Semester 2 (ONC)TWMBA (EXT)TWMBA

Units 1 () Band 2

Pre-requisite: CSC 3407 and CSC 3405

This course will start with an historical introduction to document languages including references to the TeX and LaTeX languages, progressing then to a brief introduction to the postscript printer language. Students will be expected to write and test some simple postscript programs. Next the rationale for the introduction of SGML is discussed, and these languages are introduced. The Document Type Description (DTD) feature of SGML is introduced (and students will be expected to develop a simple DTD) and then the Document Object Model is studied. At this stage, students will be expected to develop a simple XML parser written in Java, using the JDOM class library. In the second half of the course, agent technology will be introduced, starting with the concept of rational agents, which adopt the belief, desire, intention model for an agent; then emotional agents are discussed; the last topic discussed in relation to agents is the use of XML and protocols which make use of XML for communication with and between agents. Finally, the course is reviewed.

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