Intro and XML 1Course Intro and XMLhttps://mailman.u.washington.edu/mailman/private/lis549u_au04en-US© 2007 Do not reuse without author's permission.A course given at the Information School at the University of Washington[ChannelSummary][ChannelDesc]//instructor[@type='main']/emailhttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04//images/CM1Fall04.jpg http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/redirect.asp?type=subjectCM I - Introduction to Content Management100100noWe will introduce the series and this first course.The aim of the series is to help you become a player in the content management discipline. By player I mean someone who would be trusted to lead some or all of a CM initiative. The three courses cover the three main areas in which you must gain proficiency to be a player:Knowledge of the concepts of CM and how to put them into practice within an organization.The ability to analyze an organization's requirements for CM and to be able to construct a general design for a CMS.Knowledge of the machinery of CM and how the parts of a CMS all fit together.CM1Fall04_s_introCm1The aim of the series is to help you become a player in the content management discipline. By player I mean someone who would be trusted to lead some or all of a CM initiative. The three courses cover the three main areas in which you must gain proficiency to be a player:Knowledge of the concepts of CM and how to put them into practice within an organization.The ability to analyze an organization's requirements for CM and to be able to construct a general design for a CMS.Knowledge of the machinery of CM and how the parts of a CMS all fit together.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_introCm1.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_introCm1We will introduce the series and this first course.100100[duration][keywords]100100[duration][keywords]We will define and show the importance of templates to CM.A template adds presentation to the content you manage. You store content apart from presentation so that you can later apply a number of different presentations to it.CM1Fall04_s_tpl2004-10-14A template adds presentation to the content you manage. You store content apart from presentation so that you can later apply a number of different presentations to it.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_tpl.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_tplWe will define and show the importance of templates to CM.100100[duration][keywords]We will study a practical method for reverse engineering the templates used in a Web site.Once you know what a template is, the next thing to learn is how to make them. Rather than building templates, we will begin by identifying and categorizing them on an existing Web site. By reverse engineering the templates that others have created, you can begin to nurture a talent for creating your own.CM1Fall04_s_tplAnal2004-10-21Once you know what a template is, the next thing to learn is how to make them. Rather than building templates, we will begin by identifying and categorizing them on an existing Web site. By reverse engineering the templates that others have created, you can begin to nurture a talent for creating your own.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_tplAnal.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_tplAnalWe will study a practical method for reverse engineering the templates used in a Web site.100100[duration][keywords]We will define and show the importance of content types to CM.While templates are an easy way into CM, content types are at its heart. Simply, content types are the kinds of content you want to deliver. However, deciding what your types are or should be is not at all simple. In this part of the class, we will work with the idea of types in order to bring you as close as possible to the center of the discipline.CM1Fall04_s_contTypes2004-10-14While templates are an easy way into CM, content types are at its heart. Simply, content types are the kinds of content you want to deliver. However, deciding what your types are or should be is not at all simple. In this part of the class, we will work with the idea of types in order to bring you as close as possible to the center of the discipline.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_contTypes.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_contTypesWe will define and show the importance of content types to CM.100100[duration][keywords]We will study a practical method for reverse engineering the content types on an existing site.Once you know what a content type is, the next step is to begin creating your own. The best way we know to cultivate that ability is to reverse engineer the content types that others have created. In this part of the class we will study a method for a content type analysis of an existing Web site.CM1Fall04_s_contTypeAnal2004-10-28Once you know what a content type is, the next step is to begin creating your own. The best way we know to cultivate that ability is to reverse engineer the content types that others have created. In this part of the class we will study a method for a content type analysis of an existing Web site.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_contTypeAnal.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_contTypeAnalWe will study a practical method for reverse engineering the content types on an existing site.100100[duration][keywords]We will bring the ideas of template and content type analysis together in a peer site analysis.A peer analysis is a method for seeing what other organizations like yours are doing with their content. In business, this sort of process is generally termed a "competitive analysis," because it is used to keep up with (and go ahead of) the competition. We will be doing a peer analysis as a class for the UN's World Food Programme. In this part of the class, we will bring the ideas of template and content type analysis together into a unified peer analysis.CM1Fall04_s_peerAnal2004-11-04A peer analysis is a method for seeing what other organizations like yours are doing with their content. In business, this sort of process is generally termed a "competitive analysis," because it is used to keep up with (and go ahead of) the competition. We will be doing a peer analysis as a class for the UN's World Food Programme. In this part of the class, we will bring the ideas of template and content type analysis together into a unified peer analysis.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_peerAnal.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_peerAnalWe will bring the ideas of template and content type analysis together in a peer site analysis.100100[duration][keywords]I will present the set of content types that you will use for yoru class project.A peer analysis is a method for seeing what other organizations like yours are doing with their content. In business, this sort of process is generally termed a "competitive analysis," because it is used to keep up with (and go ahead of) the competition. We will be doing a peer analysis as a class for the UN's World Food Programme. In this part of the class, we will bring the ideas of template and content type analysis together into a unified peer analysis.CM1Fall04_s_peerAnalCType2004-11-18A peer analysis is a method for seeing what other organizations like yours are doing with their content. In business, this sort of process is generally termed a "competitive analysis," because it is used to keep up with (and go ahead of) the competition. We will be doing a peer analysis as a class for the UN's World Food Programme. In this part of the class, we will bring the ideas of template and content type analysis together into a unified peer analysis.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_peerAnalCType.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_peerAnalCTypeI will present the set of content types that you will use for yoru class project.100100[duration][keywords]What goes on behind the content management scenes at Microsoft.Marcia Olmsted has been on a mission to help customers make strategic use of electronic information since dinosaurs roamed the earth (when we were using Freenets and Unix commands to access the Internet). She and her husband leaped on the opportunity to work for Microsoft and move to the Northwest from Toronto a year and half ago and have never looked back. When she’s not facilitating cross-group collaboration around content standards, Marcia stays off the street by singing with the Bellevue Chamber Chorus and training for distance runs. CM1Fall04_s_guest12004-10-28Marcia Olmsted has been on a mission to help customers make strategic use of electronic information since dinosaurs roamed the earth (when we were using Freenets and Unix commands to access the Internet). She and her husband leaped on the opportunity to work for Microsoft and move to the Northwest from Toronto a year and half ago and have never looked back. When she’s not facilitating cross-group collaboration around content standards, Marcia stays off the street by singing with the Bellevue Chamber Chorus and training for distance runs. http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_guest1.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_guest1What goes on behind the content management scenes at Microsoft.100100[duration][keywords]We will study the organizational context for CM.While you might love to avoid dealing with your organization as you prepare for a CMS, you do so at your grave risk. More CM projects fail due to political and financial issues than to technical ones. In this part of the course, we will look at how you might go about assessing the atmosphere for CM in your organization and how you can be sure it has the greatest chance of non technical success.CM1Fall04_s_orgs2004-11-04While you might love to avoid dealing with your organization as you prepare for a CMS, you do so at your grave risk. More CM projects fail due to political and financial issues than to technical ones. In this part of the course, we will look at how you might go about assessing the atmosphere for CM in your organization and how you can be sure it has the greatest chance of non technical success.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_orgs.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_orgsWe will study the organizational context for CM.100100[duration][keywords]We will discuss how you might best get the organization behind you.A typical content management project begins with wide agreement that there is a problem -- too much information to manage informally. There is tacit approval from organizational decision makers that some solution must be found, and there are the beginnings of a content management project team. On the other hand, the project begins with little or no understanding (let alone agreement) about what the solution will be, what parts of the organization will be affected, how long the project will take, or how much it will cost. Without compelling answers to these, and many other, questions, the project will flounder from the start.CM1Fall04_s_readiness2004-11-18A typical content management project begins with wide agreement that there is a problem -- too much information to manage informally. There is tacit approval from organizational decision makers that some solution must be found, and there are the beginnings of a content management project team. On the other hand, the project begins with little or no understanding (let alone agreement) about what the solution will be, what parts of the organization will be affected, how long the project will take, or how much it will cost. Without compelling answers to these, and many other, questions, the project will flounder from the start.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_readiness.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_readinessWe will discuss how you might best get the organization behind you.100100[duration][keywords]We will study the process and staff you might use to select a suitable CMS product.In years past, there were no CMS products on the market. In the future, you'll no more think of creating your own CMS than you'd think of creating your own Enterprise Resource planning (ERP) system. Today, it's likely that you can get most of what you need from one of the commercially available CMS products. Still, it's likely that you need to do a fair amount of custom programming to get the results that you desire.CM1Fall04_s_sysSelect2004-11-18In years past, there were no CMS products on the market. In the future, you'll no more think of creating your own CMS than you'd think of creating your own Enterprise Resource planning (ERP) system. Today, it's likely that you can get most of what you need from one of the commercially available CMS products. Still, it's likely that you need to do a fair amount of custom programming to get the results that you desire.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_sysSelect.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_sysSelectWe will study the process and staff you might use to select a suitable CMS product.100100[duration][keywords]We will study the process and staff you might use to implement and deploy a CMS.After you've designed your publications, content, and system and you've chosen an appropriate CMS platform, you're ready to implement your project. To begin, you must turn your requirements and designs into a set of specifications.CM1Fall04_s_imp2004-12-01After you've designed your publications, content, and system and you've chosen an appropriate CMS platform, you're ready to implement your project. To begin, you must turn your requirements and designs into a set of specifications.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_imp.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_impWe will study the process and staff you might use to implement and deploy a CMS.100100[duration][keywords]We will study the structure and uses of XML.Working directly with markup code can be trying at best and completely baffling at worst. It takes a certain attitude and a few key concepts to get past the complexity and to work successfully with markup code.CM1Fall04_s_xmlInstanceWorking directly with markup code can be trying at best and completely baffling at worst. It takes a certain attitude and a few key concepts to get past the complexity and to work successfully with markup code.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_xmlInstance.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_xmlInstanceWe will study the structure and uses of XML.100100[duration][keywords]We will study how you can specify the rules of XML structure.XML is a wonderful way to express any sort of content structure you can imagine. But, if you can make up a tag for anything, what keeps XML from getting out of hand? How can you ensure that tags are spelled correctly and that they fall in the right place under only particular parent elements? How can you ensure that only certain attributes and attribute values are allowed? In short, how can you ensure that the wonderful structure that you create can ever be enforced?CM1Fall04_s_xmlSchema2004-10-07XML is a wonderful way to express any sort of content structure you can imagine. But, if you can make up a tag for anything, what keeps XML from getting out of hand? How can you ensure that tags are spelled correctly and that they fall in the right place under only particular parent elements? How can you ensure that only certain attributes and attribute values are allowed? In short, how can you ensure that the wonderful structure that you create can ever be enforced?http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_xmlSchema.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_xmlSchemaWe will study how you can specify the rules of XML structure.100100[duration][keywords]We will go over the ways that you can turn the structure of XML into the format of HTML.XML is a structural representation of content, which is a good thing for managing that content. You need to know the structure of content to track and manipulate it. Because XML isn't a presentation language, it must be translated into one as it comes time to view it.CM1Fall04_s_xmlXforms2004-10-14XML is a structural representation of content, which is a good thing for managing that content. You need to know the structure of content to track and manipulate it. Because XML isn't a presentation language, it must be translated into one as it comes time to view it.http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_xmlXforms.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_xmlXformsWe will go over the ways that you can turn the structure of XML into the format of HTML.100100[duration][keywords]CM1Fall04_s_prodZope2004-12-01http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_prodZope.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_prodZope100100[duration][keywords]CM1Fall04_s_prodMscms2004-10-14http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_prodMscms.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_prodMscms100100[duration][keywords]CM1Fall04_s_prodFatwire[pub datet]http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_prodFatwire.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_prodFatwire100100[duration][keywords]CM1Fall04_s_prodIngenuix2004-11-04http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_prodIngenuix.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_prodIngenuix100100[duration][keywords]CM1Fall04_s_prodCrown2004-10-21http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_prodCrown.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_prodCrown100100[duration][keywords]CM1Fall04_s_prodEktron2004-11-18http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_prodEktron.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_prodEktron100100[duration][keywords]Each team will present their Peer Template and Content Type Analysis.CM1Fall04_s_TeamReports2004-12-09http://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/images/s_TeamReports.jpghttp://courses.ischool.edu/boikoPodCasts/CM1Fall04/Redirect.asp?type=subject&id=s_TeamReportsEach team will present their Peer Template and Content Type Analysis.100100[duration][keywords]