Elements and Performance Criteria
- Define document structure
- All details required for the job are checked and confirmed against the job specifications
- The mark-up language version and the character encoding used in the document or declaration statement are defined and/or inserted in the document
- An external or internal Document Type Definition (DTD) or mark-up language schema is chosen and correctly wrapped and referenced depending on project requirements
- The root element is correctly defined and all elements are accurately nested
- Attribute types and default values are declared, where necessary, to provide information about the data
- Occurrences of elements are stated and elements of mixed content declared
- Confirm validity
- Start and end tags are included and closed to ensure no element errors
- Namespaces are used to resolve name conflicts
- The document is well-formed, error-free and conforms to the mark-up language syntax rules
- The document conforms to the rules of a Document Type Definition (DTD) or the mark-up language schema
- Finalise and test document
- Character data (CDATA) sections are added to the document structure
- The final document is viewed with a mark-up language parser
- The mark-up language document is well-formed, free of errors and meets the needs of the business
- The document is linked to an extensible style sheet and template and tested
- The document is extensible to meet future business needs