1. XML FOR DUMMIES
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Book author: Lucinda Dykes and Ed Tittle
Part 1 : XML Basics
Chapter 2: Using XML for Many Purposes
2. Contents
1 Moving Legacy Data to XML
2 The Many Faces of XML
3 Alphabet Soup: Even More XML
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3. 1. Moving Legacy Data to XML
You may be able to import, export, and otherwise shape-shift your current data into
an XML format. Here’s glimpse of what’s possible:
♦ Is your data in spreadsheets?
○ You can transform this data into XML format by creating an XML
schema for the data and then using that schema in Excel 2003 to create a map
that connects the spreadsheet cell data and th schema.
○ You can then export the spreadsheet file as an XML document.
♦ Is your data in database tables?
○ In access 2003, you can export data in XML format from one or
more tables.
○ Access can create and export an XML document
○ You can also use XMLSpy to import and convert database information
various databases(including Microsoft SQL Server, Ocracle, MySQL,..) into XML
format.
♦ Is your data in CSV(comma –separeted values) text files?
○ You can use XMLSpy to import and convert these text file into XML
format.
4. 2. The Many Faces of XML
Create XML-enabled Web pages.
♦ All this XML versatility does require just a little
extra tweaking.
♦ When it comes to actually adding formatting
information, you hava a couple of options.
♦ You can link an XML document to a CSS
stylesheet. Which would make the information easier
to read as well as visually interesting. Figure2-1a. An
unformatted XML file in a Web browser.
5. ♦ If you use an XSLT stylesheet with your XML document. You can
generate an HTML page with a formatted display; with almost no effort.
As figure 2-1b, the information is now in a much more usable form for
the Web.
♦ This XML file and XSLT stylesheet were both generated from a
database table in Access 2003.
6. The Many Faces of XML(cont..)
Print publishing with XML.
♦ All versions of Word 2003 and Excel 2003 can save
documents in XML format.
♦ XML is now even easier to use with print documents.
♦ XML files are text files=>you can open, modify, or create
them in any text editor.
♦ Word 2003 uses a built-in schema document called
WordML for XML documents.
♦ When you open an XML document in Word, you can
display the document in one of two ways:
○ As XML markup with visible XML tags, as shown in
figure 2-2.
○ As content without tags, as shown in figure 2-3.
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8. The Many Faces of XML(cont..).
Print publishing with XML.
♦ If you have an XSLT stylesheet for your XML document,
you can open the “transformed” XML document in Word
by using the drop-down menu from th Open button(File->
Open,as shown in figure 2-4).
♦You can also sava an XML file as a Word template and use it
to create new XML file in the same format.
1. Save the XML file in Word, using the .dot extension
2. Atteach a schema to th tamplate you just saved(Tools->
Templates and ADD-Ins->XML Schema.)
9. The Many Faces of XML(cont..).
Using XML for business forms.
♦ Forms are a very useful way to collect data and can be used in
text document or on a Web page.
♦ You can create XML documents that include HTML forms
by adding an XSLT stylesheet to generate the HTML form
markup.
♦ You can also use InforPath for create form base on an XML
document or XML schema,or design your own form.(InfoPath :
part of Office 2003.).Figure 2-5 shows preview of an InfoPath
form that was automatically created from an XML schema and
then poppulated with data from an XML file.
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11. The Many Faces of XML(cont..).
Incorporating XML into business processes.
♦ Multiple uses of the same set of data.
♦ Getting stared in Excel.
When you open an XML file in Excel, an Open XML dialog box
displays, and you can choose among the following three options for
opening the XML file:
○ As an XML list
○ As a read-only workbook.
○ As a display in the XML Source task pane.
♦ The drap-and-drop task-pane method is easy to use and offers a
distinct advantage. Figure 2-6, for example,shows an Excel worksheet
with only three columns if our book data: Tittle, Author. And ISBN.
12. The Many Faces of XML(cont..).
Serving up XML from a database.
♦ It should come as surprise to you
that you can import or export
database information in XML format
to create XML files from database
tables or database tables form XML files.
♦ If you are new to database or exist
database, you can import and export
XML data by using a program such as
Access 2003 or XMLSpy.
13. 3. Alphabet Soup: Even More XML.
List introduce the major members of the XML group:
♦ XLink and XPointer : are XML languages for hyperlinks and for document
components with ID attributes.
♦ XSLT, XPath, and XSL-FO: All three of these XML technologies are parts
of XSL:
○XSLT is designed to transform raw XML into complex display formats
such a tables and indexes.
○ XPath is an XML language used to navigate an XML document. XPath is
used with both XSLT and XPointer.
○ XSL-FO(XSL-Formatting Objects) is used for completely formatting the
layout, style, and pagination of documents that are rendered in print format.
♦ XForms: XForms is an XML language reated to collect and submit form
information as XML data. XForm uses both XPath and XML schemas.
♦ XML Encyption and XML Signature: XML Encyption is an XML language
developed for secure exchange of XML data. XML Signature is also used for
secure data exhchange. If provides syntax and processing rules for digital
signature.
14. Alphabet Soup: Even More the XML group(conti..):
List introduce the major members of XML.(conti..)
♦ XML Query: XML Query is an XML language designed
to query, request information from any collection of XML
data, whether that data is contained in an XML file or a
database.
♦ SOAP: SOAP(Simple Object Access Protocol) is an XML
language used for communication between a Web page
reuqesting a Web service and the Web service
application.
♦ SVG and SMIL: SVG(Scalable Vector Graphics) and SMIL
(Synchronized Multimedia Integation Language) are XML language
for multimedia.
