Course Requirements

The official web page for this course is http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/Spring10/Itse1356WebPage/ITSE1356.htm.

Overview

According to the course description, the course will cover the following topics:

• elements
• attributes
• namespaces
• entities
• well-formed documents

Conceptual and practical aspects of XML

Both the conceptual and practical aspects of XML will be covered.  Material for the conceptual aspects will come from the textbook. 

The practical aspects will be covered by the lab assignments, most of which will involve the development of applications using Adobe's Flex Builder 3 software (see Flex0102.htm).  If you plan to do your lab work at home, you will need to download and install the Flex Builder 3 software.

The conceptual aspects

The assigned textbook is very comprehensive and contains material in much more depth than is required for this course.  Therefore, only a portion of the textbook will be used in the course.  The remainder of the textbook will be available for reference purposes if needed.

The textbook is divided into Tutorials instead of chapters.  The following Tutorials will be covered in the course in order to cover the topics listed above:

• Tutorial 1 Creating an XML Document
• Tutorial 2 Working with Namespaces
• Tutorial 3 Validating an XML Document
• Tutorial 5 Working with Cascading Style Sheets

The practical aspects

See Assignments below for more information on covering the practical aspects of XML through laboratory assignments.

Specific requirements

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

As mentioned above, the textbook is divided into Tutorials instead of chapters.

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 textbook Tutorials 1 and 2

The second exam will cover textbook Tutorials 3 and 5

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

A note regarding an XSLT processor

See the companion document titled 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.

Click on the assignment number in the following table to open a page containing the detailed specifications for the assignment.

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

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File: ITSE1356Requirements.htm