ISD3

Exam Structure is roughly the same as last year –3 hours (including 10 minutes reading time) –25 Marks compulsory –3 out of 7 questions 25 marks each –Paper is quite long

Compulsory Question –25 marks compulsory 10 marks testing reading knowledge of –HTML –SQL –PHP –CSS –XQuery –XML –XML Schema –XSLT 5 samples – what is it and what does it do? –15 marks testing conceptual knowledge –5 pairs of closely relate or confusable terms – what is the similarity and difference –These concepts and terminology may also crop up in the optional questions

Concepts (draft) BPMworkflow client-side scriptserver-side script conceptual data modelrelational data model declarativeprocedural entity typeentity instance ER modelEER model false positivetrue positive HTMLXHTML HTMLHTTP information systemcomputer system integrityveracity JavaJavaScript levenstein disancesoundex

matchingclassifying precisionrecall primary keyforeign key push interactionpull interaction Repository FrameInformation Frame sequence diagramstatechart SOAPREST SQLXQuery statechartentity life history (ELH) stateless interactionstateful interaction static web pagedynamic web page well-formed XMLvalid XML XML DatabaseRelational database XML SchemaXSLT XPDSDM

Choice Questions 3 out of 7 25 mark questions –Each question roughly covers a topic but there will be some integration required –Most questions are focused round a simple situation or problem – read it carefully –Each question is structured (roughly) as A straightforward application of a technique to the situation or review of literature Progressively more challenging questions

Topics Covered 3-tier web application architecture and interaction; responsibility and technologies at each layer; issues in web-based information systems development e.g. veracity and integrity; communication and web services; Data modelling; SQL, Extended Entity Attribute Relationship modelling; Concept of Problem Frames; Matching and Fitness; Classification and taxonomy Use cases, sequence diagrams; statechart (state-machine models) Methodology and Development process models; XP ; conventional life cycle models and their rationale XML technologies; XML; XML schemas; XSLT ; XML technologies and application of XML to structured data; XML databases Business process modelling; state-charts; Business Process Management concepts, applications and technologies

Revision Last years paper is a good example Answer guidelines to be posted on UWEOnline after Easter, so try some questions in advance. Revision Lecture on Thursday May 4 th – topics to be chosen by you – me. Understand the basics of the technologies we have looked at. Understand and be able to discuss the choice and application of these technologies, and methodologies.