Day 1, afternoon: 

       o  XML - Introduction, general aspects (0.5 h)
              –  Document Object Model (DOM) (0.5 h) 
              –  XML-Namespaces  (1 h, incl. short exercise) 
       o  XHTML (1.5 h)
 
   Day 2, morning: 
        o  Introduction: Defining the structure of XML documents
        o  Document Type Definitions (0.5 h)
        o  XML Schema Definitions (3 h)
          – Basics
          – Inheritance
          –  Examples from the geospatial field
 
   Day 2, afternoon: 
        o  XML Schema Definitions: Practise (1.5 h)
        o  Hints on XPath, XLink, XPointer
 
   Day 3, morning:
        o  XML in the context of GI Services
        o  GetCapabilities Response of WMS and other OGC services
        o  Editing your own XML Metadata
        o  XML based languages in GI Technology
           –  GeoRSS (0.5 h)
           –  KML (0.3 h)
 
   Day 3, afternoon:
        o  XML based languages in GI Technology (cont'd)
           –  GML (2 h)
           – Example
           – Geometries
           –  Practise: Defining your own GML Application Domain Extension ( h)

 For further details please contact:

 E-mail:mnhegazy@narss.sci.eg