homework

XML Basics

Homework

1. What does the XML language represent? What is it used for?
2. Create XML document students.xml, which contains structured description of students.

• For each student you should enter information for his name, sex, birth date, phone, email, course, specialty, faculty number and a list of taken exams (exam name, tutor, score).

1. What do namespaces represent in an XML document? What are they used for?
2. Explore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier to learn more about URI, URN and URL definitions.
3. Add default namespace for students "urn:students".
4. Create XSD Schema for students.xml document.

• Add new elements in the schema: information for enrollment (date and exam score) and teacher's endorsements.

1. Write an XSL stylesheet to visualize the students as HTML.

• Test it in your favourite browser.