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

ITSE1356 Introduction to XML

This material applies to classroom sections and Distance Learning sections taught by Professor Baldwin.

Course Requirements

Fall 2009

Revised 06/08/09

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

Overview

To successfully complete this course, you must meet the following requirements:

Submit two written exams by the dates and times specified in the Syllabus.
Submit the eight assignments shown in the table at the end of this document by the dates and times specified.

Exams

The textbook is divided into Tutorials instead of chapters. For this course, you will be responsible for the material in Tutorials 1 through 8.

Online study guides are available to help you to prepare for the exams.

Each exam will consist of 25 written questions very similar to the questions in the study guides that cover the tutorials for that exam.

The first exam will cover Tutorials 1 through 4.

The second exam will cover Tutorials 5 through 8.

Detailed instructions for completing the exams are provided in a companion document on this web site titled Instructions for Submitting Exams.

Data files

In order to complete the assignments, you must start with data files that are provided by the textbook publisher. Instructions for downloading those data files from the publisher's web site are printed on the inside back cover of the textbook.

A note regarding an XSLT processor

See the companion document entitled About the XSLT Processor.

Assignments

Detailed instructions regarding the mechanics of submitting the assignments are provided in a companion document titled Instructions for Submitting Assignments.

Each assignment must be submitted by 7:59 a.m. on the date shown in the following table.

Asg Number	Due Date	Assignment
1	09/15/09	Create a Well-Formed XML Document
2	09/22/09	Fixing a Broken XML Document
3	10/06/09	Creating an XML Document with Style - Tutorial 1, Case 1, Jackson Electronics, Page 39.
4	10/20/09	DTD Validation - Tutorial 3, Case 1, Professional Basketball Association, Page 135.
5	11/03/09	Create a Cascading Style Sheet - Tutorial 5, Case 1, Hardin Financial, Page 286.
6	11/17/09	Working with XSLT and XPATH - Tutorial 6, Case 1, SkyWeb, Page 358.
7	12/01/09	Creating a Computational Style Sheet - Tutorial 7, Case 1, Election Web, Page 436.
8	12/08/09	Creating Element Groups - Tutorial 8, Case 1, North American Film Academy, Page 497.

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