002 Half Day Introduction to XML for Geo-Spatial Professionals
This half-day course is designed to get you started regardless of your previous exposure to XML. It requires only a modicum of technical savvy and a desire to understand today’s most exciting new technology. “Introduction to XML” covers XML in a way that no other course does. It gives you an in-depth overview of the whole of the XML landscape from DTD’s and XML Schema to XPointer and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). At the end of the course you will not only understand what these names mean, but have an understanding of both the power and the limitations of this exciting new technology.
Audience: Geo-Spatial Professionals needing to get up to speed on XML basics before studying GML.
Pre-Requisites: The course assumes no previous experience with or exposure to XML. It is aimed at both technical and business professionals working in the geo-spatial domain and all examples will be drawn from this area. The course objective is to give the student an understanding of the scope and capabilities of XML technologies and how they can be applied to various geo-spatial problems. It should enable the business professional to make intelligent decisions respecting the deployment of XML technology within their enterprise. This course is highly recommended to anyone considering a career in GIS, Location Based Services Industry, or other related fields.
004 One-Day Course on XML Technologies
This one-day course is designed for geo-spatial technical professionals who wish to gain an in-depth knowledge of XML and related technologies. This course will provide participants with an extensive overview of XML, as well as other related technologies. The course will include real life and worked GML examples. The objective is to explain how GML and XML technologies are used, key issues and future developments
Audience: Geo-Spatial Technical Professionals looking for an in-depth knowledge of XML technologies.
Pre Requisites: This is a technical course, which assumes previous exposure to XML technologies and a working knowledge of programming languages and system modeling concepts (including UML). Participants without knowledge of XML are recommended to take both “002 Introduction to XML for Geo-spatial Professionals” and “003 GML for Database Administrators, Data Developers and Software Engineers” prior to taking this course.
006 Two-Day Intensive XML and Hands-On GML Course
This two-day course is designed for geo-spatial technical professionals who wish to gain an in depth knowledge of XML and GML. The first full day session will provide participants with an extensive overview of XML, as well as other related technologies. This course will also include a brief overview of GML, with worked GML examples. The second full day session will concentrate solely on the application of GML. This course will provide participants with hands on experience on modeling, storing, integrating, and using both XML and GML data. Each participant will use a workstation with necessary tools installed (XML editor, validator, parser, transformation engine) and work on various modes of application of both technologies. The application problems are derived directly from real world examples.
With the recent release of GML3, additional spatial and temporal primitives are available to describe complicated real world situations. Taken together, the GML patterns and constructs provide the necessary base tools to develop expressive spatial/temporal models. The following breakdown of topic areas will be dealt with in the given order:
- Static and Dynamic Feature Models
- Linear and Nonlinear Geometry Models
- Topology Model
- Temporal Model
- Units, Values, Observations
- Coverages
- Coordinate Reference Systems
Audience: Geo-Spatial Technical Professionals seeking an in-depth hands on course in GML.
Pre Requisites: This is a technical course which assumes previous exposure to XML technologies and a working knowledge of programming languages and system modeling concepts (including UML). Participants without knowledge of XML are recommended to take both the” 002 Half Day Introduction to XML for Geo-Spatial Professionals” and “003 Introduction to GML” prior to taking this course.
