XML Analysis

Due: October 31 @ Midnight via Blackboard

Please download the following files. It is important that you download them in the appropriate format (i.e. right-click on the links, then save them onto your hard drive).

• thesisAbstract.txt
• thesisAbstract.dtd

Once you have downloaded these files, complete the following:

1. XML Creation: You have been supplied with a plain-text file (thesisAbstract.txt). Please mark this document in XML, in conformance with the DTD specified by thesisAbstract.dtd.
   
2. DTD Creation: Create a new DTD by augmenting the existing DTD. Your new DTD should, in addition to those already represented, represent the following elements of a thesis
   1. All mathematical terms
   2. All acronyms
   3. Descriptions of experimentation
   
   You may choose to model each of these elements however you like. For instance, your modeling of an experiment might contain sub-elements such as dependent and independent variables or reports of findings (these are merely examples). Your grade on this section will rely in part on the degree to which your new model adds useful information to the text.
   
   
3. Mark up thesisAbstract.txt according to your new DTD.
   

Deliverables

Please submit the following files to Blackboard (in the assignments section):

• The XML file that conforms with thesisAbstract.dtd
• Your new DTD
• The XML file that conforms with your new DTD

All of these materials are due by Midnight on the due date shown above.

Grading

10 points are possible on this assignment

• 2 Points for successfully linking the DTD to the XML file
• 2 Points for marking up the initial XML file correctly
• 4 Points for creating the new DTD
• 2 Points for adding in the new elements to your existing XML file

A Note on the Data

A thesis abstract describes briefly what a doctoral dissertation is about and what its findings are. It also gives the dissertation's title, author, and the people who served as the author's advisory committee. The committee has one advisor (listed first in the committee information), and one or more readers.