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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

analytical skills to

analyse and comprehend interdependencies between data fields

examine and define structure requirements for data

communication skills to

liaise with developers on programming matters

seek requirements and information from business and technical experts

literacy skills to

read and interpret program specifications developed by business and technical experts

read and interpret technical documentation

write a basic documentation

numeracy skills to identify order and position of element in a sequence such as first and last

problemsolving skills to apply basic debugging techniques in the context of software and application development

research skills to

locate and interrogate complex and varied sources of information

source information from available sources

technical skills to

develop a small scale application

perform basic operations of a computer system

Required knowledge

basic knowledge of

hierarchy and tree structure

programming concept and language

world wide web WWW

hypertext markup language HTML

information system features

source characteristics

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to

produce validate transform format and transport XML data

exchange data between different applications and different platforms by creating and consuming web services

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

tools in accessing and developing a data source such as integrated development environment IDE text editor and web browser

specific requirements including client and functionality requirements

web server and software that host services to deploy and test web service application

libraries to develop web service and client applications such as SOAP libraries

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment for people with special needs

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

evaluation of ability to

develop XML applications to generate a report in HTML or portable document format PDF file by applying certain presentation style using styling tools

develop web or standalone applications that access and store information in XML data format

develop and consume web service applications to solve interoperability problem by writing client code in different platform

verbal or written questioning to assess candidates knowledge of XML

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended where appropriate

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and suitable to the communication skill level language literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

Indigenous people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may need additional support

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Structure must include:	child element root element sub-child element.
Syntax must include these rules:	case sensitive closing tag entity reference proper nesting quoted attribute values single-root element.
Validation tools may include:	document type definition (DTD) validating parsers XML schema XSD schema validator.
Styling tools may include:	cascading style sheets (CSS) eXtensible stylesheet language (XSL) eXtensible stylesheet language transformations (XSLT).
XML parser application programming interface may include:	data binding document object model (DOM) language-specific API, such as XML API in .NET, JAXP in Java, and E4X in ActionScript simple API for XML (SAX) XMLPULL.
Platform elements may include:	simple object access protocol (SOAP) universal description, discovery and integration (UDDI) web services description language (WSDL).
Language may include:	Java Net languages PHP Python.