The Sun Certified Developer for Java Web Services (311-220) is a new certification exam from Sun Microsystems, Inc. aimed at Java Web Service developers (typically J2EE programmers). This exam is currently in its beta stage and is not yet available to general public.
The exam tests the knowledge of the developers in the following specifications.
| Description | Version(s) | Release Date |
| Web Services Interoperability Organization | Basic Profile 1.0a | August 8, 2003 |
| Extensible Markup Language (XML) | 1.0 Second Edition | October 6, 2000 |
| Namespaces in XML | |
W3C Recommendation 1999 |
| XML Schema | Parts 0, 1, and 2 | W3C Recommendation May 2001 |
| XPointer Scheme | Working Draft | December 19, 2002 |
| Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) | 1.1 | W3C Note May 8, 2000 |
| SOAP Messages with Attachments | 1.1 | W3C Note December 11, 2000 |
| SOAP Security with Extensions | 1.1 | W3C Note February 2001 |
| Web Services Description Language (WSDL) | 1.1 | W3C Note March 15, 2001 |
| Universal D D I (UDDI) | 2.04 | 2002 |
| UDDI Core tModels, Taxonomy and Identifier Systems | |
2001 |
| Java API for XML-Based RPC (JAX-RPC) | 1.1 FR 2 | October 28, 2003 |
| Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) | 1.2 FR 2 | September 10, 2002 |
| Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) | 1.0 | June 11, 2002 |
| SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) | 1.2 FR 2 | October 21, 2003 |
| Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) | 1.0 | March 4, 2003 |
| Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition | 1.4 | November 23, 2003 |
| Java Servlets API | 2.4 | November 24, 2003 |
| Enterprise JavaBeans? | 2.1 | November 24, 2003 |
| Implementing Enterprise Web Services | 1.1 | January 23, 2004 |
Exam Details
| Version | 1.0 |
| Duration | 4.5 hours (only for beta) |
| Number of Questions | 174 (only for beta) |
| Pass Percentage | TBD (after beta results) |
| Registration Fee | $150 |
| Pre-Requisites? | Should pass SCJP |
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