Design a system for an online bookshop, Programming Languages

Assignment Help:

As an XML expert you are required to model a system for an online bookshop. After an interview with the shop manager you have the following information:

  • The detail of the bookshop includes shop name, address, telephone number, website address (URL), and logo (image).
  • The bookshop has the following types of items for sale: books, magazines, music CD/DVD, games, etc. Each item has its name, item number, description, quantity and price.
  • A book can be paperback or hardback book.  A book also has information about title, publisher, author, ISBN number, publish year, edition, optionally with CD, etc.
  • A magazine can be a normal or e-magazine with name, publisher, ISSN number, publish year and Issues.
  • The music CD/DVD have title, publisher, publish year, the media (CD or DVD), and signer/player etc.
  • A game has name, producer, year of release and PEGI rating.  It also has the information of platform (e.g., PC, Wii, Xbox) and the media (CD, online, DVD). 

Task 1. Analyse the above-motioned scenario. Prepare data in XML, and add additional information you wish to record. Draw your data structure. You should include:

  • 3 pieces of data or more for each item.
  • 2 or more attributes
  • At least one optional data field.                                                       

Task 2. Using the above information and your additional information, and the data structure from Task 1, create an XML document and name it catalog_{studentID}.xml. (e.g, catalog _03047791.xml)                                         

Task 3. Using the structure of catalog _{studentID}.xml as a model, create a DTD file named catalog _{studentID}.dtd. Apply catalog _{studentID}.dtd to the contents of catalog _{studentID}.xml. Validate the XML document against your DTD using an online validator or AltovaXML2008.

Task 4. Create a CSS file catalog _{studentID}.css to render your XML data file to a web browser.

  • Create a list
  • Create at least one border
  • Use at least two different font sizes and two different font families.
  • Use two different font colours, at least one of which is defined using RGB values.
  • Display logo a image.
  • Use at least one floating box

Task 5. Write a short report up to 1000 words (save as report1 _{studentID}.doc, a word document) to describe how you designed and implemented the coursework part 1. The report should include the data structure. Discuss the limitations of DTD and CSS.


Related Discussions:- Design a system for an online bookshop

Define the procedures cons, Show that we can represent pairs of nonnegative...

Show that we can represent pairs of nonnegative integers using only numbers and arithmetic operations if we represent the pair a and b as the integer that is the product 2 a 3 b .

Genetic algorithm, I need help I want to implement the Genetic Algorithm f...

I need help I want to implement the Genetic Algorithm for Shortest path Kindly Help me I will be thankful to you

Discuss about wap architecture, Question 1 How to call a WML Script from a...

Question 1 How to call a WML Script from a WML Page? Question 2 Write short notes on WML Script Operators and Expressions Question 3 Write short notes on WML Script Statements

Write a procedure to prints the avl tree, (a) Write a procedure called (loo...

(a) Write a procedure called (lookup n t). This procedure has 2 arguments: n is the value being looked up, t is the AVL tree. The subtree with n as its root is returned (or '() if

Asp.net, How to lunch webcame via viusal studio 2012

How to lunch webcame via viusal studio 2012

ActionScript, looking for help with a flash game assignment.

looking for help with a flash game assignment.

Unix Shell, #quFollow the my shell programming guidelines as in the other a...

#quFollow the my shell programming guidelines as in the other assignments. Write a shell script to send a customized mail message to the users listed on the command line by login (

Shell script convert the given amount into words, Normal 0 fals...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

Matlab error, n2=2:100; t=3; while t { g3(t)=(1/2)*(0.63)*(0.8....

n2=2:100; t=3; while t { g3(t)=(1/2)*(0.63)*(0.8.^(n2)); t=t+1; } g3(1)=0; g3(2)=0; what is wrong with the code above? it tells me that line: g3(t)=(1/2)

STM32, Windows XP using C# load a binary file and send it thru a USB port t...

Windows XP using C# load a binary file and send it thru a USB port to the USB port of STM32. STM32 received the file and then write it into an I2C EEPROM.

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd