Markup Languages and Document Processing

Code:

EIC0059

Acronym:

LNPD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Programming

Instance: 2008/2009 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://web.fe.up.pt/~jlopes/teach/2008-09/LNPD/
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEIC	24	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

Identify the use of markup languages in documents, in data repositories and in applications;
Analyze an XML document and decide whether it complies to a model;
Tell the difference between a standardized language for an application domain and the ad-hoc uses of markup languages;
Design a markup language to support a document type or the data for an application;
Evaluate and compare XML-based and other solutions to support application data interchange;
Design XSL stylesheets to transform documents;
Compare markup languages to other document and data representations with respect to the support to data preservation along technological change;
Develop an XML-based prototype application involving the use of a dialect,document processing and user interface.

Program

Introduction to XML. Markup languages. Language families and markup. Structured and semi-structured information. Markup. Markup categories. Markup languages. The XML meta-language.
XML document validation — DTD's. Well-formed XML documents. Valid XML document. Physical structure. Entities. External entities. Parametric entities. The logical structure of documents. Document models. DTD's and their components.
XML document validation — XML Schemas. Document models. XML Schemas. Namespaces. Element declaration. Datatypes. Attributes. Composition. Cardinality. Examples.
Navigation in XML documents. The XPath language. Data models. Operators and special characters. Syntax. Navigation axes. Predicates and functions. Location specification with XPointer. Points and intervals. Hypertext links with XLink. Simple links and extended links.
XML document composition. XML Base. Document composition. XInclude.
XML document presentation with CSS. XML presentation with cascading stylesheets. Stylesheet authoring. CSS2 processing model. Rules.
XML document transformation — XSLT. XSL stylesheet. XSLT processor. Transforming XML to HTML. XSL syntax and semantics. Processing model. Template rules. XSLT elements. Default rules. Generating stylesheets. Examples.
XML presentation with XSL-FO. XSL processing. XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO). Apache FOP.
Querying XML documents. The XQuery language. Data model and processing model. XQuery expressions. FLWR expressions. Operators. Functions. Variables. Universal and existential quantification. Joins. Select, sort and group. Examples with the Saxon processor.
XML processing in applications. Read and write XML. The DOM interface. Java bindings. DOM Level 2. JDOM. JAXB. The SAX interface. Java bindings. StAX. Examples. XML and data access. A Web application with XML, JAXB and DAO.

Mandatory literature

Moller, Anders; An introduction to XML and web technologies. ISBN: 0-321-26966-7

Complementary Bibliography

Harold, Elliotte Rusty; XML in a nutshell. ISBN: 0-596-00292-0
Bradley, Neil; The XML companion. ISBN: 0-201-77059-8
Ramalho, José Carlos; XML & XSL. ISBN: 972-722-347-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures include theoretical presentation of the course subjects and practical sessions where proposed research topics are discussed with the students and practical coursework reported.

Software

XML Spy
Oxygen

keywords

Physical sciences > Computer science > Programming

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	36,00
XML Dialect (T1)	Trabalho escrito	30,00		2009-03-23
XMLT Processing (T2)	Trabalho escrito	30,00		2009-04-27
XML based application (T3)	Trabalho escrito	50,00		2009-06-08
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	14	2009-06-08
	Total:	14,00

Eligibility for exams

Minimum required to pass this course: 50% practical assessment, 40% theoretical assessment.

Calculation formula of final grade

60% * Practical assignments + 40% * Exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students taking exams under special regimes are expected to previously submit the assignments required for this course.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students taking exams under special regimes are expected to previously submit the assignments required for this course.

Classification improvement

Students may improve the mark obtained in the practical component in the subject's next edition. Exam marks may be improved in the resit exam period.