Test 142 will be available worldwide on July 14, 2006:
* to all test candidates worldwide via test delivery vendors Prometric Thomson and Pearson VUE
* to IBM employees via Prime at a reduced rate, and IBMers can obtain more information via
certify@us.ibm.com.
* to faculty and students of institutions aligned to IBM's Academic Initiative for a 50% discount
To attain the certification credential, candidates must pass Test 142 which is designed to measure skills in the areas of:
1. Architecture18%
2. Information Modeling22%
3. XML Processing22%
4. Transformations29%
5. Testing and Tuning9%
The new certification is built to the latest standards, including:
* SAX2 and DOM2 (updated)
* XQuery (new)
* XSLT 2.0 (updated)
* ebXML (new)
* XML Security
* JAXB (new)
Test 142 is a 75 minute test and its test fee is set to the economy of a country. $125 USD in developed countries and $60 in emerging market countries. The test delivery vendor can verify the specific test fee within your country.
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/news/20060626a.shtml
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