A Comprehensive Introduction to XML and Web Services

Overview

If youve heard about XML, and maybe know how to spell it, but dont know much more, this lively, informative, and entertaining survey course will bring you up to speed on the basics. XML, which is a way of defining text or data in a completely portable manner, will be studied in detail- motivation, syntax details, associated technologies, free tools to work with it, and free technical resources to learn more. IBM believes that XML is the right solution for integrating systems (both inside the company, and between business partners), and well look at IBMs strategy for e-business technologies. The material presented will range from technical to quite non-technical, from details of XML syntax to a perspective on why these technologies are so popular in IT today and where they are going in the future.

Topics

The workshop will cover these major areas: XML and Related Technologies XML Standards DOM and SAX Transforming XML with XSL XSL, XSLT and Xpath XSL in eBusiness Applications Style Sheets Web Services Model SOAP WSDL UDDI WSFL

About the speaker

Mark Colan is the lead eBusiness technology evangelist for IBM Corporation. He gives technical, keynote, and customer presentations on Web Services and XML technologies and strategy. He has spoken at most XML conferences in 2000 and 2001, as well as at Java One in 1998 and 1999. Before joining IBM, Mr. Colan worked at Lotus Development Corporation for 12 years, helping to develop several commerical products. With over 24 years of experience in designing and implementing commercial software products and technologies, Mr. Colan is well versed in component software strategies, operating systems, and software tools. He served as the Lead Architect for the InfoBus Technology, a Java Standard Extension developed at Lotus. Mr. Colan has worked for IBM and Lotus since 1984. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the Department of Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

Who should Attend?

This workshop is designed for all those studying Information Technology issues. Some of the workshop material will be oriented to those individuals with some programming experience, although a majority of the presentation is designed for those with no previous programming experience.

Coordinator

This workshop is being coordinated by Dr. Paul Ambrose, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the School of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.