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Netskills Workshop:
Content Management on the Web
Using XML, Style Sheets, Metadata and Dynamic HTML
09:30 - 16:30 Wednesday 25th October 2000 University of Newcastle
Web page creators are often frustrated by the limitations of HTML in
delivering structured content in a presentable format. One of the
drawbacks of HTML is that it can sometimes fail to satisfy as either as
good presentational language, or a good way of structuring information.
A number of new developments are at hand which will revolutionise how
web content is created and managed, without the need for expensive
tools or programming expertise. XML is much spoken about, but not
widely understood, and its potential is untapped, along with Style
Sheets in CSS or XSL and the use of Metadata, RDF and dynamic HTML.
This workshop explains and investigates these new developments both in
concept and in practice, providing a basis from which web authors can
start to explore a new era of web content creation and management.
This workshop is aimed at anyone who has created web pages in HTML and
wishes to learn about new developments in content creation and
management. It is not a web server or systems administration workshop.
Workshop Content:
The workshop will comprise presentations, demonstrations and
hands-on sessions with opportunities for questions and discussion.
Participants will each receive a workbook which contains workshop
exercises, presentation slides and other relevant materials.
Topics covered will include:
* A beginners guide to XML (the eXtensible Markup Language)
* Using Style Sheets to separate content from appearance.
* Creating Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for HTML and XML
* The use of Metadata to specify content
* Metadata in XML - RDF (the Resource Description Framework)
* Dynamic HTML for browser detection and configurable delivery
* Introduction to XSL (the eXtensible Style Language)
* Transformations in XSL
* Applications of XML including MathML, SMIL, CML
* An overview of developments in linking with XLink
By the end of the workshop participants will have:
* Created XML elements and documents
* Used Cascading Style Sheets to format HTML and XML pages
* Created their own internal and external Style Sheets
* Included Metadata in web pages
* Submitted a page with Metadata to a search engine
* Explored the use of dynamic HTML for content management
* Used XSL to transform XML data on delivery
* An awareness of other developments including RDF and XLink
Workshop Requirements:
Participants should have previously used the World Wide Web through a
browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer and MUST have authored
simple Web pages using HTML. Knowledge of basic HTML tags such as those
for including images and hypertext links is essential. Experience of
using Microsoft Windows for opening and saving files and opening and
closing applications such as a Web browser would be helpful.
The cost of the workshop is £ 110 for participants from higher and
further education. The workshop fee for other public sector
participants is
£ 135 and the fee for commercial and business sector participants is
£ 195.
Note: Costs include lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea.
For more information about Netskills workshops, including
online booking forms, look at the Netskills event pages on the World
Wide Web at:
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/
or contact Netskills directly by email:
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0191 222 5001
or leave a request for booking forms on the bookings hotline:
0191 222 5008
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