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This course is for Web designers who would like to build and manage XML documents and sites.

Viewing and Understanding XML provides an introduction to the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and its general format.
Creating a Basic Document shows Web developers how to build an XML data document.
Building DTDs & Checking Documents explains how to build Document Type Definitions and how to check documents for validity and well-formedness.
Entities provides an overview of the internal external and parameter entities in XML documents.
The Document Object Model explains how XML data can be accessed and manipulated with the DOM.
CSS and XSL Style Sheets explains how to use Cascading Style Sheets and eXtensible Style Language to style XML data for display in a Web browser.

During the courses, you will learn how to:

Distinguish among XML HTML and SGML
Read a basic XML document
Identify XML document structure
View XML source documents in Internet Explorer 5
Create elements
Build element models
Name XML objects
Create declarations
Create well-formed documents
Create and use internal DTDs
Create and use external DTDs
Develop external DTDs
Use parameter entities and modular DTDs
Check documents for validity and well-formedness
Identify entities and use them within an XML document
Create and manage internal entities
Create and manage external entities
Create and manage parameter entities
Explain how multiple entities are resolved within a document
Manage character sets and entity encoding
Identify XML data by its object hierarchy
Explain the structure of the Document Object Model
Explain and use the most important objects
Use Cascading Style Sheets to format XML data
Use eXtensible Style Language to format XML Data
Build and use XSL templates

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