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<Snip> The "essence" of XML is not that hard to grasp in technical terms, and the details of the minutiae can be looked up when necessary. </Snip> I agree, and would like to add a slight addition: the "essence" of XML is not that hard to grasp in technical terms to those who have a solid technology basis. I have seen cases where people are "thrown" into the XML world without even having a solid background in essentials such as relational database design, object-oriented techniques, parsing concepts, transmission protocol concepts, programming languages, etc. (or even with no background in technology whatsoever!). I have not seen the XML certification test, but I truly believe that if one can pass it without having a solid technology basis then its validity and weight might be questioned. Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton Mike Champion wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 15:05:25 -0500, Simon St.Laurent > <simonstl@s...> wrote: > > > The last time I looked > > at the questions, it seemed like an odd mix of obvious stuff and > > minutiae, and reality tends to lurk someplace in the middle. > > That's my impression too, and I agree with Ken Holman's assessment as well. > > The "essence" of XML is not that hard to grasp in technical terms, and the > details of the minutiae can be looked up when necessary. To whatever > limited extent I could be considered an "XML expert", it is because I > "grok" what it is good for and not good for (and have some sense of what > the various related specs such as DOM, XSLT, XQuery, etc. are good for and > not good for). It's hard to test for whether someone "groks" XML, and > conversely someone could have memorized all 5,000 or whatever it is pages > of the specs and not have a clue as to how to use it effectively in the > real world. > > So, from a technical perspective, I am inclined to doubt that this kind of > XML certification proves much other than one's ability to read a few books > and recall the material when tested. I would certainly have to "cram" in > order to pass the IBM one! (the last time I looked at it a couple of years > ago). > > Whether the HR departments of the world would be impressed by someone's XML > certification is a question I'm not competent to answer. I for one one > much rather hire someone who can hold their own in a discussion of "how > might we use XMLtechnologies to solve this problem" than someone who has > been officially certified as an XML expert. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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