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Re: Should XML Professionals Be Programmers?

• From: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>
• To: Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com>
• Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:54:57 +0100

On 8 March 2012 17:27, Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com> wrote:
> It’s a general qualifications question:  do you expect an XML professional to:
>
> Be able to correctly interpret DTD/Schema?
> Write or modify a DTD/Schema
> Code and/or test and modify XSLT.
> Program at least to a level of proficiency to build simple productivity
> tools (for example, basic querying of XML in some form)

If they're permitted free access to the Web for looking things up,
then sure. Standards work is all about knowing when and where to look
stuff up (and when to ask a friend instead).

cheers,

Dan

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