XML Schema Training

Course Number: XML-110
GSA/Previous Course Number: 503
Duration: 2 days
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XML Schema Training Overview

Accelebrate's XML Schema course gives the student who knows the fundamentals of XML a detailed introduction to the XML Schema standard for defining document type information.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/xml_html_js.htm.

XML Schema Training Prerequisites

Prior knowledge of XML.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This XML Schema training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 15 minutes. Students "learn by doing," with immediate opportunities to apply the material they learn to real-world problems.

XML Schema Training Materials

More than 250 pages of comprehensive courseware and a copy of Definitive XML Schema.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

A validating XML editor of your choice. We'd be delighted to advise you on selecting the appropriate tool.

XML Schema Training Objectives

After this training, attendees shall be able to:

Develop XML Schema to express precise type information for an XML document.
Associate schema with XML instance documents.
Validate instance documents against associated schema.
Define simple types, and use value restrictions and enumerations to constrain values.
Define list types and union types.
Create complex types, including simple types and other complex types, and empty- and mixed-content types.
Define element and attribute groups for better reuse and more maintainable schema.
Associate elements of different types using keys and key references.
Create derived simple and complex types using restriction and/or extension.
Develop hierarchies of reusable complex types using type extension.
Populate multiple namespaces using schema, and import and use those namespaces in valid instance documents.
Design schema that maximize validation capabilities and type reuse.
Use XSLT as an additional stage of document validation, to catch patterns that XML Schema cannot be used to express.

XML Schema Training Outline

Getting Started with XML Schema

What is an XML schema?
Schemas vs. DTDs
Structure of a Schema
Associating Schema with Documents
Types of Types
Defining Elements
Defining Complex Types
Validation

Simple Types

Simple and Atomic Types
Built-In Types
Primitives
Numeric Derived Types
String Derived Types
Simple Type Restriction
Facets
Value Ranges
Enumerations
Patterns
Lists
Unions
Nillable Values

Complex Types

Model Groups
Sequences, Conjunctions, and Disjunctions
Particles
Occurrence Constraints
Global and Local Definitions
Defining Attributes
Empty, Any, and Mixed Content
Model Group Definitions
Attribute Group Definitions
Annotations

Keys and Key References

Schema as Object Models
UML for XML
Composition
Association
Identity Constraints
Asserting Uniqueness
Keys and Key References
Controlling Association Cardinality

Reusing Schema Types

Type Specialization
Extending Complex Types
Using Extended Types
Derivation by Restriction
Abstract Types
Substitution Groups
"Complete" Specialization (The final Attribute)

Namespaces and Schema

Using Namespaces in Documents
Populating a Namespace
Qualified and Unqualified Locals
Multiple Namespaces in Schema
Importing and Including Schema
Multiple Schema per Namespace
Validating by Namespace (Wildcards)

Using Schema in XML Applications

Schema Design Issues
Type Granularity
Ease of Parsing, Transformation, Presentation and Maintenance
Mapping from Object Models
Mapping from Database Schema
Foreign-Key Relationships
XSLT for Validation
Application Validation

Conclusion

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