Tim Moores wrote:Not sure what you mean by "the correct one" -correct for which purpose?- but there is one other XML certification I'm aware of: https://coderanch.com/how-to/java/IBMXMLCertificationFaq
IBM exam is obsolete.
I am planning XML Master Basic Examination.
Which study guide?
a. Overview of XML
XML features
Purpose of XML
b. Overview of related XML technologies
Names for and overview of XML-related technologies defined by the W3C or other standards organizations(XPath, XLink, XQuery, XPointer, DOM, SAX, SOAP, XHTML etc.)
Names for and overview of applicable XML specifications defined according to industry or purpose by the W3C or other standards organizations
Purpose of schema definition language defining XML structure
Differences in defined content and functions of XML Schema and DTD
Section 2 - Creating XML Documents
a. Syntax
Naming rules, usable characters defined within an XML document
Methods for coding XML documents utilizing tags
Rules for coding declarations, elements, comments, character references, and processing commands comprising an XML document
Methods for coding character data and markups (tags, references, comments, etc.) comprising an XML document
The role of an XML processor (XML parser)
b. Elements, attributes, entities
Coding elements that include attributes
Types of entities
Handling entities and references using an XML processor
Usage of character references
Usage of Predefined entities
Method for referencing entities
c. Valid XML documents, well-formed XML documents
Well-formed XML document coding methods
Coding methods to ensure valid XML documents
Differences between valid XML documents and well-formed XML documents
Creating valid XML documents for defined DTDs
Creating valid XML documents for defined XML Schema
d. Special characters/ character codes, encoding/ normalizing XML documents
Character references
XML declarations and text declarations
Handling white spaces
End-of-line handling in XML documents
Normalizing attribute values
Section 3 - DTD
a. Basics
Document type declarations
Methods for coding DTD internal subsets and external subsets
Differences between DTD internal subsets and external subsets
Internal entities and external entities, Parsed entities and unparsed entities
b. Content model/element type declarations/attribute-list declarations/actual processing/entity declarations
Element type declarations
Content model definitions for elements
Attribute-list declarations
Attribute types
Attribute defaults
Entity declarations
Section 4 - XML Schema
a. Basics
XML Schema document structure
XML Schema Namespace
Mapping between XML documents and XML schema documents
b. Data types/ coding methods/ actual processing
XML Schema embedded data types
Simple type and complex type
Type extensions and restrictions
Element definitions
Attribute definitions
Section 5 - XSLT, XPath
a. Basics
Purpose of XSLT
Application use of XSLT
XSLT stylesheet structure
XSLT Namespace
b. Elements/ templates/ character encoding/ actual transformation processing
Coding methods and related functions for well-known XSLT elements
Template rules and templates
Pattern coding and matching patterns and nodes
Output processing using XSLT
c. Coding XPath expressions within a stylesheet
Basic operators
Basic functions
Basic coding methods for location paths (designating tree structure nodes)
Section 6 - Namespace
a. XML namespaces
XML namespace defined content
Application use of XML namespace
XML namespace coding methods
XML namespace scope (effective scope)