• Module 1
   • XML Manipulating
      - The Parser and DOM, Parsers, The Parser and the Application

   • Document Object Model
      - Getting Started with DOM, Managing the State

   • Alternative API: SAX
      - SAX Interfaces and Objects, Flexibility

• Module 2
   • Writing XML
      - The Parser Mirror, DOM Methods to Create and Modify Documents, Creating         Documents Without DOM, Creating Documents from Non-XML Data Structures

• Module 3
   • Modeling for Flexibility
      - Structured and Extensible, XLink, Signature, The Right Level of Abstraction

• Module 4
   • N-Tiered Architecture and XML
      - Client/Server Applications, 3-Tiered Applications, N-Tiers

• The XCommerce Application
   • Simplifications, Shop, XML Server

• Module 5
   • Putting It All Together: An e-Commerce Example
      - Building XCommerce, The Middle Tier, Encapsulating XML Tools, The Data          Tier, Viewer and Editor