AD 64080 F05 Brandyberry

BAD 64080 Emerging Hardware and Software Technologies - Semester Topic:  XML (eXtensible Markup Language) + Advanced Data Communication Topics

Fall 2005

BSA 106 & Computer Lab (Most Thursdays)

12:15pm – 1:30pm

Course: Vista WebSite

Publisher: Textbook Downloads

Graduate standing and permission of instructor.

Investigation of selected emerging hardware and software technologies such as parallel processing systems, computer languages and operation systems, artificial intelligence, neural networks and chaos theory. The topic this semester is XML and associated data communication technologies including web services.  This course seeks to impart a comprehensive and applied knowledge of eXtensible markup language (XML) and associated technologies.

Dr. Alan Brandyberry

BSA A425

(330)672-1146

Tuesdays 1:30-3:00, Thursdays 1:30-3:00

http://babbage.bsa.kent.edu/ (we will not use – may be down at times for maintenance)

 

Upon completion of this course, students will:

 

1. Understand the role of XML and associated technologies in business and other environments.

 

2. Obtain a conceptual understanding of XML and associated technologies.

 

3. Obtain a applied understanding of XML, namespaces, schemas, CSS, XSLT, DOM, SOAP, etc.

 

 

 

In order to succeed in this course, it is essential that you do the assignments (reading and computer assignments) independently and in a timely fashion and come to class consistently and well prepared for the topic(s) to be covered.  In leading the class discussion I will assume that every student has prepared for the class ahead of time; therefore, if you are not prepared, you will not be able to follow the discussion and will quickly become "lost". 

 

 

Individual Term Project/Paper

A research paper, project, or analysis and design report will be required for this course.  The research paper should be a narrowly focused in-depth examination of a topic related to those discussed in class.  A literature review is required but is not sufficient in itself. After reviewing the literature you should discuss its significance in how it relates to the objectives of this class, discuss potential applications and the future of the topic and generally provide an interpretation of the topic based upon your own insight, experience, and knowledge.  Projects will implement the concepts introduced in this course in a working application.  An analysis and design report will address the design of a system that is too large or where the technologies are not available to implement the system as a project.  This paper/project is to be done individually.  A proposal and presentation slides are due on October 11 and short class presentations will be done for peer feedback.  All projects/papers/presentation slides are due on December 8^th.

 

 

The primary form of homework in this course will be the student’s successful completion and submission of one case described at the end of each tutorial.  There are several cases at the end of each tutorial and each student needs to independently complete one case of their own choice.  In addition, there will be one case on SOAP.

 

Each case will be evaluated as to how well it meets the case requirements.  Case submissions that fully meet all requirements will receive a score of ‘A’.  Exceptional solutions that exceed requirements will be necessary to receive ‘A+’.  Lower scores associated with deductions based on subjective assessment of deficiencies will be assigned as needed.  Submitting nothing will receive a score of ‘0’ – not ‘F’.  Submissions that do not ‘run’ (such as resulting in error messages when accessed) should not be expected to receive a grade higher than ‘C-’.

 

Each case may require several files to be submitted.  All cases should be zipped into a single file (make sure to include directory information if necessary).  You should unzip your file(s) to a separate location and confirm it all works before submitting.  If the file needs to be resubmitted due to errors in this step there will be a letter grade deduction taken on the case.  The case zip file must be named in the following format:  [Your Last Name]-T[Tutorial Number]-C[Case Number].zip (if I was submitting case #3 from tutorial #2 my filename would be: Brandyberry-T2-C3.zip).  Uploading instructions will be provided in class.

 

 

The chapter or portion of a chapter that is to be discussed in class should be read by the student before class. You should also be prepared to answer the questions at the end of each chapter (you need not write out the answers unless specifically asked to do so). No grade will be assigned for this portion, however, see the section on quizzes concerning failure to perform in this area.

 

 

You will take one quiz for each tutorial.  These quizzes must be taken during our lab times.  Quizzes will be T/F in format and will contain between 20 and 40 questions.  There will also be one quiz on web services and one quiz on SOAP.  These final two quizzes will be paper-based.  Quizzes are open book but are strictly timed to allow 30 seconds per question.  You should not plan on looking up each answer as you will obviously run out of time.  You will have two tries at each electronic quiz (the SOAP and Web Services quizzes are not electronic) and the highest attempt will count.  The only exception is that I will allow three tries for the first quiz so students will have one extra try to learn the system.

 

Note that although I have tried to allow you a lot of flexibility with taking the quizzes cheating on these will be dealt with very strictly.  To be clear, the following will be considered cheating:

1. Taking the quiz for someone else.

2. Providing or receiving help from anyone on a quiz.

3. Watching anyone else take a quiz.

4. Electronically or manually copying, saving, or printing any question on a quiz.

 

Any form of cheating on these quizzes will likely result in automatically failing the course, a note in your permanent file, and possible sanctions at the university level.  It does not matter if you were receiving or giving the help, the sanctions will be the same.

 

 

Students are responsible for all in class announcements and material whether absence is excused or unexcused. Missed assignments/quizzes will not be made up. In certain cases (emergencies) the score will be dropped. All other cases receive a score of 0.  Missed in-class exercises will receive a score of zero and cannot be made up.

 

 

Academic  

Any student found to be engaged in cheating, plagiarism, or any form of academic misconduct in this course, whether on exams or any other assignment, will automatically receive a grade of "F" for the course.  Other actions may be taken by the College of Business Administration and/or the University.  This policy is to protect the majority of students who are honest.

 

 

In accordance with university policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access to this course, please contact the instructor during the first week of the semester.  Disabilities must be documented through the Office of Student Disability Services located in the Michael Schwartz Center.

Quizzes

30%

Cases

30%

Project/Paper Proposal (and Presentation)

10%

Final Project/Paper (and Presentation)

30%

   TOTAL

100%

Aug 30, Sep 01

Introduction, What is an “Emerging Technology”? Why XML?,

The Business Context of XML

 

Sep 06, 08

Tutorial 1: Creating an XML Document

Chapter 1

Sep 13, 15

Tutorial 2: Binding XML Data with Internet Explorer

Chapter 2

Sep 20, 22

Tutorial 3: Creating a Valid XML Document

Chapter 3

Sep 27, 29

Tutorial 4: Working with Namespaces and Schemas

Chapter 4

Oct 04, 06

Tutorial 5: Working with Cascading Style Sheets

Chapter 5

Oct 11, 13

Project/Paper Topic Presentations

 

Oct 18, 20

Tutorial 6: Working with XSLT

Chapter 6

Oct 25, 27

Tutorial 7: Creating a Computational Style Sheet

Chapter 7

Nov 01, 03

Tutorial 8: Creating Element Groups

Chapter 8

Nov 08, 10

Tutorial 9: Working with the Document Object Model

Chapter 9

Nov 15, 17

Simple Object Access Protocol, November 17 will be the final lab day.

ALL tutorial quizzes are due by the end of class time on the 17^th.

 

Nov 22

Project Time

 

Nov 29, Dec 01

Simple Object Access Protocol, Web Services, SOAP Quiz on the 1st

 

Dec 06

Web Services

 

Dec 08

Web Services Quiz, Project/Paper Presentations (All Due)

All Cases Due

 

Dec 15

12:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Final Exam Period – Project/Paper Presentations