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XML Data Management Course Outline and Organisation

XML Data Management Course Outline and Organisation. Werner Nutt. Objectives. Overview of XML data model , usage of XML technologies to handle XML (generate, parse, process, store) Present Languages to specify the structure of XML documents (DTDs and XML Schema)

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XML Data Management Course Outline and Organisation

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  1. XML Data Management Course Outline and Organisation Werner Nutt

  2. Objectives • Overview of • XML data model, • usage of XML • technologies to handle XML (generate, parse, process, store) • Present Languages to specify the structure of XML documents (DTDs and XML Schema) • Present Languages to query and transform XML documents (XPath, XSLT, XQuery) • Introduce Tools that implement these languages (parsers, editors, validity checkers, query engines, etc.)

  3. Students will … • try out the tools in the labs • solve exercises • write DTDs and XML schemas • query documents with XPath • transform documents with XSLT and XQuery • build small applications that process XML data, e.g., • find differences between documents • write a Web application using XQuery (Coursework!)

  4. Course Content (1) • Purpose and usage of XML • XML Syntax: • XML markup rules • well-formed XML documents • Specifying the structure of documents: DTDs • More expressive schemas: XML schema • Extracting data from documents: XPath • Querying and constructing XML with XQuery • Transforming documents with XSLT

  5. Course Content (2) • Parsing and generating XML with a programming language: • DOM and SAX parsing in Java Possibly: • XML and relational databases: • PostgreSQL support for XML • Native XML databases • BaseX, eXist

  6. Student Input I have given the course already last year, but • I would like to try out new things the course is not yet 100% prepared. If you have ideas, proposals for further • topics • activities, let me know. I will see whether we can accommodate them.

  7. Course Format • Lectures • introduce new concepts, give examples • Labs • exercises (preparation for exam questions) • support for projects • Coursework projects • Handling XML in Java: define and develop your version of xdiff • Web application in XQuery (?)

  8. Books Textbooks • Learning XML, 2nd Edition By Erik T. Ray • XQuery, By Priscilla Walmsley Both books are available as electronic editions at the library website (need login and passwd) Additional reading: • Einstieg in XML: Grundlagen, Praxis, Referenz, By Helmut Vonhoegen Hardcover book, available in the library

  9. Course Organization • Lectures: Wed 10:30-12:30 (room changes!) • Labs: Mo 16:00-17:00, SER-E 431 • Office hours: Mo 15:00-16:00, POS 2.09 • Course web site will develop at www.inf.unibz.it/~nutt/XMLDM1213 Will contain • slides • lab instructions • example code • pointers to literature and software

  10. Assessment Based on • written exam • coursework (cw) Final mark = max { 30% x cw + 70% x exam, exam} This means: • The final mark cannot get worse by the coursework • You can improve the exam mark with the coursework Example: • exam = 20, cw = 29  final = 23

  11. Final Exam Will test technicalskills, e.g., • write DTDs and/or XML schemas • write XPath expressions • write queries in XQuery • write XSLT transformations (see past exam on course page) I may add questions that test general understanding, e.g., • role of XML in an application • shortcomings of DTDs vs XML Schema • how to build an application with XQuery

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