This course is an introduction to the information technologies required for secure, practical information systems for electronic commerce.

Topics will be chosen from areas such as

• document representation (XML, DTDs, XML Schema, XSLT, CSS)
• security (encryption, public key, symmetric key, PKI, authentication); kinds of attack and vulnerabilities
• electronic trading (spontaneous, deliberative, auctions)
• electronic document management (metadata, search, digital libraries, management and processing)
• recent developments and maturation of the area, such as web application frameworks, web services, the semantic web , mobile commerce

Case studies will be used where appropriate.

Upon completion of this course, the student will have the knowledge and skills to:

• Create good quality XML documents to describe a simple data model, with related DTD and CSS style sheets for handling such XML documents.
• Assess the quality of a simple XML data model.
• Design and evaluate secure systems for information transmission in an electronic commerce system
• Evaluate eTrading systems for individuals and organisations against types of trading and risks, and the advantages and limitations of electronic trading.
• Evaluate the extension and application of transmission, security and document technologies in an area of current interest or development in eCommerce.

Quizzes (5%) Assignments (25%) Final Exam (70%)

Thirty one-hour lectures and seven two-hour tutorial/laboratory sessions

COMP1100 or COMP1130 or COMP1720 or COMP1730; 12 units of 2000-series IT courses; and 6 units of MATH/STAT courses