document Types: The Schema Languages of XML
This tutorial will teach you the basics of several XML schema languages: DTDs, RELAX NG, Schematron, and W3C XML Schema. You will end up understanding the principles of each and their advantages and disadvantages in various applications.
Instructor(s): John Cowan, Senior Internet Systems Developer, Reuters, USA
Pre-Requisites: An understanding of basic XML concepts. Knowledge of any XML or SGML schema languages is helpful but certainly not a requirement.
Technology Requirements: None.