The purpose of this course is to provide a foundation for the core XML technologies that are used within the document engineering domain. The specifics of XML and related standards will be covered in detail. Also, assignments related to learning to work within these standards will be assigned.

This course will cover XML, XPath, XSLT, XML Schema, CSS and XSL FO. In addition, we will use several "extensions" and addition tools to look at XML Schema's PSVI and pipelines. This will provide a look into the future of XML in relation to schema-based processing and XML processing models.

During approximately the last four weeks of class there will be project work that will encompass all the technologies learnt previously. These projects will be related to the topics covered in this course. While some may be suggested by the instructor, it is also possible for the student to substitute their own projects as long as they relate in the same manner to the course contents.

During the final week of class, a short presentation will be given by each student on their project. A presentation should include a motivation for the project, a technical description of the solution, and possibly a demonstration. In addition, a short paper describing the solution will be submitted and graded. One of the purposes of this paper is to give a flavor of the kind of documentation that should accompany an XML-related project. Also, this project and its paper will be considered the final for the course.

Note: Although Document Engineering (290-4) and this course compliment each other, it is not necessary to take 290-4 concurrently. This course will operate independently of 290-4.

Homework Upload: https://cardea.sims.berkeley.edu/upload/doc-eng-lab/

Project Documentation Format: projects.zip