Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Transforming and Querying XML with XSLT and XQuery
$250.00
Dates: March 3 - March 30Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
This course will provide an introduction to the XSL Transformation language (XSLT) and the XML Query language (XQuery) including hands-on basic coding in both XSLT and XQuery. The goal of this course is to introduce students to some basic XML tools for manipulating XML documents and data and asking questions of XML data.
Topics will include:
- learning XSL language fundamentals and how to write basic XSL transformations
- learning XQuery fundamentals and how to write basic XQueries
- understanding the differences between XSL and XQuery
- how to write code to transform XML documents into other formats (for example, (X)HTML5, RSS, etc.)
Course Prerequisites: students should have a basic knowledge of XML and XPath before starting the course.
This course is part of the Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems.
We recommend taking our Introduction to XML course before taking this class.
Course Description
This course will provide an introduction to the XSL Transformation language (XSLT) and the XML Query language (XQuery) including hands-on basic coding in both XSLT and XQuery. The goal of this course is to introduce students to some basic XML tools for manipulating XML documents and data and asking questions of XML data.
Topics will include:
- learning XSL language fundamentals and how to write basic XSL transformations
- learning XQuery fundamentals and how to write basic XQueries
- understanding the differences between XSL and XQuery
- how to write code to transform XML documents into other formats (for example, (X)HTML5, RSS, etc.)
Course Prerequisites: students should have a basic knowledge of XML and XPath before starting the course.
This course is part of the Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems.
We recommend taking our Introduction to XML course before taking this class.
Robert Chavez
Robert Chavez holds a PhD in Classical Studies from Indiana University. From 1994-1999 he worked in the Library Electronic Text Resource Service at Indiana University Bloomington as an electronic text specialist. From 1999-2007 Robert worked at Tufts University at the Perseus Project and the Digital Collections and Archives as a programmer, digital humanist, and institutional repository program manager. He currently works for the New England Journal of Medicine as Content Applications Architect.
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