XML, DTD, XML Schema, and XSLT

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XML, DTD, XML Schema, and XSLT

• Jianguo Lu
• University of Windsor

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Where we are

• XML
• DTD
• XML Schema
• XML Namespace
• XPath
• DOM Tree
• XSLT

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Multiple levels of checking
BookStore.xml
BookStore.xsd
XMLSchema.xsd (schema-for-schemas)
Validate that the xml document conforms to the
rules described in BookStore.xsd
Validate that BookStore.xsd is a valid schema
document, i.e., it conforms to the rules
described in the schema-for-schemas
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XML Schema validators

• Command Line Only
• XSV by Henry Thompson
• ftp//ftp.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/pub/XSV/XSV12.EXE
• Has a Programmatic API
• xerces by Apache
• http//www.apache.org/xerces-j/index.html
• IBM Schema Quality Checker (Note this tool is
  only used to check your schema. It cannot be
  used to validate an instance document against a
  schema.)
• http//www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xmlsqc
• MSXML4.0
• http//www.microsoft.com
• GUI Oriented
• XML Spy
• http//www.xmlspy.com
• Turbo XML
• http//www.extensibility.com

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Name Conflict
lttablegt lttrgt lttdgtAppleslt/tdgt lttdgtBananaslt/tdgt
lt/trgtlt/tablegt
lttablegt ltnamegtAfrican Coffee Table lt/namegt ltwid
thgt80lt/widthgt ltlengthgt120lt/lengthgtlt/tablegt

• Solution add prefix to the tag names

lthtablegt lthtrgt lthtdgtAppleslt/htdgt lthtdgtBana
naslt/htdgt lt/htrgtlt/htablegt
ltftablegt ltfnamegtAfrican Coffee Table
lt/fnamegt ltfwidthgt80lt/fwidthgt ltflengthgt120lt/f
lengthgtlt/ftablegt
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Name spaces
HTML name space
Furniture name space
table
table
td
width
html
name
tr
price
body
th
length
height
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XML name space

• An XML document may use more than one schema
• Since each structuring document was developed
  independently, name clashes may appear
• The solution is to use a different prefix for
  each schema
• prefixname
• How namespace is actually used?

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lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.book
s.org" xmlns"http//www.bo
oks.org"
elementFormDefault"qualified"gt ltxsdelement
name"BookStore"gt ltxsdcomplexTypegt
ltxsdsequencegt ltxsdelement
ref"Book" minOccurs"1" maxOccurs"unbounded"/gt
lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsdelementgt
ltxsdelement name"Book"gt
ltxsdcomplexTypegt ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement ref"Title" minOccurs"1"
maxOccurs"1"/gt ltxsdelement
ref"Author" minOccurs"1" maxOccurs"1"/gt
ltxsdelement ref"Date" minOccurs"1"
maxOccurs"1"/gt ltxsdelement
ref"ISBN" minOccurs"1" maxOccurs"1"/gt
ltxsdelement ref"Publisher" minOccurs"1"
maxOccurs"1"/gt lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsdelementgt
ltxsdelement name"Title" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"Author" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"Date" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"ISBN" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"Publisher" type"xsdstring"/gt
lt/xsdschemagt
The elements and datatypes that are used to
construct schemas - schema - element -
complexType - sequence - string come from the
http///XMLSchema namespace
Indicates that the elements defined by this
schema - BookStore - Book - Title -
Author - Date - ISBN - Publisher are to go
in the http///books.org namespace
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lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.books
.org" xmlns"http//www.book
s.org" elementFormDefault"q
ualified"gt ltxsdelement name"BookStore"gt
ltxsdcomplexTypegt ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement ref"Book"
minOccurs"1" maxOccurs"unbounded"/gt
lt/xsdsequencegt lt/xsdcomplexTypegt
lt/xsdelementgt ltxsdelement name"Book"gt
ltxsdcomplexTypegt ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement ref"Title"
minOccurs"1" maxOccurs"1"/gt
ltxsdelement ref"Author" minOccurs"1"
maxOccurs"1"/gt ltxsdelement
ref"Date" minOccurs"1" maxOccurs"1"/gt
ltxsdelement ref"ISBN" minOccurs"1"
maxOccurs"1"/gt ltxsdelement
ref"Publisher" minOccurs"1" maxOccurs"1"/gt
lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsdelementgt
ltxsdelement name"Title" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"Author" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"Date" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"ISBN" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"Publisher" type"xsdstring"/gt
lt/xsdschemagt
The default namespace is http//www.books.org whic
h is the targetNamespace!
This is referencing a Book element
declaration. The Book in what namespace? Since
there is no namespace qualifier it is referencing
the Book element in the default namespace, which
is the targetNamespace! Thus, this is a
reference to the Book element declaration in this
schema.
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Namespace declaration

• Namespaces are declared within an element and can
  be used in that element and any of its children
  (elements and attributes)
• A namespace declaration has the form
• xmlnsprefix"location"
• location is the address of the DTD or schema
• If a prefix is not specified, i.e., the
  declaration is like xmlns"location"
• then the location is used by default

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Import in XML Schema

• The import element allows you to access elements
  and types in a different namespace

Namespace B
Namespace A
B.xsd
A.xsd
ltxsdschema gt ltxsdimport namespace"A"
schemaLocation"A.xsd"/gt
ltxsdimport namespace"B"
schemaLocation"B.xsd"/gt lt/xsdschemagt
C.xsd
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Example
Pentax.xsd
Nikon.xsd
Olympus.xsd
Camera.xsd
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lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.nikon
.com" xmlns"http//www.niko
n.com" elementFormDefault"q
ualified"gt ltxsdcomplexType
name"body_type"gt ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement name"description"
type"xsdstring"/gt lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsdschemagt
Nikon.xsd
lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.olympus.com"
xmlns"http//www.olympus.com"
elementFormDefault"qualified"gt
ltxsdcomplexType name"lens_type"gt
ltxsdsequencegt ltxsdelement
name"zoom" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"f-stop" type"xsdstring"/gt
lt/xsdsequencegt lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsd
schemagt
Olympus.xsd
lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.pentax.com"
xmlns"http//www.pentax.com"
elementFormDefault"qualified"gt
ltxsdcomplexType name"manual_adapter_type"gt
ltxsdsequencegt ltxsdelement
name"speed" type"xsdstring"/gt
lt/xsdsequencegt lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsdschem
agt
Pentax.xsd
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lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.camer
a.org" xmlnsnikon"http//w
ww.nikon.com"
xmlnsolympus"http//www.olympus.com"
xmlnspentax"http//www.pentax.com"
elementFormDefault"qualified"
gt ltxsdimport namespace"http//www.nikon.com"
schemaLocation"Nikon.xsd"/gt
ltxsdimport namespace"http//www.olympus.com"
schemaLocation"Olympus.xsd"/gt
ltxsdimport namespace"http//www.pentax.com"
schemaLocation"Pentax.xsd"/gt
ltxsdelement name"camera"gt
ltxsdcomplexTypegt ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement name"body"
type"nikonbody_type"/gt
ltxsdelement name"lens" type"olympuslens_type"/
gt ltxsdelement
name"manual_adapter
type"pentaxmanual_adapt
er_type"/gt lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsdelementgt ltxsdschemagt
Here I am using the body_type that is defined in
the Nikon namespace
Camera.xsd
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lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltccamera
xmlnsc"http//www.camera.org"
xmlnsnikon"http//www.nikon.com"
xmlnsolympus"http//www.olympus.com"
xmlnspentaxhttp//www.pentax.com
ltcbodygt ltnikondescriptiongtErgonomically
designed casing for easy handling
lt/nikondescriptiongt lt/cbodygt ltclensgt
ltolympuszoomgt300mmlt/olympuszoomgt
ltolympusf-stopgt1.2lt/olympusf-stopgt
lt/clensgt ltcmanual_adaptergt
ltpentaxspeedgt1/10,000 sec to 100
seclt/pentaxspeedgt lt/cmanual_adaptergt lt/ccam
eragt
lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.olympus.com"
xmlns"http//www.olympus.com"
elementFormDefault"qualified"gt
ltxsdcomplexType name"lens_type"gt
ltxsdsequencegt ltxsdelement
name"zoom" type"xsdstring"/gt
ltxsdelement name"f-stop" type"xsdstring"/gt
lt/xsdsequencegt lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsd
schemagt
lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.nikon
.com" xmlns"http//www.niko
n.com" elementFormDefault"q
ualified"gt ltxsdcomplexType
name"body_type"gt ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement name"description"
type"xsdstring"/gt lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsdschemagt
Camera.xml
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Include

• The include element allows you to access
  components in other schemas
• All the schemas you include must have the same
  namespace as your schema (i.e., the schema that
  is doing the include)
• The net effect of include is as though you had
  typed all the definitions directly into the
  containing schema

LibraryEmployee.xsd
LibraryBook.xsd
ltxsdschema gt ltxsdinclude
schemaLocation"LibraryBook.xsd"/gt
ltxsdinclude schemaLocation"LibraryEmployee.xsd"/
gt lt/xsdschemagt
Library.xsd
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lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltxsdschema
xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace"http//www.libra
ry.org" xmlns"http//www.li
brary.org"
elementFormDefault"qualified"gt ltxsdinclude
schemaLocation"LibraryBook.xsd"/gt
ltxsdinclude schemaLocation"LibraryEmployee.xsd"/
gt ltxsdelement name"Library"gt
ltxsdcomplexTypegt ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement name"Books"gt
ltxsdcomplexTypegt
ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement ref"Book" maxOccurs"unbounded"/gt
lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt
lt/xsdelementgt ltxsdelement
name"Employees"gt
ltxsdcomplexTypegt
ltxsdsequencegt
ltxsdelement ref"Employee" maxOccurs"unbounded"/
gt lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt
lt/xsdelementgt lt/xsdsequencegt
lt/xsdcomplexTypegt lt/xsdelementgt lt/xsdschem
agt
These are referencing element declarations in
other schemas.
Library.xsd
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XML Path

• XML
• DTD
• XML Schema
• XML Namespace
• XPath
• DOM Tree
• XSLT

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XPath

• Language for addressing parts of an XML document.
  
• It operates on the tree data model of XML
• XPath is a syntax for defining parts of an XML
  document
• XPath uses paths to define XML elements
• It has a non-XML syntax
• XPath defines a library of standard functions
• Such as arithmetic expressions.
• XPath is a major element in XSLT and XML query
  languages
• XPath is a W3C Standard

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What is XPath

• Like Traditional File Paths
• XPath uses path expressions to identify nodes in
  an XML document. These path expressions look very
  much like the expressions you see when you work
  with a computer file system
• public_html/569/xml.ppt
• Books/book/author/name/FirstName
• Absolute path
• /library/author/book
• Relative path
• Author/book

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XML Path example

• /library
• /library/author
• //author
• /library/_at_location
• //book_at_titleArtificial Intelligence

• ltlibrary location"Bremen"gt
• ltauthor name"Henry Wise"gt
• ltbook title"Artificial Intelligence"/gt
• ltbook title"Modern Web Services"/gt
• ltbook title"Theory of Computation"/gt
• lt/authorgt
• ltauthor name"William Smart"gt
• ltbook title"Artificial Intelligence"/gt
• lt/authorgt
• ltauthor name"Cynthia Singleton"gt
• ltbook title"The Semantic Web"/gt
• ltbook title"Browser Technology Revised"/gt
• lt/authorgt
• lt/librarygt

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XML Path Example

• Address all author elements
• /library/author
• Addresses all author elements that are children
  of the library element node, which resides
  immediately below the root
• /t1/.../tn, where each ti1 is a child node of
  ti, is a path through the tree representation
• Address all author elements
• //author
• Here // says that we should consider all elements
  in the document and check whether they are of
  type author
• This path expression addresses all author
  elements anywhere in the document

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XPath example

• Select the location attribute nodes within
  library element nodes
• /library/_at_location
• The symbol _at_ is used to denote attribute nodes
• Select all title attribute nodes within book
  elements anywhere in the document, which have the
  value Artificial Intelligence
• //book/_at_title"Artificial Intelligence
• Select all books with title Artificial
  Intelligence
• /library/author/book_at_title"Artificial
  Intelligence"
• Test within square brackets a filter expression
• It restricts the set of addressed nodes.
• Difference with previous query.
• This query addresses book elements, the title of
  which satisfies a certain condition.
• Previous query collects title attribute nodes of
  book elements

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XPath syntax

• A path expression consists of a series of steps,
  separated by slashes
• A step consists of
• An axis specifier,
• A node test, and
• An optional predicate
• An axis specifier determines the tree
  relationship between the nodes to be addressed
  and the context node
• E.g. parent, ancestor, child (the default),
  sibling, attribute node
• // is such an axis specifier descendant or self
• childbook select all book elements that are
  children of current node
• A node test specifies which nodes to address
• The most common node tests are element names
• /library/author
• E.g., addresses all element nodes
• /library/
• comment() selects all comment nodes
• /library/commnets()

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XPath syntax

• Predicates (or filter expressions) are optional
  and are used to refine the set of addressed nodes
• E.g., the expression 1 selects the first node
• position()last() selects the last node
• position() mod 2 0 selects the even nodes
• XPath has a more complicated full syntax.
• We have only presented the abbreviated syntax

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More examples

• Address the first author element node in the XML
  document
• //author1
• Address the last book element within the first
  author element node in the document
• //author1/booklast()
• Address all book element nodes without a title
  attribute
• //booknot _at_title

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Where we are

• XML
• DTD
• XML Schema
• XML Namespace
• XPath
• DOM Tree
• XSLT

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How to process XML

• XML does not DO anything
• Process XML using general purpose languages
• Java, Perl, C
• DOM is the basis
• Process XML using special purpose languages
• translate the stock XML file to an HTML table.
• Transform the XML XSLT
• tell me the stocks that are higher that 100.
• Query XML XQuery

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DOM (Document Object Model)

• What DOM is application programming interface
  (API) for processing XML documents
• http//www.w3c.org/DOM/
• Why
• unique interface.
• Platform and language independence.
• How It defines the logical structure of
  documents and the way to access and manipulate it
• With the Document Object Model, one can
• Create an object tree
• Navigate its structure
• Access, add, modify, or delete elements etc

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XML tree hierarchy

• XML can be described by a tree hierarchy

Document
Unit
Document
Sub-unit
Parent
Unit
Child
Sub-unit
Sibling
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DOM tree model

• Generic tree model
• Node
• Type, name, value
• Attributes
• Parent node
• Previous, next sibling nodes
• First, last child nodes
• Many other entities extends node
• Document
• Element
• Attribute
• ... ...

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DOM class hierarchy
DocumentFragment
Document
Text
CDATASection
CharacterData
Comment
Attr
Node
Element
DocumentType
NodeList
Notation
NamedNodeMap
Entity
DocumentType
EntityReference
ProcessingInstruction
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JavaDoc of DOM API
http//xml.apache.org/xerces-j/apiDocs/index.html
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Remarks on javadoc

• javadoc is a command included in JDK
• It is a useful tool generate HTML description for
  your programs, so that you can use a browser to
  look at the description of the classes
• JavaDoc describes classes, their relationships,
  methods, attributes, and comments.
• When you write java programs, the JavaDoc is the
  first place that you should look at
• For core java, there is JavaDoc to describe every
  class in the language
• To know how to use DOM, look at the javaDoc of
  org.w3c.dom package.
• If you are a serious java programmer
• you should have the core jdk javaDoc ready on
  your hard disk
• You should generate the javaDoc for other people
  to look at.
• To run javadoc, type
• Dgtjavadoc .java
• This is to generate JavaDoc for all the classes
  under current directory.

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Methods in Node interface

• Three categories of methods
• Node characteristics
• name, type, value
• Contextual location and access to relatives
• parents, siblings, children, ancestors,
  descendants
• Node modification
• Edit, delete, re-arrange child nodes

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XML parser and DOM
DOM XML parser
Your XML application
DOM API
DOM Tree

• When you parse an XML document with a DOM parser,
  you get back a tree structure that contains all
  of the elements of your document
• DOM also provides a variety of functions you can
  use to examine the contents and structure of the
  document.

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DOM tree and DOM classes
ltstocksgt
ltstock Exchangenyse gt
ltstock exchangenasdaqgt
ltnamegt
ltpricegt
ltnamegt
ltpricegt
ltsymbolgt
IBM
105
amzn
15.45
Amazon inc
Element
child
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Use Java to process XML

• Tasks
• How to construct the DOM tree from an XML text
  file?
• How to get the list of stock elements?
• How to get the attribute value of the second
  stock element?
• Construct the Document object
• Need to use an XML parser (XML4J)
• Remember to import the necessary packages
• The benefits of DOM the following lines are the
  only difference if you use another DOM XML parser.

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Get the first stock element
lt?xml version"1.0" ?gt ltstocksgt ltstock
exchange"nasdaq"gt  ltnamegtamazon corplt/namegt
  ltsymbolgtamznlt/symbolgt  
ltpricegt16lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt ltstock
exchange"nyse"gt  ltnamegtIBM inclt/namegt  
ltpricegt102lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt  lt/stocksgt
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Navigate to the next sibling of the first stock
element
lt?xml version"1.0" ?gt ltstocksgt ltstock
exchange"nasdaq"gt  ltnamegtamazon corplt/namegt
  ltsymbolgtamznlt/symbolgt  
ltpricegt16lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt ltstock
exchange"nyse"gt  ltnamegtIBM inclt/namegt  
ltpricegt102lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt  lt/stocksgt
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Be aware the Text object in two elements
lt?xml version"1.0" ?gt ltstocksgt ltstock
exchange"nasdaq"gt  ltnamegtamazon corplt/namegt
  ltsymbolgtamznlt/symbolgt  
ltpricegt16lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt ltstock
exchange"nyse"gt  ltnamegtIBM inclt/namegt  
ltpricegt102lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt  lt/stocksgt
Question How many children does the stocks node
have?
text
text
text
text
text
text
text
text
text
text
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Remarks on XML parsers

• There are several different ways to categorise
  parsers
• Validating versus non-validating parsers
• It takes a significant amount of effort for an
  XML parser to process a DTD and make sure that
  every element in an XML document follows the
  rules of the DTD
• If only want to find tags and extract information
  - use non-validating
• Validating or non-validating can be turned on or
  off in parsers.
• Parsers that support the Document Object Model
  (DOM)
• Parsers that support the Simple API for XML (SAX)
  
• Parsers written in a particular language (Java,
  C, Perl, etc.).

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Where we are

• XML
• DTD
• XML Schema
• XML Namespace
• XPath
• DOM Tree
• XSLT

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History
XSL
(low-precision graphics, e.g.,HTML, text, XML)
XQuery
(high-precision graphics, e.g., PDF)
XLink/ XPointer
XSL
XSLT
XMLSchemas
XPath
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XSLT(XML Stylesheet Language Transformation)

• XSLT Version 1.0 is a W3C Recommendation, 1999
• http//www.w3.org/Style/XSL/
• XSLT is used to transform XML to other formats

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XSLT basics

• XSLT is an XML document itself
• It is a tree transformation language

• It is a rule-based declarative language
• XSLT program consists of a sequence of rules.
• It is a functional programming language.

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XSLT Example transform to another XML
lt?xml version"1.0" ?gt ltstocksgt ltstock
exchange"nasdaq"gt  ltnamegtamazon corp
lt/namegt   ltsymbolgtamznlt/symbolgt  
ltpricegt16lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt ltstock
exchange"nyse"gt  ltnamegtIBM inclt/namegt  
ltpricegt102lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt  lt/stocksgt
lt?xml version"1.0gt ltcompaniesgt ltcompanygt
ltvaluegt24 CAD lt/valuegt ltnamegtamazon
corplt/namegt lt/companygt ltcompanygt
ltvaluegt153 CAD lt/valuegt ltnamegtIBM inclt/namegt
lt/companygt lt/companiesgt
?
stock.xml
output

• Rename the element names
• Remove the attribute and the symbol element
• Change the order between name and price.
• Change the US dollar to CAD.

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XSLT rule ltxsltemplategt
ltxsltemplate match"stock"gt ltcompanygt ltvaluegt
ltxslvalue-of select"price1.5"/gt
CAD lt/valuegt ltnamegt ltxslvalue-of
select"name"/gt lt/namegt ltcompanygt lt/xsltemplategt
xslt template for ltstockgt
lt?xml version"1.0" ?gt ltstocksgt ltstock
exchange"nasdaq"gt  ltnamegtamazon corp
lt/namegt   ltsymbolgtamznlt/symbolgt  
ltpricegt16lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt ltstock
exchange"nyse"gt  ltnamegtIBM inclt/namegt  
ltpricegt102lt/pricegt   lt/stockgt  lt/stocksgt
ltcompanygt ltvaluegt get the value of ltpricegt
1.5, i.e. 24 CAD lt/valuegt ltnamegt get the
value of ltnamegt, i.e amazon lt/namegt lt/companygt
Part of the output
stock.xml
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XSLT process model
apply template 1 to ltstocksgt
ltxsltemplate match"/"gt ltcompaniesgt ltxslapply-
templates select"stocks/stock/gt lt/companiesgt lt/x
sltemplategt ltxsltemplate match"stock"gt ltcompa
nygt ltvaluegt ltxslvalue-of select"price1.5"/gt
CADlt/valuegt ltnamegt ltxslvalue-of
select"name"/gt lt/namegtlt/companygt lt/xsltemplategt
ltcompaniesgt apply template 2 to ltstockgt
1 apply template 2 to ltstockgt
2 lt/companiesgt
ltcompanygt ltvaluegt get the value of
ltpricegt1.5,i.e. 24 CAD lt/valuegt ltnamegt get
the value of ltnamegt, i.e amazon lt/namegtlt/companygt
ltcompanygt valuegt get the value of
ltpricegt1.5,i.e., 153 CAD lt/valuegt ltnamegt
get the value of ltnamegt, i.e., IBM lt/namegtlt/compan
ygt
toXML.xsl
xslt output
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Transforming XML to HTML
toHTML.xsl
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Running XSLT from the client side

• Browser gets the XMLXSLT, and interprets them
  inside the browser.
• How to specify the XSL associated with the XML
  file?
• lt?xml-stylesheet type"text/xsl"
  href"stock.xsl"?gt
• Advantages
• Easy to develop and deploy.
• Disadvantages
• Not every browser supports XMLXSL
• Browsers do not support all XSLT features
• Not secure you only want to show part of the XML
  data
• Not efficient.

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Run XSLT from the server side

• XSL processor transforms the XML and XSLT to
  HTML, and the web server send the HTML to the
  browser.
• Popular tool xalan

XSL Processor
Web server
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Why XML is useful

• Data exchange
• Data integration

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Why XML is useful(cont.)

• Present to different devices

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XML references

• For XML and related specifications www.w3c.org
• For Java support for XML, like XML parser, XSLT
  processor www.apache.org
• For xml technologies www.xml.com
• XML integrated development environment
  www.xmlspy.com