EDP Certification
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EDP Certification for Not Yet Techies

EDP certification / Electronic Document
Professional, from Xplor International is
different from almost all other IT
certifications. There is no test to pass.
You basically must convince Xplor that you
meet the professional standards they require.

The steps are:

1. Have a minimum of 5 years employment in the
electronic document systems industry.

2. Show a committment to continuous learning by
earning 100 education credits -- such as from
college, seminars, professional courses or other
certifications.

3. Accept the EDP Code of Ethics.

4. Complete the application and pay the application
fee of $50.

5. You'll be assigned an EDP mentor to guide you
through the process.

6. Submit a portfolio of 3 work samples to demonstrate
your knowledge in the field.

7. Pay the Portfolio fee of $300.

8. All this must be done by June 1 of any given year.

9. You'll receive a decision by August 15.

10. To retain your EDP certification, you must get
recertified over five-year cycles. This is done by
taking and giving additional education.

If you are in the electronic document systems industry,
you'll want to get your EDP certification.

For more information, go to:

EDP certification
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ebXML
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ebXML for Not Yet Techies

ebXML (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup
Language) is an international system of using
open source standards to enable online commerce
and business.

Some in the Linux community are planning to integrate
ebXML into that operating system.

ebXML uses a special messaging service based on SOAP
called ebMS (ebXML Messaging Service) to transfer
information and checks partner profiles to make
sure they conform to their business agreements.

Various companies and industries from the State of
Texas to Australia to Hong Kong are using ebXML.

ebXML is now being advanced to accomodate web services
and wireless interactions. It now also uses BPSS
(Business Process Specification Schema)which now is
at version 2.

BPSS v2 enables the modelling of multiple exchange
partners, not just two at a time, so it supports
enhanced ebXML.

For more information, go to:

ebXML
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Dreamweaver
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Dreamweaver for Not Yet Techies

The latest version is Dreamweaver MX 2004. They've made
it a full-scale tool for web designers and web
developers - probably the most popular web creator
with these professionals, although I don't have
numbers on that. Dreamweaver MX 2004 also includes a
built-in graphics editor.

You can get more than 800 extensions for Dreamweaver
MX 2004, including integration for HTML, XHTML, PHP,
CSS, XML, ASP.NET, ASP and JSP. You can also copy
and paste Microsoft Word and Excel documents into
the program, and use Unicode.

Dreamweaver MX 2004 runs on XP and earlier versions of
Windows, and on Mac OS v10.4 (Tiger).

For more information, go to:

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
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