XMLSpy, StyleVision, and MapForce Training: Mastering the Altova MissionKit

XMLSpy, StyleVision, and MapForce Training Outline

• Introducing XMLSpy
• Review of XML technologies and how they are used in modern applications
• Overview of how XMLSpy facilitates development of the XML-related features of these applications
• Overview of the XMLSpy environment
• Customizing the XMLSpy environment
• Editing XML documents with XMLSpy
• Creating an xml document
• Adhering to syntax guidelines
• Specifying an XML processing instruction
• Creating elements and attributes
• Checking a document for well-formedness
• Specifying an applicable DTD (Document Type Definition) or schema
• Validating a document against the DTD or schema
• Embedding comments, entities, and character data
• Using XMLSpy's Grid view as a more visual way to edit XML documents
• Creating XML documents based on DTDs
• Deciding on the structure of your document type or types
• Deciding whether to specify document types via DTDs or Schemas
• Building a DTD in XMLSpy
• Defining elements and attributes
• Defining entities
• Controlling element frequency
• Controlling acceptable attribute values
• Controlling whether an attribute is optional or required
• Applying the DTD
• Specifying the DOCTYPE of an XML document
• Internal DTDs
• External DTDs
• Creating new documents based on the DTD
• Applying a DTD to an existing document and bringing it into conformance with the DTD
• Validating a document against the DTD
• Creating XML documents based on XML Schemas
• Why use a schema instead of a DTD?
• Building an XML schema visually in XMLSpy's Schema Design View
• Creating simple types
• Deriving simple types
• Creating complex types
• Controlling element and attribute data types
• Controlling element frequency and sequence
• Controlling value ranges for numeric element and attribute values
• Controlling regular expression patterns for string element and attribute values
• Applying XML schemas to existing documents
• Building new documents based on XML schemas
• Advanced XML Schemas
• Why use namespaces in schemas?
• Using namespaces in schemas
• Modeling a schema
• OO schema design
• Importing data into XMLSpy
• Importing plain text files
• Importing data from a relational database
• Importing data
• Generating schemas based on relational database data
• Generating database structures based on existing XML schemas
• Importing data from Word documents
• Projects and tools
• Creating XMLSpy projects
• Building an appropriate directory hierarchy for the project
• Adding and deleting files in the projects
• Using source control with XMLSpy
• Spell checking
• Customizing the editing environment
• XSLT
• Overview of XSL, XSLT, and XSL-FO
• Transforming XML with XSLT
• Creating, applying, and calling templates
• Generating output in multiple document types (XML, HTML, WML, etc.)
• Extracting single values from XML documents and outputting them
• Iterating through multiple elements and displaying their data as lists, tables, etc.
• XSLT conditionals with xsl:if, xsl:choose, xsl:when, and xsl:otherwise
• Sorting output
• Working with XSL text, variables, and data
• Using XSLT modes
• Using XSLT functions
• Web service development with XMLSpy
• Overview of Web services and Web service architecture
• The roles of SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI
• Creating SOAP documents via XMLSpy
• Examining SOAP documents returned by Web services
• Creating WSDL documents via XMLSpy
• Obtaining WSDL documents from Web services
• Building SOAP documents that conform to a Web service's requirements, as set forth in its WSDL file
• Introducing StyleVision
• The role of STLYEVISION within the Enterprise Suite
• The uses of SPS (StyleVision Power Stylesheets)
• The relationship between StyleVision and Authentic view
• Databases and StyleVision
• Key concepts and terminology
• Features overview
• Understanding Namespaces and their role in StyleVision
• How Schemas support namespaces
• Schemas with a single namespace
• Schemas with multiple namespaces
• Global templates
• Building forms with StyleVision
• Designing the form
• Input fields
• Combo boxes
• Check boxes
• Buttons
• Displaying lists with StyleVision
• Generating tables with StyleVision
• Creating static tables
• Creating dynamic tables
• Formatting static and dynamic tables
• XML tables
• Auto-calculations
• Conditional templates
• Date picker
• Input formatting
• Parameters
• PDF processing and page layout
• Understanding XSL-FO syntax
• PDF page definition
• PDF cover page
• PDF headers and footers
• PDF fonts
• Creating SPS stylesheets from database data using StyleVision
• Connecting to a database and setting up the SPS
• Creating and applying DB filters
• Saving generated files from StyleVision
• RTF
• XSLT
• HTML
• XSL-FO
• FO
• PDF
• DB Schema
• DB XML Data
• Understanding Authentic and Authentic view
• The Authentic view interface
• GUI overview
• Using the Authentic toolbars
• Working in the Authentic main window
• Making use of Authentic context menus
• Using Authentic
• Opening an SPS stylesheet
• Adding and editing records
• Saving changes
• Using the Date Picker
• Defining entities
• Adding images
• Adding tables
• Introducing MapForce and its applications
• The roles of MapForce
• Schema-to-Schema mapping
• Database-to-Schema/XML mapping
• XML Schema-to-Database mapping
• Database-to-Database mapping
• On-the-fly transformation and preview of database and UN/EDIFACT data, without code generation, or compilation
• Definition of custom XSLT libraries
• Advanced search and replace functions in transformation preview data
• Key terminology
• Functions and libraries
• MapForce Basics
• Setting up the mapping environment
• Mapping schema items
• Using functions to map data
• Filtering data
• Generating XSLT stylesheets
• Working with multiple target schemas or documents
• Mapping multiple source items to single target items
• Creating the mappings
• Duplicating input items
• Using MapForce with Database Data
• Setting up database drivers
• Setting up code generators for generating Java, C#, or C++ code
• Mapping XML data to databases
• Components and table relationships
• Database relationships and how to preserve or discard them
• Insert, Update, and Delete actions
• Database key settings
• Database table actions
• Generating output values
• Creating and enforcing database relationships
• Database filters and queries
• Review of MapForce database platform support
• Adding custom function libraries (time permitting)
• Configuring the mff file
• Defining the component user interface
• Function implementation details
• Writing your own libraries
• Conclusion