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[announcement] Reminder: early bird discount for XForms course 16-17 Ju

• From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
• To: XML Developers List <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
• Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 09:14:45 -0400

Just a quick reminder that 16 May is the deadline for early-bird
registration for the XForms course described below and for
the corresponding discounted registration.

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> From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
> Date: April 9, 2011 10:53:09 AM EDT
> To: XML Developers List <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
> Cc: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
> Subject: [announcement] XForms course 16-17 June 2011, San Carlos, California
> 
> (This course should be of interest to users of XML located in
> or near the Bay Area and to anyone interested in XForms.)
> 
> Black Mesa Technologies is pleased to announce a two-day hands-on
> introductory course on XForms to take place 16-17 June 2011 in San
> Carlos, California. MarkLogic Corporation is generously making a
> training room available for the course (but it should be noted that
> it's not a MarkLogic course).
> 
> INTRODUCTION TO XFORMS FOR XML USERS
> 
>  San Carlos, California
>  16-17 June 2011
> 
> This two-day hands-on course introduces XForms as a technology for
> building special-purpose XML editors with limited functionality and
> correspondingly simple user interfaces.
> 
> XForms is built on the model / view / controller idiom, in which the
> 'model' is a set of XML documents, the 'view' is specified using
> XHTML and XForms controls (or 'widgets'), and the 'controller' takes
> the form of declarative links between controls in the view and
> elements or attributes in the XML documents. With XForms, projects
> can develop vocabulary- and task-specific editors which require less
> training and provide better task-specific support than full XML
> editors; it is thus easier to allow domain experts to examine and
> modify XML encoding, and routine tasks can be performed more quickly
> and reliably. 
> 
> * Topics and syllabus
> 
> The course is divided into eight sessions, four to a day:
> 
>  Introduction: High-level overview of XForms, background, goals and
>  purpose of the XForms spec; “Hello, world” example
> 
>  Atomic values and simple structures (1): A simple form; multiple
>  submit buttons; enumerated values and vocabulary control;
>  conditional relevance; datatypes; validation.
> 
>  Atomic values and simple structures (2): Error messages, help,
>  hints; validation beyond datatypes; styling the form; adjusting
>  for alternate XML structures.
> 
>  Multi-part user interfaces: 
>  Coding patterns for tabbed interfaces, wizards, user-selected
>  alternate views (e.g. summary vs. details, novice vs expert,
>  etc.). Multiple instances; dynamic user interfaces.
> 
>  Homogeneous repetitions: Handling flat lists; paging through
>  records, one record at a time; running off the cliff and how to
>  avoid it. Read-only lists; lists of editable items; see-many,
>  edit-one interfaces.
> 
>  Read-write repetitions, CRUD operations: Special styling for focus
>  item; two-pane views. Inserting items; initializing new
>  items. Deleting items.
> 
>  Mixed content, heterogeneous sequences: Dealing with (flat)
>  heterogeneous sequences; dealing with variable-depth
>  sequences. Extensions to XForms: tree editors, general mixed-content
>  editors. Doing without the extensions: targeted editing in mixed
>  content, offloading work to XSLT.
> 
>  What next? Individual work and/or Q/A: Where do you go from here?
>  Individual work or questions and answers; wrapup.
> 
> During the class, students will develop a small XForms application
> with a multi-part interface, multiple widget types, and the ability to
> add, modify, and delete records in a set. Students will be encouraged
> to take their class exercise files with them so that they can continue
> to work with them after the class.  
> 
> 
> * Prerequisites
> 
> Participants should be comfortable editing XML documents and have some
> knowledge of HTML markup. Familiarity with XPath and XSLT is helpful
> but not required. Programming experience is not required.
> 
> Students should bring their own laptops; no classroom machines will be
> provided.  The machine must have wifi support, a browser with built-in
> support for XSLT (any current version of most major browsers
> qualifies) and software the student can use for editing XML documents.
> 
> 
> * Who
> 
> The course is organized by Black Mesa Technologies LLC and will be
> taught by C. M. Sperberg-McQueen.
> 
> Michael Sperberg-McQueen is the founder of Black Mesa Technologies. He
> has served as co-editor of the XML 1.0 specification, the Text
> Encoding Initiative's Guidelines for Text Encoding and Interchange,
> and the XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 specification; in
> 2003 he was awarded the XML Cup for contributions to the development
> and spread of XML.
> 
> MarkLogic Corporation is providing space (for which thanks), but has
> no other involvement with the course.
> 
> 
> * Logistics
> 
> This course will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and
> Friday, 16-17 June 2011, at
> 
>    MarkLogic Corporation
>    999 Skyway Road, Suite 200
>    San Carlos, CA 94070
> 
> Thanks to MarkLogic Corporation for hosting the course.
> 
> For other logistical information, see the course web site at
> http://www.xforms201106.blackmesatech.com/
> 
> 
> * Reservations / Info
> 
> Space in the course is limited.
> 
> To reserve a space, to register, or to ask for more information,
> please send email to info@blackmesatech.com or call us at
> 505/747-4224.
> 
> An early-bird discount is available for registrations made before 
> 16 May 2011.
> 
> 
> * Announcements of future courses
> 
> To receive announcements of future Black Mesa Technologies courses on
> XForms and other topics, you can subscribe to
> blackmesatech-announce-l.
> 
> 
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> * C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Black Mesa Technologies LLC
> * http://www.blackmesatech.com 
> * http://cmsmcq.com/mib                 
> * http://balisage.net
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* C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Black Mesa Technologies LLC
* http://www.blackmesatech.com 
* http://cmsmcq.com/mib                 
* http://balisage.net
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