Module Descriptors
XML AND WEB SERVICES
COWB60222
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Philip Windridge
Email: P.C.Windridge@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior study of Fundamentals of Software Development or equivalent.
Module Resources
XML Spy
The Internet
Access to Web Servers
Mappoint subscription
Module Learning Strategies
The lecture will support the two lab sessions. The lab sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module, and will be facilitated with booklets, course texts (if any) and the internet. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions.
Related to independant study students will use this time to research topics and develop their assignment.
(1:n) (2:70)2
Module Indicative Content
The progression of HTML to XHTML
Web Standards
XML and XSLT
Xpath, Xforms, Xlink, XQuery
XML family such as SVG, SMIL, MathML, GML, RDF
Web Services and SOAP
XML Encryption, Key management, signature and security
Web Ontology
Semantic Web
DOM / SAX
EbXML
.NET and J2EE
SOA
Module Additional Assessment Details
Assignment 50% (Learning outcomes 3,4). The assignment will create a web service artefact that will be documented within a report.
Exam 50% - length 1.5 hours (Learning outcomes 1, 2)
Module Texts
Directed reading will be given in lectures.

Background Reading
www.w3.org
www.w3schools.com