hi monickam,
it does not matter whether u r in chennai or in coimbatore,u can give this exam in any of the sylvan prometric centres,enquire for any such centres and ask them abt the fees.
this question has been asked n number of times,i shall give u some tips of where to get the materials for the certification.tho' i have not given the certification yet,i have gone thro this forum and taken these tips.
may be it might be of some use for u.
Professional xml second edition has been the most wanted and important book for this certification.
these were taken from many links from this forum.
Certification tips: 1.very important link
https://coderanch.com/t/146243/po/certification/Passed-test 2.Well, the exam is not as easy as the sample test. I had quite a few questions on XSL:FO. I hadn't prepared much on FO so its not surprising that I scored the least in XML rendering. Major number of questions included topics on XSLT and schema. A couple on
Soap, XLnk, Query,and XPointer.
3. over a year XML programming experinece, I took 35 evenings to prepare for it by reading W3C specifications for XML1.0, Schema Prime, XSLT1.0, XPath/XPointer1.0, SOAP, DOM2 and also SAX2. My focus is on the first 4 readings and tried to get understanding in depth.
4.Don't forget to read XML specs. No book is as good as the spec itself. If the document on w3c.org is too esoteric for you, try reading the best annotated xml spec published ever. I have fallen in love with this document.DOM till level 3 is important
5.
https://coderanch.com/t/146209/po/certification/Online-resources-XML-certification-your 6.Then i got Professional XML second edition and passed the exam within 6 days.
7.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861005059/qid=1012315350/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_71_1/102-0569626-1332127 this is 2nd edition link
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1. Professional XML 2nd Edition
Recommended Reading: ch. 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,11,12,24,27
Chapter 02 Basic XML Syntax
Chapter 03 Advanced XML Syntax
Chapter 04 The XML Information Set
Chapter 05 Validating XML: DTDs
Chapter 06 Introducing XML Schema
Chapter 08 Navigating XML- XPath
Chapter 08 Navigating XML – XPath
Chapter 09 Transforming XML
Chapter 11 The Document Object Model
Chapter 12 SAX 2
Chapter 24 SOAP
Chapter 27 B2B Futures: WSDL and UDDI
2. Professional XML Schemas
Recommended Reading: ch. 1-9
3. XSLT O'Reilly
Recommended Reading: ch. 1-9 (that's the whole first part of the book)
if you have money left:
4. XSLT Programmer's Reference
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Mock exams:
http://www.whizlabs.com/products/xmlwhiz/xmlwhiz.html *************************************************************************************************
65% is the pass mark in real exam.
38 shud be right out of 57
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for xml security
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/s-xmlsec.html *************************************************************************************************
4. Yes, I did go through articles from "Roger L. Costello" on XML Schema but not XSLT. For XSLT, I referred XSLT/XPATH Tutorial at
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The Professional XML, which is referred to on the board is Professional XML Second edition ISBN 1-86100-5059 from Wrox press.
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xfront.com->FOR XML SCHEMA,SLIDES.
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[ August 15, 2002: Message edited by: Valentin Crettaz ]
