Richard G Baldwin (512) 223-4758, NRG Room 4238, Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com, http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/

ITSE1356 Introduction to XML

This document is provided for classroom sections and Distance Learning sections taught by Professor Baldwin.

About the XSLT Processor
Fall 2009

Revised 06/08/09

The official web page for this course is http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/Fall09/Itse1356WebPage/ITSE1356.htm.  

Various aspects of the textbook suggest that you must have access to an XSLT processor, such as Exchanger XML Lite (see http://www.freexmleditor.com/) to successfully complete this course.  However, that is not the case.  Access to such a processor might be educationally beneficial for you.  However, such access is not a requirement for the successful completion of this course.

While you are free (and encouraged) to install and use Exchanger XML or some other suitable XSLT processor on your own computer, the ACC labs are not licensed to provide and do not provide an XSLT processor.  Furthermore, you are not allowed to install your own software in the ACC labs.

XSLT processor is not a requirement

The course has been carefully designed to eliminate the requirement for access to an XSLT processor as a condition for successful completion of the course.  The only software that you will need to successfully complete this course is a simple text editor and a web browser comparable to Internet Explorer 7 or later.

Text editor

There are several text editors installed on the computers in the ACC lab at NRG that are entirely adequate for creating XML documents.  This includes JCreator, Notepad, PFE32 and probably some others as well.  Those of you who are working at home can use any plain text editor, of which dozens are freely available for downloading on the web (or you can use Exchanger XML or some other XSLT processor if you have it available).

The bottom line

The bottom line is that you will not need access to an XSLT processor to successfully complete this course.

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