Extensible Markup Language (XML) is nowadays the "lingua franca" of the Internet. It is a metalanguage used to build special languages for various application areas to manage information of the areas as structured documents. The course provides understanding of the background, concepts, principles, and capabilities of XML. In projects students explore the use of XML in a particular application area. The topics covered in the course include the history and background of XML, markup types, management of information as structured documents, logical and physical structure of XML documents, and the adoption and use of XML in organizations.

At the end of the course students are able to:

• explain and write XML markedup text,
• explain the logical and physical structure of XML documents,
• explain and demonstrate how XML is used as a metalanguage,
• explain the principles in the management of structured documents,
• explain and compare different ways to use XML, and
• demonstrate the use of XML on an application domain.

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