XML Training Course

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XML Training Course

• Module 5 Working with XML

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What to expect this Session

• Viewing XML with CSS
• Viewing XML using XSL
• Viewing XML by embedding it into HTML

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Viewing XML

• Raw XML files can be viewed in IE 5.0 (and
  higher) and in Netscape 6, but to make it display
  like a web page, you have to add some display
  information.

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Example Using CSS to view XML

• XML Samples\cd_catalog.xml
• CSS Samples\cd_catalog.css
• XML Combined with CSS
• Samples\cd_catalog_with_css.xml

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Using CSS to view XML

• href"cd_catalog.css"?
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• . . . .

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Using XSL to add display information

• XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language) is the
  preferred display language of XML
• XML Samples\Menu.xml
• XSL Samples\menu.xsl
• XML w/ XSL Samples\menu_with_xsl.xml

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Using XSL to add display information

• href"simple.xsl"?
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XSL

• Consists of three parts
• XSLT (a language for transforming XML documents)
  
• XPath (a language for defining parts of an XML
  document)
• XSL Formatting Objects (a vocabulary for
  formatting XML documents)

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What can XSL do?

• Transform XML into XHTML
• Filter and Sort XML data
• Format XML data based on data value
• Output XML data to different devices

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Embedding XML in HTML

• The unofficial tag is used to embed XML
  data within HTML.
• Note that the tag is an HTML element, not
  an XML element.

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Method 1

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• Jani
• Reminder
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Method 2

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Binding the XML to HTML

• Once the XML is embedded, you must bind into to
  an HTML element to use/display it.
• Example

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Review this Session

• Viewing XML with CSS
• Viewing XML using XSL
• Viewing XML by embedding it into HTML

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Display XML