Homework Assignment 2

Due: 9 am, October 14, 2009.

Design of a Simple XML Language

In Part 2 of Assignment 1, you put your resume in a web page format.

The purpose of this assignment is to design a simple XML language that you would use to describe the entitites contained within a resume. High-level entities will include:

• Name.
• Home Address
• School Address
• Major of Study
• Education .. to date.
• Employment

Contained within these entities will be further tags for location, dates, .. and so forth.

Create a web page containing four parts:

• Problem Statement.
  Develop a short description of the resume features that will be covered by your language. I would suggest that you choose just two or three high-level areas.
• Keyword Design.
  Create a simple table containing the keywords that will be in your language, along with the meaning of each keyword.
• Examples of XML Markup.
  Create an example of how your XML language would be used for your resume (i.e., it should have your name in it!).
• Hierarchy of Keywords and Content.
  Draw a tree diagram of the tag hierarchy and content showing your name in the resume markup.

Note. This assignment is deliberately open ended. We will be looking for elements of creativity in coming up with tags and their organization.
The green class reader contains instructions on creating tables in html, e.g.,

What to hand in.

There is nothing to hand in -- the grader will simply visit your web page soon after the due date.
Hint. Don't link your home page to your assignment until early-in-the-morning October 14.

Developed in October 2009 by Mark Austin
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland