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IBM XML certification success, Part 2: Prepare for IBM XML certification with more technologies

Review XPath, XSLT, XLink, XPointer, CSS, XSL-FO, SAX, and DOM

Pradeep Chopra (authors@whizlabs.com), Cofounder, WHIZlabs Software
Pradeep Chopra is the cofounder of Whizlabs Software, a global leader in IT skill assessment and certification exam preparation. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi), Pradeep has consulted individuals and organizations across the globe on the values and benefits of IT certifications.
Hari Vignesh Padmanaban (authors@whizlabs.com), Software engineer, Invensys Foxboro
Hari Vignesh Padmanaban is the author of the Whizlabs Exam Simulator for XML. He has MCP, SCJP, SCWCD, SCBCD, Object Oriented Analysis and Design using UML, and XML and Related Technologies certifications to his credit. He is currently working as a software engineer for Invensys Foxboro.

Summary:  This is the second part of a three-part tutorial series designed specifically for those interested in taking the IBM Certified Solution Developer Exam for XML and Related Technologies. Here, authors Pradeep Chopra and Hari Vignesh Padmanaban follow up on the lessons in Part 1 by introducing the reader to several more critical XML technologies like XPath, XSLT, XLink, XPointer, CSS, XSL-FO, SAX, and DOM. Furthermore, the authors reinforce the reader's understanding through examples and exercises.

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Date:  31 May 2005
Level:  Introductory
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Here in Part 2 of this tutorial series on preparing for the IBM XML certification exam, we have covered the following technologies:

  • XPath
  • XSLT
  • XLink
  • XPointer
  • CSS
  • XSL-FO
  • DOM
  • SAX

XPath and XSLT go hand-in-hand. Most of the exam questions related to these technologies will ask you to evaluate the output of specific XSLT stylesheets, or test you on the functions available in XPath and XSLT. Few if any questions will focus on XLink, XPointer, CSS, or XSL-FO, and those that do will be very basic. Questions relating to DOM and SAX should be relatively easy compared with questions on the other technologies. A basic understanding of these APIs should be sufficient to help you answer the exam questions.

As stated in Part 1, it is important to understand how all these technologies work apart from memorizing their syntax. In order to answer scenario-based questions, you should know the advantages and disadvantages of these various technologies. In the exam, you have to choose one of several possible solutions for a given question, so it's important to know how the technologies compare to one another. For example, SAX relative to DOM and CSS relative to XSLT.

Now that we've covered the various technologies on the exam, the third part of this series will show you how these technologies map to the exam objectives.

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