This training course is designed for all those responsible for making technical and architectural choices, where Java is a possible solution.

Prerequisites:
• A basic knowledge of object-oriented technologies is necessary.

Ratio of theory to practice:
• A theoretical training course illustrated through concrete examples, provided in the form of program extracts and architecture descriptions.

Objectives
XML, the Internet exchange standard, integrates techniques based on document management, which are generally thought of as being the cornerstones in the implementation of new information system and intranet architectures.

The concept
• Presentation
• The origins of XML
• The founding principles of XML
• The need for a new data exchange language
• The XML planet
• The principal players on the market
• The benefits of XML

The XML language
• General principle
• Instances
• DTD
• Notion of formed or valid documents
• Structure of a well-formed document
• XML stylistics
• XML document editors
• XML support in browsers

The DTD
• Objectives and advantages
• Internal DTDs
• Contents
• Writing rules
• XML parser
• DTD editors

SAX and DOM
• Presentation

The XSL style language
• Style sheets
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Why XSL?
• Presentation

XML and content management
• Content management
• XML and the dynamic exchange of contents
• Scientific XML
• XML and republication

E-commerce
• Definitions
• XML for the company
• B2C
• Web services
• EAI
• B2B

The future of XML
• What the future holds