ANNOUNCE> Dynamic Duo Workshop (XML and Dynamic HTML)

[Thomas P. Copley]

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        | THE DYNAMIC DUO WORKSHIP:  XML & DYNAMIC HTML |
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The Dynamic Duo Workshop:  XML & Dynamic HTML is a six week workshop
conducted entirely via email and the World Wide Web (WWW). It
introduces the beginner and somewhat more advanced user to the
eXtensibe Markup Language (XML) and dynamic HyperText Markup Language
(HTML).

A quiet revolution has been taking place that will provide the
Internet's Web surfing millions with enormous amounts of new
functionality, and will transform how we use the Web.  The dual
agents of change that are creating this watershed are the newly
minted XML and a variety of client-side scripting techniques known
collectively as dynamic HTML.

XML is the next logical step beyond HTML as it allows the author to
mark up a document's content instead of merely the structure of its
presentation.  XML is actually a metalanguage that enables Web
authors to invent and use their own specialized markup languages. 
For example, a commercial site may incorporate tags such as
<PRODUCTNAME> or <PRICING> in an online catalog. Similarly, a markup
language for chemists may use the tags <ATOMS> and <FORMULA>.  Once
content is tagged using one of these XML-based specialized languages,
it can be read by a program or script to provide functionality and
automation that previously could only be achieved with great
difficulty.  It also opens the door to a myriad of specialized search
engines that will now be able to find that needle of information you
are seeking in the World Wide Haystack.

Both the upcoming version of Netscape Navigator 5.0 and the current
version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (4.0) support XML and dynamic
HTML.  HTML and XML can be blended almost imperceptibly to open up
access by scripts and programs, not only to the appearance of Web
pages, but also to their structure and content.  This greatly
empowers authors to create Web pages with interactive, dynamic
features.  These client-side scripts run on the user's own computer,
thereby eliminating the need for a slow round trip to the Web
server.  Another facet of this new dynamicism is style sheets.  The
style of Web pages can conveniently be controlled by Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) or the new eXtensibe Style Sheets (XSL).  Dynamic HTML
utilizes style sheets to assert fine-grain control over the exact
appearance and precise placement of Web page elements.  Thus Web
authors are assured a high degree of selectivity and flexibility in
the dynamic effects they can create.


Content of the Workshop

The Dynamic Duo Workshop will help you to efficiently and effectively
use both XML and dynamic HTML to turn your Web pages into a
stand-out, full-featured site, and to know how to gain maximum
advantage from each technology.  During the workshop you will learn
how to:

   * add functionality and interactivity to Web pages using dynamic
     HTML;

   * use dynamic HTML to compliment server applications, including 
     generating HTML presentations based on server output in XML;

   * position layers and elements on the fly in order to turn static
     Web pages into an exciting interactive experience;

   * format Web pages or data in XML in order to give search engines
     access to a wealth of contextual information;

   * take advantage of vertical, horizontal and industry-based XML
     languages, as well as general, broad-market languages such as
     Channel Definition Format (CDF) and Resource Description 
     Framework (RDF);

   * use XML-based applications that can query several database
     servers, combine their results, and create a Web-ready XML
     document.
  

How To Sign Up

A six week session of the Dynamic Duo Workshop is scheduled to begin
on Monday, May 4, 1998 and will conclude on Friday, June 12, 1998.

The cost of the workshop is $30 US.**

To sign up for the workshop, please send an email message to the
address:

   majordomo at arlington.com

and in the body of the message, place:

   subscribe duo

In order to gain maximum advantage from the Dynamic Duo Workshop, it
will be necessary to have either an up-to-date version of Microsoft
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

   ** NOTE:  While Make the Link and Tune In the Net Workshops are
   not prerequisites for the Dynamic Duo Workshop (DDW), both provide
   complimentary information that may also be of interest to many
   participants in DDW.  A discounted price for DDW is available for
   past participants in these workshops or for those who now wish to
   take them.  For further information about the discount, please
   see:

      http://www.bearfountain.com/arlington/duo-discount.html


About the Author

The workshop leader, Thomas P. Copley, Ph.D., has successfully taught
several on-line courses in the past, including most recently, Tune In
the Net Workshop <http://www.bearfountain.com/arlington/tune.html>,
first offered in 1997, Make the Link Workshop
<http://www.bearfountain.com/arlington/links.html>, introduced in
1995, and the Go-pher-it Workshop in 1994.  He has been actively
involved in on-line teaching for more than a decade, and has been a
consultant to Apple Computer, Inc. <http://www.apple.com>.  He is
also one of the founders of the Electronic University, and has been
on the faculty of Antioch College <http://college.antioch.edu> in
Yellow Springs, Ohio, and Washington State University
<http://www.wsu.edu>. He is co-moderator of the online-ed
<http://www.arlington.com/online-ed/> mailing list.

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THOMAS P. COPLEY                           tcopley at arlington.com
Dynamic Duo Workshop             www.bearfountain.com/arlington/