Mastering Altova MissionKit

XML-200 (5 Days)

XMLSpy, StyleVision, and MapForce Training Overview

This course teaches attendees how to do full lifecycle XML development using the key components of Altova MissionKit: XMLSpy, StyleVision, and MapForce.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught as private, customized training for 3 or more attendees at our clients' sites worldwide. In addition, we offer live, private online classes for teams who may be in multiple locations or wish to save on travel costs. Please visit our client list for organizations for whom we have delivered onsite training. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private on-site or online training, please contact us.

XMLSpy, StyleVision, and MapForce Training Objectives

To master using XMLSpy to create, validate, and deploy XML, XSLT, DTD, XML Schema, SOAP, and WSDL documents
To discover how to use StyleVision to create XSLT and XSL-FO stylesheets for generating HTML and PDF documents
To learn how to use MapForce to transform XML documents between types, or to perform transformations between database data and specific XML document types

XMLSpy, StyleVision, and MapForce Training Outline

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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
- 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 MissionKit
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

40%

Lecture/Demo

60%

Lab

Course Number:

XML-200

Duration:

5 Days

Prerequisites:

Prior knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and HTML is strongly recommended. No prior knowledge of XML is presumed.

Training Materials:

All students receive courseware from Accelebrate.

Software Requirements:

A recent version of Altova MissionKit. Since Accelebrate is an Altova Training Partner, we can provide 30-day licenses for use in class upon request.

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