Description
For one of my clients in the banking sector I am currently looking for a IFW/XML/Tibco Specialist.
They are seeking someone with IFW and ideally Tibco knowledge in order to help them define the IFW Service specifications in the scope of Document Management projects.
In order to interface business projects with the Documentum platform(s) they use SOA/BPM based on the Tibco product.
IFW Service specification prerequisites
Data modelling
Required knowledge of data modelling
- Basic data types
- Attribute
- Class
- Classes hierarchy/inheritance
- Classes relationship/associations
- Relationship type (one-one; one-many; many-many)
- Class diagram
Tool: Sybase PowerDesigner
- Exporting data model to XSD/DTD/XML
- Navigating/Searching the Framework
- Understanding collaborative work (check-out/in, version control, version compare, branching, governance)
- Importing from other sources (documents, schemas, frameworks)
- Scoping on the data model/framework
- Editing/Creating class diagrams
- Other knowledge according to PowerDesigner functionalities/capabilities (TBD)
XML & XML Schema (XSD)
Required knowledge XSD
- Simple XML types
- Element vs. Attribute
- Sequence vs. Choice vs. All
- Types (definition)
- Complex Types
- Abstract vs. Concrete Types
- Extension/Inheritance
- Restriction
- Enumerations
- Occurrence (min; max; optional; mandatory)
- Namespaces (defau target)
- Element/Attribute form (qualified vs. unqualified)
- Include/Import
- Groups
- Substitution
Required knowledge XML
- Instantiating abstract types/subtypes/inheritance (xsi:type)
- Calculating XPath
Tool: Altova XMLSPY
- Software to be requested and installed
- License to be asked from Kroon, P.J. (Paul)
Tool specific knowledge
- Changing the namespace and prefixes for all elements
- Checking validity of XML Schemas
- Generating sample XML files
- Extracting XPaths from XML
- Validating XML against XSD
- Exporting Schema diagrams
IFW (Information Framework)
Required knowledge of IFW
- Understanding how/which IFW models are used in service specification/modelling process (FSDM, FSFM, FSBPM, FSBOM, FSIDM)
- Good understanding of the 9 fundamental data concepts
- Navigating/Browsing through different IFW models
- Connections between the models (FSBPM à FSBOM à FSIDM)
- Understanding class inheritance, abstract/concrete classes
- Understanding/Interpreting associations between classes in BOM
- IFW naming conventions
Tool: IBM M1
- Software to be requested from SOA team and installed with administrative rights (DEV environment)
- Newest IFW models to be loaded
- Get hardcopies of main model diagrams
Tool specific knowledge
- Using search
- Navigating hierarchy diagram
- Opening detailed properties of any framework object
- Understanding types and details of associations between two classes
- Exporting service XSDs and WSDL (with all associations)
- Changing the operation stereotype (command) to enable it for export
SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
Required knowledge of SOA
- Concept of a service
- Understanding high-level service life cycle
- Positioning of the Middleware in the end-to-end communication
- Reasons/Benefits for using Middleware and SOA
- Service specification deliverables and its' purpose (SSD; XSD; SDM; CB)
- Generic service vs. Specialized service
- Service reusability
- Simple/Elementary vs. Complex services (Composition/Orchestration)
- Sequence diagrams
- Invoking paradigm (Request-Reply vs. Fire-and-Forget)
- Error handling
Please apply and I will contact you to discuss the opportunity further.