Comments on: IBM’s XML Challenge (lots of prizes inside)

By: Apra Sahney

Apra Sahney — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:04:42 +0000

Hi,

The XML Challenge is also live in India at http://www.developerworkscontest.com. Apart from its basic and advance level it now hosts the final level as the Query Contest. One has to complete 4 XML queries to complete this stage and can win weekly prize and be eligible for a sweepstake to win an iPOD/Laptop. Every question comes with a hint and allows unlimited attempts to qualify.

Hope this helps for those interested.

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:35:16 +0000

@Ressty: The Query Challenge is not for groups.

By: Ressty

Ressty — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:58:44 +0000

What about the group of query challenge?

How many people are there in a group?

By: TaylorStyle

TaylorStyle — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:40:41 +0000

Hey Guys,
The query contest is NOT expired, not sure where you’re seeing the 2008 date but I just entered myself and some of my friends did too. If anything, it’s January 31, 2009.

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:00:08 +0000

Adil, read the comments above. It’s a matter of local support.

By: Adil

Adil — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:06:40 +0000

Why the “Pakistan” is not listed in the country list?????

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Blinkenlichten Blog » Blog Archive » IBM’s XML Challenge — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:30:00 +0000

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By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:14:14 +0000

Todd, unfortunately unlisted countries are not eligible to participate this year. New Zealand will most likely take part of next year’s contest.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:53:11 +0000

What if we’re not on the list of countries?

I might be still asleep but I dont see New Zealand either.

Who do we get in touch with?

Or is it too late?

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:07:58 +0000

@Lawrence: The Italian contest should be ready in a day or two.

@Francois: This year the contest was organized separately by country. In countries where we lack local support, the contest is not being held. That said, it’s possible that next year we’ll have a unified worldwide contest, where African countries, as well as developing countries throughout the world, will be able to participate.

@Abhinav: There is an Indian contest. As a matter of fact, it’s garnered the largest participation level so far. You can find it here: http://developerworkscontest.com/

@Lewis: The reason why Taiwan is not listed is because we didn’t have local support to hold the contest. That said, and I realize this is a very sensitive issue, you are still eligible to participate in the Chinese contest. This of course is not due to political reasons, but rather to practical ones.

@Brendan: Unfortunately Australia is not participating in this year’s contest. But it will, for sure, in the next one.

@Kingz and @Rahul D.: Thanks, that was a typo. The contest started on the 1st of December and ends in two months, on January 31st, 2009.

@quangntenemy: I agree with you that it’s not the best choice from a design standpoint. However, I haven’t spoken with the author of the XML schema, so it could be that this choice was an intentional one, to make the process of finding answers to the contest questions more challenging.

Thank you everyone for your comments, and thanks to all of you who are blogging about this.