XPath Training in New York City

This course is designed for analysts, designers, and administrators who work with systems based on XML technology for government. The training serves as an introduction to XML and its essential technologies. It equips participants with the skills necessary to create valid XML documents, model the structure of XML documents using DTD or XML Schema, and transform XML files into various formats such as XHTML, HTML, TXT, and PDF.

This training provides: - A high-level overview and quick tour of XQuery for government use. - Information to write sophisticated queries without being overwhelmed by the details of types, namespaces, and schemas. - Advanced concepts for users who wish to leverage modularity, namespaces, typing, and schemas effectively. - Guidelines for working with specific data types, such as numbers, strings, dates, URIs, and processing instructions. - A comprehensive alphabetical reference to built-in functions and types. Participants will also learn about XQuery's support for filtering, sorting, and grouping data, as well as how to use FLWOR expressions, XPath, and XQuery tools for extracting and combining information. During the training, they will discover how to apply these tools to a wide variety of data sources and how to recombine information from multiple sources into a single final output result for government applications.