SE735 - Data and Document Representation & Processing

XML I

eXtended Markup Language (XML)

Recommended textbooks:

S. Holzner, Sams Teach yourself XML in 21 Days, 3^rd edition, 2004.

C. Bates, XML in Theory and Practice, Wiley, 2003.

The following examples are from Holzner:

Sample HTML doc:

Text View

Browser View

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Hello From HTML</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<H1>

An HTML Document

</H1>

</CENTER>

This is an HTML document!

</BODY>

</HTML>

Sample XML doc:

Text View

Browser View

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Hello From XML

</heading>

This is an XML document!

</message>

</document>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

- <document>

<heading>Hello From XML</heading>

<message>This text is inside a <message> element.</message>

</document>

Sample XML with Stylesheets:

Test View

Browser View

Xml files contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="ch01_04.css"?>

Hello From XML

</heading>

This is an XML document!

</message>

</document>

xmlex1

Stylesheet file contents (ch01_04.css):

heading {display: block; font-size: 24pt; color: #ff0000; text-align: center}

message{display: block; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff; text-align: center}

Extracting Content: JavaScript:

Text View

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>

Retrieving data from an XML document

</TITLE>

function getData()

{

xmldoc= document.all("firstXML").XMLDocument;

nodeDoc = xmldoc.documentElement;

nodeHeading = nodeDoc.firstChild;

outputMessage = "Heading: " +

nodeHeading.firstChild.nodeValue;

message.innerHTML=outputMessage;

}

</SCRIPT>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<H1>

Retrieving data from an XML document

</H1>

<P>

<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Read the heading"

ONCLICK="getData()">

</CENTER>

</BODY>

</HTML>

Source Document: ch01_02.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Hello From XML

</heading>

This is an XML document!

</message>

</document>

jscript1 jscript2

XML Editors:

Amaya - free

XML Spy – free home edition

XMLWriter – 30 day trial

XML Structure

XML Tags

Elements – composed of two tags:

<book> XML in Theory and Practice </book>

<name> Professor F. T. Marchese </name>

Rules:

o An element must have start and end tags unless it is an empty element

o Start and end tags must form a matched pair

Empty elements –

Only have one tag: Syntax …< />

Root elements:

o Each well formed document must contain a root element with any legal name

o This element contains all other elements

e.g.

<document>

<heading>

Hello From XML

</heading>

<message>

This is an XML document!

</message>

</document>

Nesting elements: tags must pair-up inside XML so they are closed in reverse order:

<document>

<heading>

Hello From XML

</heading>

<message>

This is an XML document!

</message>

</document>

Character Encoding

o ASCII – 1 byte – 256 characters

o Unicode – 2 bytes 65536 characters

o UCS – Universal character system - 4 bytes – 4.3 billion characters

XML supports:

US-ASCII – US ASCII

UTF-8 -- Compressed Unicode -- two bytes – 1^st byte ASCII , 2^nd byte Unicode subset.

UTF-16 – Compressed UCS

ISO-10646-UCS-2 -- Unicode

In practice… XML “processors” support UTF-8

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<document>

<heading>

Hello From XML

</heading>

<message>

This is an XML document!

</message>

</document>

Character Reference

Character	Sequence
<	<
>	>
‘	'
&	&
“	"

e.g.

<message> This text is inside a <message> element. </message>

Result: This text is inside a <message> element.

Comments

Attributes

Attributes may appear in:

o Elements

o Processing instructions

o XML declarations

Syntax:

attributename = “value”

e.g.

CDATA

CDATA are sections of the XML document that are not parsed.

CDATA – Character Data

PCDATA – Parsed Character Data

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>

- <document>

- <text>

Here's how the element starts:

- <![CDATA[

        <employee status="retired">

            <name>

                <lastname>Kelly</lastname>

                <firstname>Grace</firstname>

            </name>

            <hiredate>October 15, 2005</hiredate>

            <projects>

                <project>

                    <product>Printer</product>

                    <id>111</id>

                    <price>$111.00</price>

                </project>

]]>

</text>

</document>

XML Namespaces

Namespace – a unique identifier for a set of names within an XML document

Declaring a Namespace: assign xmlns:prefix attribute to a unique identifier, e.g.

xmlns:hr=http://www.superduperbigco.com/human_resources

The URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) or URLs specified can point to a document such as a DTD or schema.

Original document

- <document>

- <employee>

- <name>

<lastname>Kelly</lastname>

<firstname>Grace</firstname>

</name>

<hiredate>October 15, 2005</hiredate>

- <projects>

- <project>

<product>Printer</product>

</project>

- <project>

<product>Laptop</product>

</project>

</projects>

</employee>

</document>

Document using namespaces

- <hr:employee xmlns:hr="http://www.superduperbigco.com/human_resources" xmlns:boss="http://www.superduperbigco.com/big_boss">

- <hr:name>

<hr:lastname>Kelly</hr:lastname>

<hr:firstname>Grace</hr:firstname>

</hr:name>

<hr:hiredate>October 15, 2005</hr:hiredate>

<boss:comment>Needs much supervision.</boss:comment>

- <hr:projects>

- <hr:project>

<hr:product>Printer</hr:product>

<hr:id>111</hr:id>

<hr:price>$111.00</hr:price>

</hr:project>

- <hr:project>

<hr:product>Laptop</hr:product>

<hr:id>222</hr:id>

<hr:price>$989.00</hr:price>

</hr:project>

</hr:projects>

</hr:employee>

Document Type Definitions (DTDs)

o A DTD defines the formal rules of a documents structure

o Lists elements, attributes, and entities that may be used in the document

o Defines the relationship among elements, attributes, and entities

o DTDs outline the tree structure of an XML document

o DTDs have own structure and syntax

DTD Structure

o DTD is a series of declarations of the form <! >

o DTDs contain 4 keywords:

o ELEMENT – which defines a tag

o ATTRIBUTE – which defines an attribute of an ELEMENT

o ENTITY – which is used to define an ENTITY

o NOTATION – which defines a data type

e.g. from Bates:

<!DOCTYPE letter[

<!ELEMENT letter (address)>

<!ELEMENT address (line1, line2?, line3*, city, (county|state)?, country?, code?)>

<!ELEMENT line1 (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT line2 (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT line3 (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT city (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT county (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT state (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT country (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT code (#PCDATA)>

o DTD describes structure of XML document starting with root node – letter

o DTD is declared by using a <!DOCTYPE> element

o <!DOCTYPE> element syntax:

o <!DOCTYPE rootname [DTD]>

o <!DOCTYPE rootname SYSTEM URI>

o <!DOCTYPE rootname SYSTEM URI [DTD]>

Elements

o Each tag is declared as an ELEMENT

o Each element may contain data or more elements, and may have further attributes

o The structure must be declared as 1^st element, e.g. <!ELEMENT letter (address)>

o ELEMENT content follows name and is in parentheses

o Content is a list of items separated by “,” or “|” – known as content model

o Root node has another ELEMENT as its content -(address)

o Address element contains all components:

<!ELEMENT address (line1, line2?, line3*, city, (county|state)?, country?, code?)>

o Comma between elements means that all may be in XML document

o Element ordering is logical for human understanding, not required by XML.

o Parentheses used for grouping, and | is logical OR

o Symbols after items signify appearance:

Symbol	Example	Meaning
Asterisk	item*	Item appears zero or more times
Comma	(item1, item2, item3)	Separates items in sequence
None	item	Item appears exactly once
Parentheses	(item1, item2)	Encloses group of items
Pipe	(item1 \| item2)	Separates a set of alternatives
Plus	Item+	Item appears at least once
Question Mark	Item?	Item appears once or not at all

Text Content

o Parsed character data - <!ELEMENT line1 (#PCDATA)>

o Mixed content model - <!ELEMENT line1 (#PCDATA | house_number | street_name)*>

o Must obey this form -> #PCDATA -> other elements separated by pipe -> followed by *

Attributes

o Attributes give additional info about element or content

o Attributes declared separately and associated with element:

<!ATTLIST element attribute type default>

o element – name of element to which the attribute applies

o attribute - attribute name

o type – XML data type

o default - XML attribute defaults

e.g.

<!ELEMENT country (#PCDATA)>

<!ATTLIST country

continent (Europe | Asia | Africa | North America )”Asia”

language CDATA #IMPLIED>

o element – country

o attribute - continent – followed by an enumerated list of values

o default - Asia

o attribute - language – followed by CDATA

o default - #IMPLIED

XML Attribute Types

Type	Usage
CDATA	Character data – not parsed
ENTITY	Attribute values is reference to an entity declared elsewhere in DTD
ENTITIES	Multiple entities referenced
ID	Identifies a location within document
IDREF	References an ID declared elsewhere in DTD – used for hyperlinking in document
IDREFS	Multiple Ids linked
NMTOKEN	Value can be word or token
NMTOKENS	A list of tokens
NOTATION	NOTATION declared elsewhere
Enumeration	List of possible values in parens

XML Attribute Defaults

Default	Usage
#REQUIRED	Value must be given for each element that has an attribute
#IMPLIED	Attribute is optional – no value must be given
#FIXED value	Attribute must have value given
Default	Default value is given for attribute

Entities

o XML document separated into number of components called Entities

o Each entity has a unique name

o Entities use to:

o Split large documents

o Content needs to be used in a number of places with document without duplication

o Different systems may render same content in different ways

o Declaration:

o <!ENTITY name definition>

o <!ENTITY name SYSTEM system_identifier [NOTATION]>

o <!ENTITY name PUBLIC [public_identifier] system_identifier [NOTATION]>

o Internal entity - simplest definition –– within DTD – wherever referenced in XML document content in DTD will be substituted for reference.

o Internal entity definition - <!ENTITY name definition>

o External reference – refers to content outside DTD and XML file – may be on remote system

o <!ENTITY locationmap SYSTEM “./images/home.png” NDATA PNG>

§ URI - “./images/home.png”

§ NDATA – Notation data type follows

§ PNG – type of data

Notations

NOTATIONS normally specify applications that can process data:

e.g.

<!NOTATION PNG SYSTEM “/usr/bin/display”>

<!NOTATION gif SYSTEM "gifviewer.exe">

Using DTDs

Internal DTD –

<!DOCTYPE rootnode[

External DTD –

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE rootnode SYSTEM | PUBLIC [public_identifier] URI>

Example: from Holzner

XML file

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM "ch04_07.dtd">

<name>

<lastname>Kelly</lastname>

<firstname>Grace</firstname>

</name>

<hiredate>October 15, 2005</hiredate>

<product>Printer</product>

</project>

<product>Laptop</product>

</project>

</projects>

</employee>

</document>

DTD file

<!ELEMENT document (employee)*>

<!ELEMENT employee (name, hiredate, projects)>

<!ELEMENT name (lastname, firstname)>

<!ELEMENT lastname (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT firstname (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT hiredate (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT projects (project)*>

<!ELEMENT project (product,id,price)>

<!ELEMENT product (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT id (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT price (#PCDATA)>

Schema

Ref: Schema Tutorial – series - http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XMLSchemaTutorial/Output/series.html

XML Schemas:

o Provide a means for defining the structure, content and semantics of XML documents through XML itself.

o Define a richer set of data types such as booleans, numbers, dates and times, and currencies than the more traditional DTD

o XML Schemas make it easier to validate documents based on namespaces

o Defined in the W3C's XML Schema Working Group

Purpose - to define the legal building blocks of an XML document

An XML Schema:

defines elements that can appear in a document
defines attributes that can appear in a document
defines which elements are child elements
defines the order of child elements
defines the number of child elements
defines whether an element is empty or can include text
defines data types for elements and attributes
defines default and fixed values for elements and attributes

Using Schema:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<xsd:element name="letter">

</xsd:element>

</xsd:schema>

o Content of schema – mostly element definitions

o Elements may contain sub-elements (e.g. string or numbers, or both)

o Simple types - Elements that contain only data

o Complex types – all others

Example: Mortgage file (Holzner)

XML file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<name>James Blandings</name>

</mortgagee>

<property>The Hackett Place</property>

</mortgage>

<property>123 Acorn Drive</property>

</mortgage>

<property>99 West Pocusset St</property>

</mortgage>

<property>19 Johnson Place</property>

</mortgage>

<property>345 Notingham Court</property>

</mortgage>

</mortgages>

<location>12 Schema Place</location>

</bank>

</document>

XSD file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<xsd:annotation>

<xsd:documentation>

Mortgage record XML schema.

</xsd:documentation>

</xsd:annotation>

<xsd:element name="document" type="documentType"/>

<xsd:complexType name="documentType">

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element ref="comment"/>

<xsd:element name="mortgagee" type="recordType"/>

<xsd:element name="mortgages" type="mortgagesType"/>

<xsd:element name="bank" type="recordType"/>

</xsd:sequence>

<xsd:attribute name="documentDate" type="xsd:date"/>

</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:complexType name="recordType">

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element name="name" type="xsd:string"/>

<xsd:element name="location" type="xsd:string"/>

<xsd:element name="city" type="xsd:string"/>

<xsd:element name="state" type="xsd:string"/>

</xsd:sequence>

<xsd:attribute name="phone" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>

</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:complexType name="mortgagesType">

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element name="mortgage" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="8">

<xsd:complexType>

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element name="property" type="xsd:string"/>

<xsd:element name="date" type="xsd:date" minOccurs="0"/>

<xsd:element name="loanAmount" type="xsd:decimal"/>

<xsd:element name="term">

<xsd:simpleType>

<xsd:restriction base="xsd:integer">

<xsd:maxInclusive value="30"/>

</xsd:restriction>

</xsd:simpleType>

</xsd:element>

</xsd:sequence>

<xsd:attribute name="loanNumber" type="loanNumberType"/>

</xsd:complexType>

</xsd:element>

</xsd:sequence>

</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:simpleType name="loanNumberType">

<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">

<xsd:pattern value="\d{2} \d{4} \d{2}"/>

</xsd:restriction>

</xsd:simpleType>

<xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string"/>

</xsd:schema>

XML Schema Elements

XML Schema elements are grouped by their function: top level elements, particles, multiple XML documents and namespaces, identity constraints, attributes, named attributes, complex type definitions, and simple type definitions.

Top Level Elements
Particles
Multiple XML Documents and Namespaces
Identity Constraints
Attributes
Named Schema Objects
Complex Type Definitions
Simple Type Definitions

Top Level Elements

The following are elements that appear at the top level of a schema document.

Element	Description
annotation	Defines an annotation.
attribute	Declares an attribute.
attributeGroup	Groups a set of attribute declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group for complex type definitions.
complexType	Defines a complex type, which determines the set of attributes and the content of an element.
element	Declares an element.
group	Groups a set of element declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group into complex type definitions.
import	Identifies a namespace whose schema components are referenced by the containing schema.
include	Includes the specified schema document in the target namespace of the containing schema.
notation	Contains the definition of a notation to describe the format of non-XML data within an XML document. An XML Schema notation declaration is a reconstruction of XML 1.0 NOTATION declarations.
redefine	Allows simple and complex types, groups, and attribute groups that are obtained from external schema files to be redefined in the current schema.
simpleType	Defines a simple type, which determines the constraints on and information about the values of attributes or elements with text-only content.

Particles

The following are elements that can have minOccurs and maxOccurs attributes. Such elements always appear as part of a complex type definition or as part of a named model group.

Element	Description
all	Allows the elements in the group to appear (or not appear) in any order in the containing element.
any	Enables any element from the specified namespace(s) to appear in the containing sequence or choice element.
choice	Allows one and only one of the elements contained in the selected group to be present within the containing element.
element	Declares an element.
group	Groups a set of element declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group into complex type definitions.
sequence	Requires the elements in the group to appear in the specified sequence within the containing element.

Multiple XML Documents and Namespaces

The following are elements that bring in schema elements from other namespaces or redefine schema elements in the same namespace.

Element	Description
import	Identifies a namespace whose schema components are referenced by the containing schema.
include	Includes the specified schema document in the target namespace of the containing schema.
redefine	Allows simple and complex types, groups, and attribute groups that are obtained from external schema files to be redefined in the current schema.

Identity Constraints

The following are elements that are related to identity constraints.

Element	Description
field	Specifies an XML Path Language (XPath) expression that specifies the value (or one of the values) used to define an identity constraint (unique, key, and keyref elements).
key	Specifies that an attribute or element value (or set of values) must be a key within the specified scope. The scope of a key is the containing element in an instance document. A key must be unique, non-nillable, and always present.
keyref	Specifies that an attribute or element value (or set of values) correspond to those of the specified key or unique element.
selector	Specifies an XPath expression that selects a set of elements for an identity constraint (unique, key, and keyref elements).
unique	Specifies that an attribute or element value (or a combination of attribute or element values) must be unique within the specified scope. The value must be unique or nil.

Attributes

The following are elements that define attributes in schemas.

Element	Description
anyAttribute	Enables any attribute from the specified namespace(s) to appear in the containing complexType element or in the containing attributeGroup element.
attribute	Declares an attribute.
attributeGroup	Groups a set of attribute declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group for complex type definitions.

Named Schema Objects

The following are elements that define named constructs in schemas. Named constructs are referred to with a QName by other schema elements.

Element	Description
attribute	Declares an attribute.
attributeGroup	Groups a set of attribute declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group for complex type definitions.
complexType	Defines a complex type, which determines the set of attributes and the content of an element.
element	Declares an element.
group	Groups a set of element declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group into complex type definitions.
key	Specifies that an attribute or element value (or set of values) must be a key within the specified scope. The scope of a key is the containing element in an instance document. A key must be unique, non-nillable, and always present.
keyref	Specifies that an attribute or element value (or set of values) correspond to those of the specified key or unique element.
notation	Contains the definition of a notation to describe the format of non-XML data within an XML document. An XML Schema notation declaration is a reconstruction of XML 1.0 NOTATION declarations.
simpleType	Defines a simple type, which determines the constraints on and information about the values of attributes or elements with text-only content.
unique	Specifies that an attribute or element value (or a combination of attribute or element values) must be unique within the specified scope. The value must be unique or nil.

Complex Type Definitions

The following are elements that create complex type definitions.

Element	Description
all	Allows the elements in the group to appear (or not appear) in any order in the containing element.
annotation	Defines an annotation.
any	Enables any element from the specified namespace(s) to appear in the containing sequence or choice element.
anyAttribute	Enables any attribute from the specified namespace(s) to appear in the containing complexType element or in the containing attributeGroup element.
appinfo	Specifies information to be used by applications within an annotation element.
attribute	Declares an attribute.
attributeGroup	Groups a set of attribute declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group for complex type definitions.
choice	Allows one and only one of the elements contained in the selected group to be present within the containing element.
complexContent	Contains extensions or restrictions on a complex type that contains mixed content or elements only.
documentation	Specifies information to be read or used by users within an annotation element.
element	Declares an element.
extension (simpleContent)	Contains extensions on simpleContent. This extends a simple type or a complex type that has simple content by adding specified attribute(s), attribute groups(s) or anyAttribute.
extension (complexContent)	Contains extensions on complexContent.
group	Groups a set of element declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group into complex type definitions.
restriction (simpleContent)	Defines constraints on a simpleContent definition.
restriction (complexContent)	Defines constraints on a complexContent definition.
sequence	Requires the elements in the group to appear in the specified sequence within the containing element.
simpleContent	Contains extensions or restrictions on a complexType element with character data or a simpleType element as content and contains no elements.

Simple Type Definitions

The following are elements that create simple type definitions.

Element	Description
annotation	Defines an annotation.
appinfo	Specifies information to be used by applications within an annotation element.
documentation	Specifies information to be read or used by users within an annotation element.
element	Declares an element.
list	Defines a collection of a single simpleType definition.
restriction (simpleType)	Defines constraints on a simpleType definition
union	Defines a collection of multiple simpleType definitions.

Primitive XML Data Types

The following table lists primitive XML schema data types, facets that can be applied to the data type, and a description of the data type.

Facets can only appear once in a type definition except for enumeration and pattern facets. Enumeration and pattern facets can have multiple entries and are grouped together.

Data Type	Facets	Description
string	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents character strings.
boolean	pattern, whiteSpace	Represents Boolean values, which are either true or false.
decimal	enumeration, pattern, totalDigits, fractionDigits, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents arbitrary precision numbers.
float	pattern, enumeration, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents single-precision 32-bit floating-point numbers.
double	pattern, enumeration, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents double-precision 64-bit floating-point numbers.
duration	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents a duration of time. The pattern for duration is `PnYnMnDTnHnMnS`, where `nY` represents the number of years, `nM` the number of months, `nD` the number of days, `T` the date/time separator, `nH` the number of hours, `nM` the number of minutes, and `nS` the number of seconds.
dateTime	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents a specific instance of time. The pattern for dateTime is `CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss` where `CC` represents the century, `YY` the year, `MM` the month, and `DD` the day, preceded by an optional leading negative (-) character to indicate a negative number. If the negative character is omitted, positive (+) is assumed. The `T` is the date/time separator and `hh`, `mm`, and `ss` represent hour, minute, and second respectively. Additional digits can be used to increase the precision of fractional seconds if desired. For example, the format `ss.ss...` with any number of digits after the decimal point is supported. The fractional seconds part is optional. This representation may be immediately followed by a "Z" to indicate Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or to indicate the time zone. For example, the difference between the local time and Coordinated Universal Time, immediately followed by a sign, + or -, followed by the difference from UTC represented as `hh:mm` (minutes is required). If the time zone is included, both hours and minutes must be present.
time	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents an instance of time that recurs every day. The pattern for time is `hh:mm:ss.sss` with optional time zone indicator.
date	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents a calendar date. The pattern for date is `CCYY-MM-DD` with optional time zone indicator as allowed for dateTime.
gYearMonth	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents a specific Gregorian month in a specific Gregorian year. A set of one-month long, nonperiodic instances. The pattern for gYearMonth is `CCYY-MM` with optional time zone indicator.
gYear	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents a Gregorian year. A set of one-year long, nonperiodic instances. The pattern for gYear is `CCYY` with optional time zone indicator as allowed for dateTime.
gMonthDay	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents a specific Gregorian date that recurs, specifically a day of the year such as the third of May. A gMonthDay is the set of calendar dates. Specifically, it is a set of one-day long, annually periodic instances. The pattern for gMonthDay is `--MM-DD` with optional time zone indicator as allowed for date.
gDay	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents a Gregorian day that recurs, specifically a day of the month such as the fifth day of the month. A gDay is the space of a set of calendar dates. Specifically, it is a set of one-day long, monthly periodic instances. The pattern for gDay is `---DD` with optional time zone indicator as allowed for date.
gMonth	enumeration, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, whiteSpace	Represents a Gregorian month that recurs every year. A gMonth is the space of a set of calendar months. Specifically, it is a set of one-month long, yearly periodic instances. The pattern for gMonth is `--MM--` with optional time zone indicator as allowed for date.
hexBinary	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents arbitrary hex-encoded binary data. A hexBinary is the set of finite-length sequences of binary octets. Each binary octet is encoded as a character tuple, consisting of two hexadecimal digits ([0-9a-fA-F]) representing the octet code.
base64Binary	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents Base64-encoded arbitrary binary data. A base64Binary is the set of finite-length sequences of binary octets.
anyURI	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents a URI as defined by RFC 2396. An anyURI value can be absolute or relative, and may have an optional fragment identifier.
QName	length, enumeration, pattern, maxLength, minLength, whiteSpace	Represents a qualified name. A qualified name is composed of a prefix and a local name separated by a colon. Both the prefix and local names must be an NCName. The prefix must be associated with a namespace URI reference, using a namespace declaration.
NOTATION	length, enumeration, pattern, maxLength, minLength, whiteSpace	Represents a NOTATION attribute type. A set of QNames.

Derived XML Data Types

The following table lists derived XML schema data types, facets that can be applied to the derived data type, and a description of the derived data type.

Data Type	Facets	Description
normalizedString	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents white space normalized strings. This data type is derived from string.
token	enumeration, pattern, length, minLength, maxLength, whiteSpace	Represents tokenized strings. This data type is derived from normalizedString.
language	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents natural language identifiers (defined by RFC 1766). This data type is derived from token.
IDREFS	length, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents the IDREFS attribute type. Contains a set of values of type IDREF.
ENTITIES	length, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents the ENTITIES attribute type. Contains a set of values of type ENTITY.
NMTOKEN	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents the NMTOKEN attribute type. An NMTOKEN is set of name characters (letters, digits, and other characters) in any combination. Unlike Name and NCName, NMTOKEN has no restrictions on the starting character. This data type is derived from token.
NMTOKENS	length, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents the NMTOKENS attribute type. Contains a set of values of type NMTOKEN.
Name	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents names in XML. A Name is a token that begins with a letter, underscore, or colon and continues with name characters (letters, digits, and other characters). This data type is derived from token.
NCName	length, pattern, maxLength, minLength, enumeration, whiteSpace	Represents noncolonized names. This data type is the same as Name, except it cannot begin with a colon. This data type is derived from Name.
ID	length, enumeration, pattern, maxLength, minLength, whiteSpace	Represents the ID attribute type defined in the XML 1.0 Recommendation. The ID must be a no-colon-name (NCName) and must be unique within an XML document. This data type is derived from NCName.
IDREF	length, enumeration, pattern, maxLength, minLength, whiteSpace	Represents a reference to an element that has an ID attribute that matches the specified ID. An IDREF must be an NCName and must be a value of an element or attribute of type ID within the XML document. This data type is derived from NCName.
ENTITY	length, enumeration, pattern, maxLength, minLength, whiteSpace	Represents the ENTITY attribute type in XML 1.0 Recommendation. This is a reference to an unparsed entity with a name that matches the specified name. An ENTITY must be an NCName and must be declared in the schema as an unparsed entity name. This data type is derived from NCName.
integer	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents a sequence of decimal digits with an optional leading sign (+ or -). This data type is derived from decimal.
nonPositiveInteger	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer that is less than or equal to zero. A nonPositiveInteger consists of a negative sign (-) and sequence of decimal digits. This data type is derived from integer.
negativeInteger	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer that is less than zero. Consists of a negative sign (-) and sequence of decimal digits. This data type is derived from nonPositiveInteger.
long	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer with a minimum value of -9223372036854775808 and maximum of 9223372036854775807. This data type is derived from integer.
int	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer with a minimum value of -2147483648 and maximum of 2147483647. This data type is derived from long.
short	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer with a minimum value of -32768 and maximum of 32767. This data type is derived from int.
byte	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer with a minimum value of -128 and maximum of 127. This data type is derived from short.
nonNegativeInteger	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer that is greater than or equal to zero. This data type is derived from integer.
unsignedLong	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer with a minimum of zero and maximum of 18446744073709551615. This data type is derived from nonNegativeInteger.
unsignedInt	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer with a minimum of zero and maximum of 4294967295. This data type is derived from unsignedLong.
unsignedShort	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer with a minimum of zero and maximum of 65535. This data type is derived from unsignedInt.
unsignedByte	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer with a minimum of zero and maximum of 255. This data type is derived from unsignedShort.
positiveInteger	enumeration, fractionDigits, pattern, minInclusive, minExclusive, maxInclusive, maxExclusive, totalDigits, whiteSpace	Represents an integer that is greater than zero. This data type is derived from nonNegativeInteger.

Defining Types

o Simple Types – used for an element that contains only document content

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<xsd:element name="today" type=”xsd:date” />

<xsd:element name="user" type=”xsd:string” />

</xsd:schema>

o Defining simple types – take an existing simple type and apply a restriction using a facet

o Facets – rules which are applied to a base type to change it in some way

Example 1:

Defining myInteger, Range 10000-99999

<xsd:element name="workingInts" type=”myInteger” />

<xsd:simpleType name="myInteger">

  <xsd:restriction base="xsd:integer">

    <xsd:minInclusive value="10000"/>

    <xsd:maxInclusive value="99999"/>

  </xsd:restriction>

</xsd:simpleType>

Example 2:

Using the Enumeration Facet

<xsd:element name="USA" type=”USState” />

<xsd:simpleType name="USState">

  <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">

    <xsd:enumeration value="AK"/>

    <xsd:enumeration value="AL"/>

    <xsd:enumeration value="AR"/>

    <!-- and so on ... -->

  </xsd:restriction>

</xsd:simpleType>

o Complex Types – defined using complexType element

o May include subelements, element content and attributes

Sequence - Requires the elements in the group to appear in the specified sequence within the containing element.

Example 1:

Defining the USAddress Type

<xsd:complexType name="USAddress" >

  <xsd:sequence>

    <xsd:element name="name"   type="xsd:string"/>

    <xsd:element name="street" type="xsd:string"/>

    <xsd:element name="city"   type="xsd:string"/>

    <xsd:element name="state"  type="xsd:string"/>

    <xsd:element name="zip"    type="xsd:decimal"/>

  </xsd:sequence>

  <xsd:attribute name="country" type="xsd:NMTOKEN" fixed="US"/>

</xsd:complexType>

Example 2:

Defining PurchaseOrderType

<xsd:complexType name="PurchaseOrderType">

  <xsd:sequence>

    <xsd:element name="shipTo" type="USAddress"/>

    <xsd:element name="billTo" type="USAddress"/>

    <xsd:element ref="comment" minOccurs="0"/>

    <xsd:element name="items"  type="Items"/>

  </xsd:sequence>

  <xsd:attribute name="orderDate" type="xsd:date"/>

</xsd:complexType>

Attributes

o XML Schemas can specify the types of attributes

o    Declaring: <xsd:attribute name="orderDate" type="xsd:date"/>

o Used in above example means that all elements of PurchaseOrderType will support this attribute.

References

o References an existing definition

o e.g. <xsd:element ref="comment" minOccurs="0"/>

Compositors

o Sequence - Requires the elements in the group to appear in the specified sequence within the containing element.

The root element is named "AAA", from null namespace and contains one "BBB" element, followed by one "CCC" element. Use the "sequence" pattern to specify exact order of the elements. The attributes "minOccurs" and "maxOccurs" are not necessary, because their default value is 1.

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

  <xsd:element name="AAA">
    <xsd:complexType mixed="false">
      <xsd:sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
        <xsd:element name="BBB" type="xsd:string"/>
        <xsd:element name="CCC" type="xsd:string"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
    </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Valid Document

o Restriction – limits the range of values

Here the value of the element "root" must be and integer and less than 25.

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

  <xsd:element name="root">
    <xsd:simpleType>
      <xsd:restriction base="xsd:integer">
        <xsd:maxExclusive value="25"/>
      </xsd:restriction>
    </xsd:simpleType>
  </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Valid document:

o All – sets up an unordered set of elements

The root element is named "AAA", from null namespace and contains one "BBB" and one "CCC" element. Their order is not important

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

  <xsd:element name="AAA">
    <xsd:complexType mixed="false">
      <xsd:all minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
        <xsd:element name="BBB" type="xsd:string"/>
        <xsd:element name="CCC" type="xsd:string"/>
      </xsd:all>
    </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Valid document:

o Choice – creates a set of optional elements – only one option may be selected

The root element is named "AAA", from null namespace and contains either "BBB" or "CCC" elements (but not both). Use the "choice" element.

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

  <xsd:element name="AAA">
    <xsd:complexType mixed="false">
      <xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
        <xsd:element name="BBB" type="xsd:string"/>
        <xsd:element name="CCC" type="xsd:string"/>
      </xsd:choice>
    </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Valid Document:

o List –

Now, we want the "root" element to contain a list of three integers. We will define a general list (element "list") of integers and then restrict it (element "restriction") to have exact length (element "length") of three items.

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

  <xsd:element name="root">
    <xsd:simpleType>
      <xsd:restriction base="myList">
        <xsd:length value="3"/>
      </xsd:restriction>
    </xsd:simpleType>
  </xsd:element>

  <xsd:simpleType name="myList">
    <xsd:list itemType="xsd:integer"/>
  </xsd:simpleType>
</xsd:schema>

Valid Document:

root xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="correct_0.xsd" xmlns="" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" >0 0 1</root>

o Union

The element "root" is to be from range 0-100 or 300-400 (including the border values). We will make a union from two intervals.

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

  <xsd:element name="root">
    <xsd:simpleType>
      <xsd:union>
        <xsd:simpleType>
          <xsd:restriction base="xsd:integer">
            <xsd:minInclusive value="0"/>
            <xsd:maxInclusive value="100"/>
          </xsd:restriction>
        </xsd:simpleType>
        <xsd:simpleType>
          <xsd:restriction base="xsd:integer">
            <xsd:minInclusive value="300"/>
            <xsd:maxInclusive value="400"/>
          </xsd:restriction>
        </xsd:simpleType>
      </xsd:union>
    </xsd:simpleType>
  </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Valid Document:

o Group

To define a group of common attributes, which will be reused. The root element is named "root", it must contain the "aaa" and "bbb" elements, and these elements must have attributes "x" and "y".

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

  <xsd:element name="root">
    <xsd:complexType>
      <xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:element name="aaa" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
          <xsd:complexType>
            <xsd:attributeGroup ref="myAttrs"/>
          </xsd:complexType>
        </xsd:element>
        <xsd:element name="bbb" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
          <xsd:complexType>
            <xsd:attributeGroup ref="myAttrs"/>
          </xsd:complexType>
        </xsd:element>
      </xsd:sequence>
    </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>

  <xsd:attributeGroup name="myAttrs">
    <xsd:attribute name="x" type="xsd:integer" use="required"/>
    <xsd:attribute name="y" type="xsd:integer" use="required"/>
  </xsd:attributeGroup>
</xsd:schema>

Valid Document:

Style Sheets

Tutorial 1: http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

Tutorial 2: http://www.tizag.com/cssT/

CSS – Cascading Style Sheets –

· HTML technology used to format XML

· Levels: CSS1, CSS2

· Style sheets are collections of style rules for formatting XML content marked-up by tags

e.g.

title {display: block; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;

text-align: center; text-decoration: underline}

Which XML elements to format { how to format }

selector { property: value; property: value; ... }

e.g.from Holzner

Style sheet: ch08_02.css

title {display: block; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;

text-align: center; text-decoration: underline}{display: block; font-size: 16pt;

text-align: center}{display: block; font-size: 28pt; text-align: center;

font-style: italic}{display: block; margin-top: 10}

XML document:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="ch08_02.css"?>

<title>The Discourses</title>

<philosopher>Epictetus</philosopher>

He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither

subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force;

whose movements to action are not impeded, whose desires

attain their purpose, and who does not fall into that which

he would avoid.

</paragraph>

Who, then, chooses to live in error? No man. Who chooses

to live deceived, liable to mistake, unjust, unrestrained,

discontented, mean? No man.

</paragraph>

Not one then of the bad lives as he wishes; nor is he,

then, free. And who chooses to live in sorrow, fear, envy,

pity, desiring and failing in his desires, attempting to

avoid something and falling into it? Not one.

</paragraph>

Do we then find any of the bad free from sorrow, free from

fear, who does not fall into that which he would avoid, and

does not obtain that which he wishes? Not one; nor then do

we find any bad man free.

</paragraph>

</document>

css1

Background Color:

<html>

<head>

body {background-color: yellow}

h1 {background-color: #00ff00}

h2 {background-color: transparent}

p {background-color: rgb(250,0,255)}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>This is header 1</h1>

<h2>This is header 2</h2>

<p>This is a paragraph</p>

</body>

</html>

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Text: Color

<html>

<head>

h1 {color: #00ff00}

h2 {color: #dda0dd}

p {color: rgb(0,0,255)}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>This is header 1</h1>

<h2>This is header 2</h2>

<p>This is a paragraph</p>

</body>

</html>

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Text: Alignment

<html>

<head>

h1 {text-align: center}

h2 {text-align: left}

h3 {text-align: right}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>This is header 1</h1>

<h2>This is header 2</h2>

<h3>This is header 3</h3>

</body>

</html>

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Font: Style

<html>

<head>

h3 {font-family: times}

p {font-family: courier}

p.sansserif {font-family: sans-serif}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h3>This is header 3</h3>

<p>

This is a paragraph</p>

This is a paragraph</p>

</body>

</html>

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Font: Size

<html>

<head>

h1 {font-size: 150%}

h2 {font-size: 20px}

p {font-size: x-large}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>This is header 1</h1>

<h2>This is header 2</h2>

<p>This is a paragraph</p>

</body>

</html>

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CSS Classes can give HTML multiple renderings

<html>

<head>

<style>

p.first { background-color: gray; color: blue;}

p.second { background-color: red; }

p.third { background: purple;

color: yellow;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h2>CSS Classes</h2>

<p class="first">This is the p.first paragraph</p>

<p class="second">This is the p.second paragraph</p>

<p class="third">This is the p.third paragraph</p>

</body>

</html>

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Borders:

<html>

<head>

<style>

p.solid {border-style: solid; }

p.double {border-style: double; }

p.groove {border-style: groove; }

p.dotted {border-style: dotted; }

p.dashed {border-style: dashed; }

p.inset {border-style: inset; }

p.outset {border-style: outset; }

p.ridge {border-style: ridge; }

p.hidden {border-style: hidden; }

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p class="solid">This is the solid style</p>

<p class="double">This is the double style</p>

<p class="groove">This is the groove style</p>

<p class="dotted">This is the dotted style</p>

<p class="dashed">This is the dashed style</p>

<p class="inset">This is the inset style</p>

<p class="outset">This is the outset style</p>

<p class="ridge">This is the ridge style</p>

<p class="hidden">This is the hidden style</p>

</body>

</html>

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Padding : Change the default padding that appears inside various HTML elements ( paragraphs, tables, etc ).

A padding is the space between an element's border and the content within it.

<html>

<head>

td {padding: 1.5cm}

td.twovalues {padding: 0.5cm 2.5cm}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<tr>

<td>

This is a tablecell with padding on each side

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<br>

<tr>

This is a tablecell with padding on each side. The top and bottom padding have the same value (0.5cm), while the left and right padding have another value (2.5)

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>

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Margins: define the space around elements.

Possible to use negative values to overlap content.
The top, right, bottom, and left margin can be changed independently using separate properties.

<html>

<head>

p.margin {margin: 2cm 4cm 3cm 4cm}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>

This is a paragraph

</p>

This is a paragraph with margins

</p>

<p>

This is a paragraph

</p>

</body>

</html>

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