INFS 797 Section I, Fall 2005

Database Programming for the World Wide Web

http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797

New Announcements: Note there will be no class on Friday. Oct. 7. Instead, there will be class on Monday, Oct. 10, which is Columbus Day. The class will be devoted to XQUERY practice. In case you cannot make, you may want to contact me to set a separate meeting - AB

Prof. Alex Brodsky (brodsky@gmu.edu )

Meeting Times and Place: Monday 7:20-10:00; Robinson Hall, A106

Purpose of the course:

Information systems accessible through the World Wide Web and the

Internet are becoming prevalent. This class will discuss technologies

for accessing and manipulation of data that is suitable for WWW

applications. Industry standards will be used throughout. Through this

course, students will have a grasp of the basic concepts of data

manipulation in a modern Internet-based application and the basic skills

in using the data manipulation tools for building such applications. In

this class, the detailed content may be adjusted based on students

backgrounds and goals

Pre-requisites: INFS 501, 515, 590, 614 or equivalent. Need to have good grasp of relational database concepts and functional SQL skills

Textbooks:

Required: None, but a lot of reading materials from the Internet will be assigned by the instructor.

Recommended: Xquery: The XML Query Language, by Michael Brundage, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-321-16581-0

Course work & Grading Policy:

Students are required to attend all the lectures. The planned structure of this class is a midterm examination, students’ presentation of research papers, and a term paper or project. There will be no final exam. Midterm exam 40%, Research paper presentation 20%, Term paper/project 40%.

Instructor’s office hours: Monday, 4:00-6:00 PM, ST-II, rm. 441.

Contact Info: Phone: 703-993-1529, E-mail: Brodsky@gmu.edu,

Fax: 703-993-1638

Teaching Assistant:

TBD

Tentative Lecture Topics:

· Java, XML & XML Schemas

· XML Schemas & XPath

· Xquery

· XML Relational Mapping

· XML-based databases

· JDBC and Transaction Management

· XML database design theory

· Preparation for the Mid-Term Exam

Examples of Student Presentation Topics (individualized):

· Enterprise Integration

· XML compression

· Oracle DBMS extensions with XML

· .NET approach to XML

· XML Indexing

· Optimization of XML queries

· Efficient XML storage

· XML/Xquery systems and prototypes

Tentative Class Schedule:

#	Date	Topic	Lecture	Reference	Due
1	Aug 29	Introduction; Java and XML	http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/lecture1.ppt
2	Sep 5	No class – Labor Day
3	Sep 12	XML Schema and Xpath	http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/lecture2.ppt
4	Sep 19	Xquery	http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/lecture3.ppt http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/lecture5.ppt http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/lecture6.ppt
5	Sep 26	Xquery – cont.
6	Oct 3	No class Note: Friday, Oct. 7, 5:45 PM instead
7	Oct 7 (Friday, 5:45 – 8:15 PM)	NOTE: NO CLASS – TO BE RESCHEDULED
8	Oct 10	XML relational mapping. Note: We DO have class - Columbus Day	http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/lecture8.ppt http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/XQueryExamples
9	Oct 17	JDBC – transaction managment	http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/lecture7.ppt http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/lecture9.ppt		Initial Selection of (1) papers for presentation; (2) topic for term paper/project
10	Oct 24	XML database design theory
11	Oct 31	XML database design theory – cont.
12	Nov 7	Catch-up and review; preparation for Mid-term Exam	http://classweb.gmu.edu/brodsky/infs797/sampleMidterm.doc
13	Nov 14	Midterm Exam
14	Nov 21	Students’ presentations
15	Nov 28	Students’ presentations
16	Dec. 5	Students’ presentations
17	Dec. 12	Students’ presentations