SE 560 Structured Document Interchange and Processing
Summary
This course covers the technologies associated with the Extensible Markup Language (XML), a cross-platform, general, extensible, well-specified, well-known, text-based format for hierarchical (tree-structured) data. Applications of these technologies will be discussed in conjunction with tools and techniques for parsing, transforming, and manipulating documents. In particular, we will cover:
- Validation (examples use regular expression types, DTDs, XML
Schema).
- Tree-based operations (examples use XSLT and the DOM API for
Java).
- Stream-based operations (examples use "pull" APIs and SAX for
Java).
- Serialization and data binding.
- Uses of XML in building distributed systems, e.g. web services
(examples use SOAP with Java).
Java will be used for source code examples, exercises, assignments, and the final exam.
Texts
Required
- The XML Companion, by Neil Bradley, published by Addison Wesley,
third edition, 2001, ISBN 0201770598.
- XSLT, first edition, by Doug Tidwell, published by O'Reilly
& Associates, 2001, ISBN 0596000537.
Recommended
- Java and XML, by Brett McLaughlin, published by O'Reilly &
Associates, second edition, 2001, ISBN 0596001975.
Grading
The course grade will be apportioned as follows:
| Homeworks |
50% |
Midterm Exam
|
20%
|
Final Exam
|
30% |
There will be a total of 8 homeworks, but only your best 7 will count
toward
the final grade, so you may miss a homework with no penalty. Any
homework or project not handed in by the deadline will
receive 0 points.
To do well in this course, you should attend (or view) the class
regularly,
participate in the live (or online) discussions, read the chapters
in the books each week
as indicated in the course calendar, start working on the homeworks
early, and
talk to me promptly if you have any problems. The answers to the
homework and exam questions, as well as your code, should be written in
a way
that is rigorous, clear and concise.
Prerequisites
You must have taken SE450 or (SE 430 and (CSC383 or an equivalent data structures course)). I will assume that:
- You are a strong Java programmer, you understand interfaces and
packages, and you are able to resolve class-loading problems.
- You are familiar with data structures, and in particular with the
properties of the tree data structure.
- You are familiar with regular expressions.
This syllabus is subject to change as necessary during the quarter. If a change occurs, it will be thoroughly addressed during class, posted under Announcements in D2L and sent via email.
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