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The XML Technology Certification Committee Announces a New Certification for XQuery and XML DB Technical Expertise

Friday 11. July 2008 - The XML Technology Certification Committee today announced the worldwide release of the "XML Master Professional Database Administrator" exam, certifying technical professionals in XQuery and XML DB.

The new “XML Master Professional Database Administrator” certification is designed for database professionals, who must pass the “XML Master Basic Exam” and the “XML Master Professional Database Administrator Exam” to become certified.

The “XML Master Professional Database Administrator Exam” is comprised of four sections dealing with (1) Overview; (2) XQuery and XPath; (3) Manipulating XML Data; and (4) Creating XML Schema and Other XML Database Objects. The exam takes 90 minutes, and the passing score is 80%. The XML Master Professional Database Administrator exam is available beginning today at Prometric’s global network of over 4,700 test centers.

In conjunction with today’s announcement, the XML Technology Certification Committee has also announced a name change for the XML Master Professional Certification. The certification will now be known as the “XML Master Professional Application Developer Certification.”