Essential XML Fundamentals Course Overview
The Essential XML Fundamentals Course Overview by Open Source equips professionals with foundational knowledge of XML, essential for data interchange and application integration. This course benefits software developers, data analysts, and IT professionals, enhancing their ability to work with structured data, streamline workflows, and improve interoperability across systems in today’s data-driven landscape.
Course outline & what you'll learn
- Definition and purpose of XML
- History and evolution of XML
- Differences between XML and HTML
- XML document structure
- Elements, attributes, and nesting
- Rules for creating valid XML
- XML parsers and processing
- Reading and writing XML files
- Introduction to XPath for data retrieval
Overview of XML Schema Definition (XSD)
- Creating and validating XML with XSD
- Role of DTD in XML
- Namespaces in XML
- Transforming XML with XSLT
- Introduction to JSON and comparisons with XML
- Use cases in web services (SOAP and REST)
- XML in configuration files
- Integrating XML with databases (XML databases)
- Best practices for XML design
- Resources for further learning
- Course summary and Q&A session
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