XML Résumé Library User Guide

For XML Résumé Library Version 1.5.1

Bruce Christensen


Google

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27 November 2002


Table of Contents

Introduction
What is the XML Résumé Library?
I. Getting Started
1. Setting up the XML Résumé Library
Prerequisites
Getting the Software
Installing and Configuring the Software
2. Exploring the Features of XML Résumé Library
Formatting an example resume
Advanced Features of the XML Résumé Library
Writing your first XML Résumé
Where to Go from Here
About this chapter
II. Reference
I. Element Reference
academics - Container for information about academic experience
achievement - An accomplishment made at a job
achievements - Container for one or more job achievements
address - A postal address
annotation - Additional information about a degree
artTitle - A title of an article or other work
author - An author of a publication
award - An award or other honor
awards - Container for one or more awards
birth - Container for information about a person's birth
bookTitle - A title of a book or similar work
break - A linebreak (Deprecated)
citation - The name of a work being referenced
city - The name of a city
clearance - A security clearance
clearances - One or more security clearances
company - The name of a company (Deprecated)
contact - Container for one or more methods of contacting someone
copyright - A copyright notice
country - A country name
county - A county name
date - A specific instant in time
dayOfMonth - An ordinal day of the month
degree - Container for information about a degree or similar certification
degrees - Container for one or more degrees
description - An explanation of something
docpath - (Deprecated)
email - An e-mail address
emphasis - An emphasized block of text
employer - A name of an employer
fax - A fax telephone number
firstname - A person's given name
from - The beginning point in a period of time
gpa - Information about a grade point average
head - (Deprecated)
header - Container for information about the person being described in a résumé
history - Container for a person's previous (and possibly current) jobs
instantMessage - An instant message username or address
institution - A name of an academic institution
interest - Something a person is interested in
interests - Container for one or more interests
job - A specific employment engagement
jobtitle - A job title
keyword - A keyword to be used for résumé indexing and searching
keywords - Container for a list of keywords
label - (Deprecated)
lastModified - Information about when a résumé was last modified
legalnotice - A legal statement
level - A degree type
link - A titled hyperlink
location - A location, with city-level granularity
major - A main course of study
membership - A professional membership
memberships - Container for one or more memberships
middlenames - One or more middle names of a person
minor - A minor course of study
misc - Miscellaneous remarks
month - A month name
name - A person's name
node - (Deprecated)
note - Additional information
objective - A person's employment goal
organization - A name of an organization
pageNums - One or more page numbers or ranges
pager - A pager telephone number
para - A paragraph of text
period - A period of time
phone - A voice telephone number
possible - The highest possible score in a GPA
postalCode - A postal code
prefecture - A name of a prefecture or other administrative district
present - Indicates the current time
project - Container for information about a project
projects - Container for one or more projects
province - A name or abbreviation of a province
pub - A work published by the résumé owner
pubDate - The date a work was published (Deprecated)
publisher - Information about a publisher of a work
pubs - A group of one or more publications
referee - Someone who can provide additional information about the person the résumé describes
referees - Contains one or more referees
result - An outcome of a subject
resume - A résumé or curriculum vitae
resumes - A collection of one or more résumés
score - The score earned in a GPA
skill - A name and/or description of a skill
skillarea - A group of broadly related skill sets
skillareas - Group of one or more skill areas (Deprecated)
skills - Group of one or more skills (Deprecated)
skillset - A titled group of one or more related skills
state - A name or abbreviation of a state
street - A street name, number, and other related information
street2 - A second line of a street address (Deprecated)
subject - A name of a class or topic of study
subjects - A group of one or more subjects
suburb - A name of a suburb
suffix - A suffix of a name, usually specifying lineage
surname - A family name
tail - (Deprecated)
title - A title or heading
to - The ending point in a period of time
uri - A Uniform Resource Indicator (Deprecated)
url - A Uniform Resource Locator
ward - A name of a division of a city, town, or county
year - A year
zip - A zip code
II. XSL Parameter Reference
address.format - controls default formatting of the address element
css.href - indicates the CSS stylesheet to use to format HTML output
header.format - controls formatting of the header element
interest.description.format - controls formatting of interest descriptions
referees.display - Determines whether or not referees are visible in formatted output
skills.format - controls formatting of the skillset element
skills.level.display - Determines whether or not skill level attributes are visible in formatted output
subjects.format - controls formatting of the subjects element
3. CSS Class Reference
Overview
Glossary
III. Appendixes
A. GNU Free Documentation License
PREAMBLE
APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
VERBATIM COPYING
COPYING IN QUANTITY
MODIFICATIONS
COMBINING DOCUMENTS
COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
TRANSLATION
TERMINATION
FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
How to use this License for your documents

Introduction

What is the XML Résumé Library?

The XML Résumé Library is, at its heart, a DTD, a Document Type Definition. That means it is really someone's idea of how a résumé should, or at least could, be structured in XML. Beyond that, it comes with

  • Several XSLT style sheets (used to convert the XML version of a résumé to other formats such as plaintext, HTML, PDF, and if you're lucky, RTF).

  • A Java-based filter to help you target your résumé(s) toward a particular industry, employer, or job.

  • CSS stylesheets, used to control the presentation of the HTML version.

  • A helpful Makefile that you can customize for your own purposes.

Getting Started

Setting up the XML Résumé Library

Peter Hutnick

Edited by

Bruce Christensen

Mark Miller

This chapter explains how to install the XML Résumé Library, an Open Source, XML based résumé management system, on UNIX systems. It is written based on the author's experience installing on a Red Hat Linux system. Other systems may vary somewhat.

Prerequisites

Java

The resources in this document provide enough information to convert your XML résumé to HTML, PDF, and plain text. The programs to exploit these resources, however, are not included. Any capable XML parser, XSLT stylesheet processor and XSL formatting objects processor will get the job done. Many of the XML Résumé Library developers use the free tools produced by the Apache XML Project, and we recommend that you do as well. These tools include Xerces, Xalan, and FOP.

For the purposes of this document a functioning JRE (Java Runtime Environment) is a requirement. Obtaining and installing a JRE is outside the scope of this document. However, you might find Sun's J2SE web site a good starting point. A minimal understanding of XML is an asset for using the XML Résumé Library. Most users find that they can get by following the examples in the absence of XML experience.

For a more in-depth tutorial on authoring a résumé in XML, see the section called “Writing your first XML Résumé”. For a reference on XML elements available in the XML Résumé Library DTD, see Element Reference. The XML Résumé Library is available for download at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=29512 and is linked from the main

Xerces

Xerces is an XML parser, which is needed by the tools used in later steps of processing. It converts an XML document into a format that other computer programs can more easily use.

Xalan

Xalan does the actual conversion of a résumé from XML to other formats. When combined with the XSL stylesheets provided by the XML Résumé Library, it produces directly usable HTML and plain text. It also produces an intermediate format called XSL-FO (XSL Formatting Objects) that can be converted to PDF by an FO processor.

FOP

FOP is a print formatter for XSL formatting objects. It converts XSL-FO documents to PDF.

The XML Résumé Library comes in a tarball (or zip archive aimed at Windows users) that includes:

  • The DTD

  • XSL stylesheets, for converting your XML résumé to plain text, HTML, or XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO). (XSL-FO can then be rendered to PDF by an FO processor like FOP.)

  • Some sample résumés in XML format

  • A Makefile, for generating résumé formats with a simple make command

  • A few CSS stylesheets that can be used to fine-tune the appearance of the HTML version of your résumé.

The most straightforward way to make use of these resources is to recursively copy the "examples" directory to where you want to work with your résumé. For instance:

[resume-1_5_1]$ cp -a examples ~/resume

default. If this is unacceptable you will need to edit the line resume = resume to match the filename you use, such as resume = myresume if your résumé is

Tip

You can also indicate your résumé filename on the command line when you build your résumé, e.g.:

[resume]$ make resume=myresume

Note

The DTD and XSL files you've downloaded to your computer aren't used by default when building your résumé. Instead, the versions on the XML Résumé Library web site are used. This ensures that you're always using the most recent version; however, it also means that builds take longer (since file have to be downloaded each time you build your résumé) and that you can't build a résumé offline.

If you'd like to use your local copy of the XSL stylesheets, edit the xsl_base variable in the example Makefile to point to your local XSL directory. For example:

xsl_base = ~/resume-1_5_1/xsl

To use your local copy of the DTD, change the DOCTYPE declaration at the top of your resume to look like this:

<!DOCTYPE resume PUBLIC "-//Sean Kelly//DTD Resume 1.5.1//EN"
  "~/resume-1_5_1/dtd/resume.dtd">

Each of these three packages need to be untarred and their jar files copied to your JRE's ext/ directory. This is typically /usr/java/jdk1.3.1_02/jre/lib/ext/, but may vary depending on who packaged your JRE. We will simply refer to it as the ext/ directory.

Xerces consists of the jars xercesSamples.jar, and xercesImpl.jar, which are in the top directory of the Xerces zip archive.

Xalan consists of the jars runtime.jar, xalanservlet.jar, xalansamples.jar, regexp.jar, JLex.jar, java_cup.jar, bsf.jar, BCEL.jar, xsltc.jar, xalan.jar, and xercesImpl.jar in the bin/ directory. All of these need to be copied to the ext/ directory.

Exploring the Features of XML Résumé Library

Peter Hutnick

Mark Miller

Edited by

Bruce Christensen

This chapter provides an overview of the features and usage of the XML Résumé Library, an Open Source, XML based résumé management system, on UNIX systems.

Formatting an example resume

Converting to other formats

To get a feel for the power of the XML Résumé Library you should run the example résumés through their paces and see how they turn out after processing. You can do this by renaming the file gmake while connected to the internet. This should generate the files resume.txt, resume.html, resume.fo, and resume.pdf — all versions of Alexis Kernighan's résumé.

Advanced Features of the XML Résumé Library

Filtering to target your resume

file that represents the entirety of your career/academic record, while allowing for the simple creation of targeted résumés. In other words, you can start to think of your XML Résumé as a database of your every skill, every accomplishment, every _____ without worrying about cluttering up the résumé your employer sees. Read on to find out how.

Consider the following snippet of Jane Doe's resume:

<skillset>
            <skill>Carpentry</skill>
            <skill>Welding</skill>
            <skill>Java Programming</skill>
            <skill>XML</skill>
            <skill>C++</skill>
	    <skill>Good communicator</skill>
            <skill>Gourmet Pastry Creation</skill>
            <skill>Cooking for construction workers</skill>
          </skillset>

The problem here is that Jane needs to maintain a record of all her skills, but she doesn't need to tell a potential employer about all of those skills. Sure, Jane could selectively comment out portions of her résumé, but this can be tedious. Instead, she should use attributes to describe the categories of résumé to which a given element applies:

<skillset>
            <skill targets="construction,woodworking">Carpentry</skill>
            <skill targets="construction">Welding</skill>
            <skill targets="programming">Java Programming</skill>
            <skill targets="programming">XML</skill>
            <skill targets="programming">C++</skill>
	    <skill>Good communicator</skill>
            <skill targets="foodservice">Gourmet Pastry Creation</skill>
            <skill targets="foodservice+construction">Cooking for construction workers</skill>
          </skillset>

After defining her targets, Jane can filter her résumé to produce beautifully-formatted, well-focused résumés to send to employers. Her "construction" résumé will contain only those elements applicable to the construction industry, and the job foreman won't have to read about her vast knowledge of meringues and bundt cakes, or her experience coding up an application server in Java.

You may have noticed that some of Jane's skills apply to more than one target, or apply only when two (or more) targets are defined. By specifying a list of targets (separated by commas), Jane can ensure that her Carpentry skill will be included in both "construction" and "woodworking" résumés. Similarly, her "Cooking for construction workers" skill will apply only to résumés where both "foodservice" AND "construction" are targeted.

Elements that have no "targets" attribute are always included in the filtered output. Thus Jane's communications skills will apply to every résumé.

The "targets" attribute can be used in ANY element, but keep in mind that using targets on a high-level element (e.g., history or academics element) will affect all children of that element. Thus if the history element includes a 'targets="foo"' attribute, and "foo" is not included in the targets list during the filtering process, then the entire history section will be filtered out, even if there are subelements of history that do not have the 'targets="foo"' attribute.

Now, keep in mind that defining targets is entirely up to you. You can use the targets attribute in any element, and you can specify any number of values for the target— just keep in mind that comma (,) and plus (+) represent OR and AND, respectively, as per the example above. If the list of possible targets starts to pile up, just look at the end of a filtered included for convenience.

To get a better idea of how this all works, take a look at the complete resume (with make all resume=example2), and then the filtered version (make filter resume=example2). Then compare example2.txt with example2-filtered.txt. To create résumés targeted to other purposes, change filter_targets in Makefile.

Customizing your résumé

With just a few tweaks, you can dramatically change the look of your résumés.

Modifying the XSL Parameters

The first thing to do to customize your resume is to check out the parameters files. The main file is xsl/params.xsl, which contains general parameters that you can change. We suggest making a backup of this file by issuing the command cp params.xsl params.xsl.dist, and then playing around with the values inside params.xsl to see how they affect the formatting and output of your resumes.

Note

You will need to change xsl_base in Makefile to point to your local xsl directory before any of your changes can take effect. Otherwise, the default parameters stored on the XMLRésumé website are used instead.

Located in the xsl/paper directory are the a4.xsl and letter.xsl files. These files specify things like margin size and indent size for their respective paper formats.

The xsl/country directory contains country-specific parameter files, which contain translations for everything from "Résumé" to "Mobile Telephone". If you would prefer your résumé to be called a Curriculum Vitae, this is where to look. The files are sorted by a 2-letter country code (e.g., nl.xsl for the Netherlands). If you don't see your country there, or if there are errors/omissions in the translations, please attempt a translation and submit the changes back to the project-- while XML may work across all languages, the gentle developers of the XML Résumé Library Project do not.

Modifying the look of your HTML Résumé

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a powerful way to format the look of your HTML Résumé. A selection of sample CSS files are provided in the css directory. If you have not already done so, try changing the value of css.href in params.xsl to a different stylesheet (you may have to adjust the location of the stylesheets). Once you find one you like, you can tweak it by editing the CSS file by hand, or create one that is entirely your own. If you think other people would find your CSS file useful, please consider submitting it back to the project.

Writing your first XML Résumé

This is the fun part. Take a look at both example résumés and choose one suits you best. Then replace the existing information with your own. You may also be able to find example résumés of real people by search for XML resume on the internet.

For complete information on the elements valid for the XML Résumé Library see Element Reference.

Where to Go from Here

Documentation

More detailed information about creating and building résumés is available in other sections of this user guide.

For more information about the XML Résumé Library, see the HTML documentation included in the doc/ directory.

Support

For questions about the package and the DTD, there is a mailing list and a support forum web site.

The online support forum is located at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=29512&atid=396336.

subscribe [youraddress@yourdomain.tld] in the

About this chapter

This chapter was originally written by Peter Hutnick. It was edited and converted to DocBook format by Bruce Christensen. Further editing and additions were done by Mark Miller

Please send comments, suggestions, and especially corrections for this chapter to <peter at hutnick dot com>.

Reference

Table of Contents

I. Element Reference
academics - Container for information about academic experience
achievement - An accomplishment made at a job
achievements - Container for one or more job achievements
address - A postal address
annotation - Additional information about a degree
artTitle - A title of an article or other work
author - An author of a publication
award - An award or other honor
awards - Container for one or more awards
birth - Container for information about a person's birth
bookTitle - A title of a book or similar work
break - A linebreak (Deprecated)
citation - The name of a work being referenced
city - The name of a city
clearance - A security clearance
clearances - One or more security clearances
company - The name of a company (Deprecated)
contact - Container for one or more methods of contacting someone
copyright - A copyright notice
country - A country name
county - A county name
date - A specific instant in time
dayOfMonth - An ordinal day of the month
degree - Container for information about a degree or similar certification
degrees - Container for one or more degrees
description - An explanation of something
docpath - (Deprecated)
email - An e-mail address
emphasis - An emphasized block of text
employer - A name of an employer
fax - A fax telephone number
firstname - A person's given name
from - The beginning point in a period of time
gpa - Information about a grade point average
head - (Deprecated)
header - Container for information about the person being described in a résumé
history - Container for a person's previous (and possibly current) jobs
instantMessage - An instant message username or address
institution - A name of an academic institution
interest - Something a person is interested in
interests - Container for one or more interests
job - A specific employment engagement
jobtitle - A job title
keyword - A keyword to be used for résumé indexing and searching
keywords - Container for a list of keywords
label - (Deprecated)
lastModified - Information about when a résumé was last modified
legalnotice - A legal statement
level - A degree type
link - A titled hyperlink
location - A location, with city-level granularity
major - A main course of study
membership - A professional membership
memberships - Container for one or more memberships
middlenames - One or more middle names of a person
minor - A minor course of study
misc - Miscellaneous remarks
month - A month name
name - A person's name
node - (Deprecated)
note - Additional information
objective - A person's employment goal
organization - A name of an organization
pageNums - One or more page numbers or ranges
pager - A pager telephone number
para - A paragraph of text
period - A period of time
phone - A voice telephone number
possible - The highest possible score in a GPA
postalCode - A postal code
prefecture - A name of a prefecture or other administrative district
present - Indicates the current time
project - Container for information about a project
projects - Container for one or more projects
province - A name or abbreviation of a province
pub - A work published by the résumé owner
pubDate - The date a work was published (Deprecated)
publisher - Information about a publisher of a work
pubs - A group of one or more publications
referee - Someone who can provide additional information about the person the résumé describes
referees - Contains one or more referees
result - An outcome of a subject
resume - A résumé or curriculum vitae
resumes - A collection of one or more résumés
score - The score earned in a GPA
skill - A name and/or description of a skill
skillarea - A group of broadly related skill sets
skillareas - Group of one or more skill areas (Deprecated)
skills - Group of one or more skills (Deprecated)
skillset - A titled group of one or more related skills
state - A name or abbreviation of a state
street - A street name, number, and other related information
street2 - A second line of a street address (Deprecated)
subject - A name of a class or topic of study
subjects - A group of one or more subjects
suburb - A name of a suburb
suffix - A suffix of a name, usually specifying lineage
surname - A family name
tail - (Deprecated)
title - A title or heading
to - The ending point in a period of time
uri - A Uniform Resource Indicator (Deprecated)
url - A Uniform Resource Locator
ward - A name of a division of a city, town, or county
year - A year
zip - A zip code
II. XSL Parameter Reference
address.format - controls default formatting of the address element
css.href - indicates the CSS stylesheet to use to format HTML output
header.format - controls formatting of the header element
interest.description.format - controls formatting of interest descriptions
referees.display - Determines whether or not referees are visible in formatted output
skills.format - controls formatting of the skillset element
skills.level.display - Determines whether or not skill level attributes are visible in formatted output
subjects.format - controls formatting of the subjects element
3. CSS Class Reference
Overview

Element Reference


XML Résumé files are XML files composed mostly of elements. This part of the user guide documents the semantics (meaning) and syntax (structure) of all of the elements that you can use to construct a résumé.

To get started with creating a résumé, take a look Chapter 2, which is a tutorial on creating an XML résumé. Alternatively, you could examine the content model for the resume element, and drill down from there.

Changes to the DTD

This sections documents changes to the XML Résumé Library DTD.

Warning

Deprecated elements will still be formatted, and are still valid elements in an XML résumé. However, their use is discouraged, and they will be removed in a future version of the DTD.

Version ???

  • Changed elements: projects may now be included in the degree element.

Version 1.5.0

Version 1.4.2

No DTD changes.

Version 1.4.1

Version 1.4.0

  • New element: minor.

  • New element: lastModified.

  • New elements: awards and award.

  • New elements: interests and interest.

  • New elements: fax, pager, and instantMessage. These may be contained in contact.

  • New attribute: the phone element now has a location attribute.

  • New attribute: the skill element now has a level attribute.

  • Change: the degree element may now contain multiple major elements.

  • Change: the pub element may now contain a url element.

  • Change: the contact element may now contain any number of its allowed child elements, and they may appear in any order.

  • Change: the resume element may now directly containskillarea elements.

  • Change: the skillset element may now directly contain skill elements.

  • Change: the degree element may now contain either a period or a date element. It could previously contain only a date.

  • Change: the artTitle and The bookTitle elements may now contain link elements.

  • Change: the referee element may now contain an optional title element and an optional organization element.

  • Change: the month element is no longer required in the date element. (However, it must appear if the date contains a dayOfMonth element.)

  • Deprecated element: skillareas. You may simply remove the start and end tags from your résumé.

  • Deprecated element: skills. You may simply remove the start and end tags from your résumé.

  • Deprecated element: pubDate. Replace it with a date element.

  • Deprecated elements: docpath, head, node, tail, label, and uri. Instances of these elements should be removed.

Version 1.3.3

  • New element: link.

  • New attribute: the address element now has an optional format attribute.

  • New attributes: Added namespace support. More specifically, added

  • Change: employer may now contain inline elements (emphasis, citation, url, and link).

  • Deprecated element: break. Instances of this element should be removed.

  • Deprecated element: company. Instances of this element should be removed.

  • Deprecated element: street2. These elements should be converted to street elements.

Version 1.3.2

No DTD changes.

Table of Contents

academics - Container for information about academic experience
achievement - An accomplishment made at a job
achievements - Container for one or more job achievements
address - A postal address
annotation - Additional information about a degree
artTitle - A title of an article or other work
author - An author of a publication
award - An award or other honor
awards - Container for one or more awards
birth - Container for information about a person's birth
bookTitle - A title of a book or similar work
break - A linebreak (Deprecated)
citation - The name of a work being referenced
city - The name of a city
clearance - A security clearance
clearances - One or more security clearances
company - The name of a company (Deprecated)
contact - Container for one or more methods of contacting someone
copyright - A copyright notice
country - A country name
county - A county name
date - A specific instant in time
dayOfMonth - An ordinal day of the month
degree - Container for information about a degree or similar certification
degrees - Container for one or more degrees
description - An explanation of something
docpath - (Deprecated)
email - An e-mail address
emphasis - An emphasized block of text
employer - A name of an employer
fax - A fax telephone number
firstname - A person's given name
from - The beginning point in a period of time
gpa - Information about a grade point average
head - (Deprecated)
header - Container for information about the person being described in a résumé
history - Container for a person's previous (and possibly current) jobs
instantMessage - An instant message username or address
institution - A name of an academic institution
interest - Something a person is interested in
interests - Container for one or more interests
job - A specific employment engagement
jobtitle - A job title
keyword - A keyword to be used for résumé indexing and searching
keywords - Container for a list of keywords
label - (Deprecated)
lastModified - Information about when a résumé was last modified
legalnotice - A legal statement
level - A degree type
link - A titled hyperlink
location - A location, with city-level granularity
major - A main course of study
membership - A professional membership
memberships - Container for one or more memberships
middlenames - One or more middle names of a person
minor - A minor course of study
misc - Miscellaneous remarks
month - A month name
name - A person's name
node - (Deprecated)
note - Additional information
objective - A person's employment goal
organization - A name of an organization
pageNums - One or more page numbers or ranges
pager - A pager telephone number
para - A paragraph of text
period - A period of time
phone - A voice telephone number
possible - The highest possible score in a GPA
postalCode - A postal code
prefecture - A name of a prefecture or other administrative district
present - Indicates the current time
project - Container for information about a project
projects - Container for one or more projects
province - A name or abbreviation of a province
pub - A work published by the résumé owner
pubDate - The date a work was published (Deprecated)
publisher - Information about a publisher of a work
pubs - A group of one or more publications
referee - Someone who can provide additional information about the person the résumé describes
referees - Contains one or more referees
result - An outcome of a subject
resume - A résumé or curriculum vitae
resumes - A collection of one or more résumés
score - The score earned in a GPA
skill - A name and/or description of a skill
skillarea - A group of broadly related skill sets
skillareas - Group of one or more skill areas (Deprecated)
skills - Group of one or more skills (Deprecated)
skillset - A titled group of one or more related skills
state - A name or abbreviation of a state
street - A street name, number, and other related information
street2 - A second line of a street address (Deprecated)
subject - A name of a class or topic of study
subjects - A group of one or more subjects
suburb - A name of a suburb
suffix - A suffix of a name, usually specifying lineage
surname - A family name
tail - (Deprecated)
title - A title or heading
to - The ending point in a period of time
uri - A Uniform Resource Indicator (Deprecated)
url - A Uniform Resource Locator
ward - A name of a division of a city, town, or county
year - A year
zip - A zip code

Name

academics — Container for information about academic experience

Synopsis

Content Model

(degrees,note?)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The academics element contains information about a person's academic experience.

Parents

academics may be contained in these elements: resume

See Also

pubs, memberships.

Examples

<academics>
  <degrees>
    <degree>
      <level>Ph.D</level>
      <major>Toothpick Manufacturing</major>
      <institution>Stanford University</institution>
    </degree>
  </degrees>
  <note>
    <para>
      I also have an honorary doctorate in toothpick structural analysis from
      MIT.
    </para>
  </note>
</academics>
<academics>
  <degrees>
    <degree>
      <level>BA</level>
      <major>Culinary Psychology</major>
    </degree>
  </degrees>
</academics>

Name

achievement — An accomplishment made at a job

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|emphasis|citation|url|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The achievment element contains a single accomplishment made while working at a particular job (e.g. “increased sales by 20%”, or “improved employee efficiency”).

Parents

achievement may be contained in these elements: achievements

Examples

<job>
  <jobtitle>Eggroll Engineer</jobtitle>
  <employer>Chineese Cuisine Systems, Inc.</employer>
  <period>
    <from>
      <date>
        <month>August</month>
        <year>1993</year>
      </date>
    </from>
    <to>
      <present/>
    </to>
  </period>
  <achievements>
    <achievement>
      Wrote an <emphasis>excellent</emphasis> article on shell crispiness for
      the <citation>European Journal of Egg Food Engineering</citation>,
      published at <url>http://www.ejeps.org/articles/crispiness.html</url>.
    </achievement>
    <achievement>
      Decreased filling greasiness by a <emphasis>whopping</emphasis> 30%!
    </achievement>
  </achievements>
</job>

Name

achievements — Container for one or more job achievements

Synopsis

Content Model

(achievement+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

achievements is a wrapper element that contains one or more achievement elements. Achievements are specific things that were accomplished at a job.

Parents

achievements may be contained in these elements: job

Examples

For examples, see achievement.


Name

address — A postal address

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
format

Enumeration:

standard
european
italian
None
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The address element defines a single postal address. It does not contain information about a person who resides at the address.

Different countries have different address formatting conventions. Address formatting is controlled by the address.format parameter.

If an address cannot be specified using address's child elements (street, city, etc.), it may be specified in untagged format. In this case, the address will be formatted verbatim, with line breaks preserved.

Parents

address may be contained in these elements: header, referee

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify an address. The address may then be referred to by this identifier.

format

The address format. This attribute specifies the format of an address, and overrides the global address.format parameter for each address that it appears in.

See Also

address.format.

Examples

Example 1. U.S.-style address

<address>
  <street>123 Pickle St.</street>
  <street>Apt. #12</street>
  <city>Sourville</city>
  <state>NX</state>
  <zip>99999-9999</zip>
</address>

Formatted as:

123 Pickle St. Apt. #12
Sourville, NX 99999-9999

Example 2. Italian address

<address>
  <street>Via Garibaldi, 23</street>
  <city>Sorrento</city>
  <postalCode>123 456</postalCode>
  <province>NA</province>
  <country>Italy</country>
</address>

Example 3. Untagged address

<address>Reina #35, apt. 4a, e/ Gervasio y Escobar
Ciudad de La Habana, CP 11900
CUBA</address>

Formatted as:

Reina #35, apt. 4a, e/ Gervasio y Escobar
Ciudad de La Habana, CP 11900
CUBA

Warning

You may have noticed that the XML for this address isn't indented as usual. This is because untagged addresses are formatted verbatim, and so any indentation would be preserved in the formatted address. The address text begins on the same line as the start tag for the same reason (we don't want a leading linebreak in the formatted address).

For additional address examples, look at the XML files in the examples/addressing directory of the XML Résumé Library distribution.


Name

annotation — Additional information about a degree

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The annotation element provides additional information about an academic degree. It could be used to describe special honors (“Graduated summa cum laude”) or circumstances (“Completed degree in one year in accelerated program”).

Parents

annotation may be contained in these elements: degree

Examples

<degree>
  <level>BS</level>
  <major>Street Cleaning Technology</major>
  <annotation>
    Graduated with highest honors.
  </annotation>
</degree>
<degree>
  <level>BFA</level>
  <major>Chalkboard Scratching Composition</major>
  <annotation>
    Received dean's award in 1984.
  </annotation>
</degree>

Name

artTitle — A title of an article or other work

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The artTitle element marks the title of a sub-work (such as an article or poem) in a book, journal, magazine, newspaper, anthology, or other compilation.

Parents

artTitle may be contained in these elements: pub

See Also

bookTitle.

Examples

<pub>
  <artTitle>Lion Brainwashing During the Late 20th Century</artTitle>
  <bookTitle>Journal of the American Feline Psychiatric Association</bookTitle>
</pub>
<pub>
  <artTitle>Cucumber Pickling Process Management</artTitle>
  <bookTitle>Proceedings of the European Brine Process Engineers' Group</bookTitle>
</pub>

Name

author — An author of a publication

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
nameIDREFNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The author element contains the name of an author of a work or publication. It may also reference a previously-defined name through its name attribute. In this case, the element will be processed and displayed as if it were actually the referenced name.

Parents

author may be contained in these elements: pub

Attributes

name

The name attribute contains the id of a name element.

If an author element specifies this attribute, it should not have any content. In other words, there should be a single tag with a reference (<author name="joe.smith"/>) instead of two tags enclosing content (<author>Joe Smith</author>).

See Also

name.

Examples

<pub>
  <bookTitle>Nuclear Engineering for Dummies</bookTitle>
  <author>Edgar Neutron</author>
</pub>
<name id="shirly.mendoza">
  <firstname>Shirly</firstname>
  <surname>Mendoza</surname>
</name>
<pub>
  <artTitle>Cooking Wire-Core Pretzels</artTitle>
  <author name="shirly.mendoza"/>
  <bookTitle>Journal of Metal-Reinforced Confections</bookTitle>
</pub>

Name

award — An award or other honor

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The award element describes an award or other honor received by a person (e.g. “Nobel Prize”, “MacArthur Fellow”).

Parents

award may be contained in these elements: awards

Examples

<award>
  <title>Dean's List</title>
  <organization>ACME University</organization>
</award>
<award>
  <title>Honor Roll</title>
  <organization>Littleton Middle School</organization>
  <date>
    <year>1995</year>
  </date>
  <description>
    <para>Maintained a 4.0 GPA.</para>
  </description>
</award>

Name

awards — Container for one or more awards

Synopsis

Content Model

(title?,award+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The awards element contains one or more awards.

Parents

awards may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<awards>
  <title>Awards and Honors</title>
  <award>
    <title>Employee of the Month</title>
    <organization>ACME, Inc.</organization>
    <date><month>May</month><year>2002</year></date>
    <description>
      <para>
        Received for <emphasis>exceptional</emphasis> customer service.
      </para>
    </description>
  </award>
  <award>
    <title>AP Scholar</title>
    <organization>College Board</organization>
    <date><year>2002</year></date>
  </award>
</awards>

Name

birth — Container for information about a person's birth

Synopsis

Content Model

(date)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The birth element contains a single date that specifies when a person was born.

Parents

birth may be contained in these elements: header

Examples

<header>
  <name>
    <firstname>Scotty</firstname>
    <surname>O'Reilly</surname>
  </name>
  <birth>
    <date>
      <dayOfMonth>17</dayOfMonth>
      <month>March</month>
      <year>1931</year>
    </date>
  </birth>
</header>
<header>
  <name>
    <firstname>Josè</firstname>
    <middlenames>Luis Miguel</middlenames>
    <surname>Domingo</surname>
  </name>
  <birth>
    <date>
      <dayOfMonth>23</dayOfMonth>
      <month>Mayo</month>
      <year>1834</year>
    </date>
  </birth>
</header>

Name

bookTitle — A title of a book or similar work

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The bookTitle element marks the title of a book, magazine, journal, anthology, or other similar work. To denote the title of a sub-work (like an article), see artTitle.

Parents

bookTitle may be contained in these elements: pub

See Also

artTitle.

Examples

<pub>
  <bookTitle>Tropical Siberian Vacations</bookTitle>
  <author>Boris Tzchleikovsy</author>
</pub>
<pub>
  <bookTitle>Children's Bedtime Stories</bookTitle>
  <artTitle>Jack the Axe Murderer</artTitle>
  <author>Caroline Black</author>
</pub>
<pub>
  <artTitle>Global Commodities Market Downturn</artTitle>
  <bookTitle>The Economist</bookTitle>
  <pubDate>
    <month>June</month>
    <year>1992</year>
  </pubdate>
</pub>

Name

break — A linebreak

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

EMPTY

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.3.3. It should not be used.

break was introduced to allow linebreaks in free-form addresses, but the stylesheets have been modified so that they don't need an explicit linebreak marker. Instead, linebreaks in source text are formatted as linebreaks in formatted text.

The break element indicates a position in text where a linebreak should occur.

Parents

break may be contained in these elements: address

Examples

None.


Name

citation — The name of a work being referenced

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The citation element marks the title of a book, website, course, or other work.

Parents

citation may be contained in these elements: achievement, employer, institution, organization, para, project, skill

See Also

pub.

Examples

<achievement>
  Increased earnings 341%, thereby landing Acme Widgets on <citation>Fortune
  Magazine</citation>'s Fortune 500 list.
</achievement>
<para>
  More information on the AHTM system is published in <citation>Developing
  Today</citation> at <url>http://www.dtoday.bob/tips.html</url>.
</para>

Name

city — The name of a city

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The city element contains a the name of a single city or other similar municipality.

Parents

city may be contained in these elements: address, location

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a city. The city may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<address>
  <street>3400 N. 5230 S.</street>
  <city>Salt Lake City</city>
  <state>UT</state>
  <zip>84352</zip>
</address>

Name

clearance — A security clearance

Synopsis

Content Model

(level,organization?,(date|period)?,note?)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The clearance element contains a single security clearance (e.g. “Top Secret”).

Parents

clearance may be contained in these elements: clearances

Examples

<clearance>
  <level>Super-duper it-doesn't-even-exist extra secret</level>
  <organization>NATO</organization>
</clearance>
<clearance>
  <level>Top Secret</level>
  <organization>CIA</organization>
  <date><year>2002</year></date>
  <note>Full polygraph test performed.</note>
</clearance>

Name

clearances — One or more security clearances

Synopsis

Content Model

(title?,clearance+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The clearances element contains one or more security clearances. It is a top-level section of a résumé.

Parents

clearances may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<clearances>
  <clearance>
    <level>Top Secret</level>
    <organization>NSA</organization>
  </clearance>
  <clearance>
    <level>Secret</level>
    <organization>US Navy</organization>
  </clearance>
</clearances>

Name

company — The name of a company

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.3.3. It should not be used.

Parents

company may be contained in these elements: None

Examples

None.


Name

contact — Container for one or more methods of contacting someone

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The contact element is a container that holds elements that specify how to contact a person. The information it contains is similar to what would be printed on a business card.

Parents

contact may be contained in these elements: header, referee

See Also

address.

Examples

<contact>
  <phone>555-555-1212</phone>
  <email>sam.jones@xyz.bob</email>
  <url>http://www.xyz.bob/~sam.jones/</url>
</contact>
<contact>
  <phone>123-123-1234 x123</phone>
</contact>
<contact>
  <email>kawanza_eloma@hotmail.bob</email>
</contact>

Name

copyright — A copyright notice

Synopsis

Content Model

(year,name?,legalnotice?)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The copyright element defines a copyright notice. The notice must include the year of copyright; it may also include the name of the copyright owner and a legal notice.

Parents

copyright may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<resume>
  <copyright>
    <year>1892</year>
    <name>
      <firstname>Fluisha</firstname>
      <surname>Copenhagen</surname>
    </name>
    <legalnotice>
      <para>
        All rights reserved. This document may not be copied or distributed
        without permission.
      </para>
    </legalnotice>
  </copyright>
</resume>
<copyright>
  <year>2001</year>
</copyright>

Name

country — A country name

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The country element marks the name of a country.

Parents

country may be contained in these elements: address, location

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a country. The country may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<address>
  <city>Portland</city>
  <state>Oregon</state>
  <country>USA</country>
</address>
<address>
  <street>2621 Green Loop</street>
  <street>Southam</street>
  <city>Wiggleworm</city>
  <postalCode>S521 2GR</postalCode>
  <country>UK</country>
</address>

Name

county — A county name

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The county element specifies the name of a county (not to be confused with country). In the United States, a county is “an administrative subdivision of a state”. In the UK, it is a “territorial division exercising administrative, judicial, and political functions.” (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 1979 Ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.)

Parents

county may be contained in these elements: address, location

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a county. The county may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<address>
  <city>North Willow</city>
  <county>Washington</county>
  <state>New Canada</state>
</address>
<address>
  <street>1 O'Leary Place</street>
  <city>Coby</city>
  <county>Co. Cork</county>
  <country>Ireland</country>
</address>

Name

date — A specific instant in time

Synopsis

Content Model

(((dayOfMonth)?,month)?,year)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The date element represents a specific instant in time, with at least year-level granularity, and at most day-level granularity.

When contained inside a pub element, date represents the date that the work was published.

When contained inside a clearance element, date represents the date that the security clearance was granted.

Note

The month element was made optional in version 1.4.0 of the XML Résumé Library. It was previously required.

To represent a period of time, instead of a specific instant, use period.

Parents

date may be contained in these elements: award, birth, clearance, degree, from, job, lastModified, membership, pub, to

See Also

period.

Examples

<date>
  <dayOfMonth>27</dayOfMonth>
  <month>November</month>
  <year>1634</year>
</date>
<date>
  <month>July</month>
  <year>1457</year>
</date>

Name

dayOfMonth — An ordinal day of the month

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Represents a specific day in a month. Its value is numeric; the first day of the month is written 1, the fifteenth 15, etc.

Parents

dayOfMonth may be contained in these elements: date

Examples

For examples, see date.


Name

degree — Container for information about a degree or similar certification

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The degree element is a container for information about an academic degree (Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Psychology, etc.) or other similar certification.

Parents

degree may be contained in these elements: degrees

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a degree. The degree may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<degree>
  <level>Ph.D</level>
  <major>Microbiology</major>
  <annotation>Thesis on effect of hot dogs on canine amino acids</annotation>
</degree>
<degree>
  <level>BA</level>
  <major>Toilet Paper Pattern Design</major>
  <date>
    <month>June</month>
    <year>1745</year>
  </date>
  <institution>British Design Academy</institution>
  <annotation>
    On dean's list for duration of studies.
  </annotation>
</degree>
<degree>
  <level>BS</level>
  <major>Computer Science</major>
  <major>English</major>
  <minor>Graphic Design</minor>
  <minor>Geography</minor>
  <subjects>
    <subject>
      <title>Compilers</title>
      <result>A-</result>
    </subject>
    <subject>
      <title>Data Structures</title>
      <result>B</result>
    </subject>
    <subject>
      <title>Classic Literature</title>
      <result>A</result>
    </subject>
  </subjects>
</degree>

Name

degrees — Container for one or more degrees

Synopsis

Content Model

(degree+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The degrees element is a container for at least one degree.

Parents

degrees may be contained in these elements: academics

Examples

<degrees>
  <degree>
    <level>BA</level>
    <major>Interstellar Basket Weaving</major>
  </degree>
  <degree>
    <level>Ph.D</level>
    <major>Aquatic Tennis Teaching</major>
  </degree>
</degree>

Name

description — An explanation of something

Synopsis

Content Model

(para+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The description element specifies a person's role, their activities, or other descriptive information.

Parents

description may be contained in these elements: award, interest, job, membership

Examples

<job>
  <jobtitle>Supersonic Vacuum Technician</jobtitle>
  <employer>Joe's Vacuum Shop</employer>
  <period>
    <from><date><month>June</month><year>2344</year></date></from>
    <to><present/></to>
  </period>
  <description>
    Repaired hyperdynamic microbial particle accelerators in Supersonic vacuum
    models XL144 and XP2000.
  </description>
</job>
<membership>
  <title>Treasurer</title>
  <organization>Mars Vacuum Repair Association</organization>
  <description>
    Kept books and collected membership dues.
  </description>
</job>

Name

docpath —

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(head?,node*,tail)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used, and will be removed in a future version.

Parents

docpath may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<!-- TODO -->

Name

email — An e-mail address

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The email element specifies a single e-mail address.

Parents

email may be contained in these elements: contact

See Also

fax, instantMessage, pager, url.

Examples

<contact>
  <email>john@johnny.bob</email>
  <phone>555-555-1212</phone>
</contact>

Name

emphasis — An emphasized block of text

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The emphasis element is an inline element that indicates that the text it contains should be emphasized.

Presentation

The presentation of text contained in this element varies depending on the output format.

HTML

Rendered as bold (using the <strong> tag) by default. Presentation may be overridden by creating or modifying a CSS stylesheet that formats the emphasis class.

Text

Text is surrounded in *astrisks* by default. May be overridden by specifying the text.emphasis.start and text.emphasis.end parameters when processing the résumé with an XSLT processor like Xalan or Saxon.

XSL-FO/PDF

Rendered as bold text.

Parents

emphasis may be contained in these elements: achievement, employer, institution, organization, para, project, skill

Examples

<para>
  I really, really, <emphasis>really</emphasis> want a job.
</para>
<skill>
  I am <emphasis>extremely</emphasis> at using rocket-powered cheese graters.
</skill>

Name

employer — A name of an employer

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|emphasis|citation|url|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The employer element specifies the name of a person, company, or other entity for whom a person works or has worked.

Parents

employer may be contained in these elements: job

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify an employer. The employer may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<job>
  <jobtitle>Angelfish Fitness Trainer</jobtitle>
  <employer>Fish Fitness Systems, Inc.</employer>
  <period>
    <from><date><month>July</month><year>1998</year></date</from>
    <to><present/></to>
  </period>
  <description>
    <para>
      Helped to ensure optimum fish health by training fish on weights and
      and fin and tail exercises.
    </para>
  </description>
</job>
<job>
  <jobtitle>House Cleaner</jobtitle>
  <employer>Mrs. Shirlock</employer>
  <period>
    <from><date><month>July</month><year>1954</year></date</from>
    <to><date><month>January</month><year>1956</year></date</to>
  </period>
  <para>Dusted the blinds. That is all.</para>
</job>

Name

fax — A fax telephone number

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
location

Enumeration:

home
work
None
targetsCDATANone

Description

The fax element contains a telephone number that can be used to connect to a facsimile machine. The phone number is not required to be in a specific format. (See phone for examples of numbers.)

Parents

fax may be contained in these elements: contact

Attributes

location

Indicates the location that the phone number connects to. This attribute is optional.

See Also

email, pager, phone.

Examples

<fax>555-555-1212</fax>
<fax location="work">(123) 456-7890</fax>
<fax location="home">345.324.2721</fax>

Name

firstname — A person's given name

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The firstname element specifies a person's first, or given, name. For example, in the name “Mr. Thomas B. Jones”, the first name is “Thomas”.

Parents

firstname may be contained in these elements: name

See Also

middlenames, surname.

Examples

<name>
  <firstname>Caroline</firstname>
  <surname>Francisca</surname>
</name>

Name

from — The beginning point in a period of time

Synopsis

Content Model

(date|present)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The from element specifies the instant at which a given period of time begins. It is always followed by a to element in a period.

Parents

from may be contained in these elements: period

See Also

to.

Examples

<period>
  <from>
    <date>
      <dayOfMonth>26</dayOfMonth>
      <month>December</month>
      <year>1936</year>
    </date>
  </from>
  <to>
    <date>
      <dayOfMonth>14</dayOfMonth>
      <month>January</month>
      <year>2015</year>
    </date>
  </to>
</period>

Name

gpa — Information about a grade point average

Synopsis

Content Model

(score,possible?,note?)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone
type

Enumeration:

overall
major
overall

Description

The gpa element contains a information about a grade point average, or GPA. A GPA is a number that averages the scores of different subjects (such as mathematics, English, history, etc.).

Parents

gpa may be contained in these elements: degree

Attributes

type

Indicates whether the GPA refers to all courses taken toward a degree, or just those in the major field of study. Possible values: overall and major. Default is overall.

Examples

<gpa type="major">
  <score>3.78</score>
  <possible>4.00</possible>
  <note>This is on a weighted scale.</note>
</gpa>
<gpa>
  <score>3</score>
</gpa>

Name

head —

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(label,uri)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used, and will be removed in a future version.

Parents

head may be contained in these elements: docpath

Examples

<!-- TODO -->

Name

header — Container for information about the person being described in a résumé

Synopsis

Content Model

(name,address?,birth?,contact?)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The header element is a container for information typically contained in the header at the top of a résumé. This includes biographic and contact information about the person who the résumé describes.

Formatting

The header.format parameter influences the formatting of headers in all output formats.

Parents

header may be contained in these elements: resume

See Also

header.format.

Examples

<header>
  <name>
    <firstname>Hector</firstname>
    <surname>Gomez</surname>
  </name>
  <address>
    <street>245 San Bernadino</street>
    <city>Los Gatos</city>
    <state>LX</state>
    <zip>94262</zip>
  </address>
  <birth>
    <date>
      <dayOfMonth>30</dayOfMonth>
      <month>April</month>
      <year>1942</year>
    </date>
  </birth>
  <contact>
    <phone>555-1212</phone>
    <email>hector.gomez@xyz.bob</email>
  </contact>
</header>

Name

history — Container for a person's previous (and possibly current) jobs

Synopsis

Content Model

(job+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The history element contains a person's job history (the jobs that they have worked at in the past). It is also common to include their current job in this element.

Parents

history may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<history>
  <job>
    <jobtitle>Counselor</jobtitle>
    <employer>Shrink Inc.</employer>
    <period>
      <from><date><month>August</month><year>1490</year></date></from>
      <to><date><month>January</month><year>1497</year></date></to>
    </period>
    <description>
      <para>
        Counseled King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Helped to calm their fears
        about their large investment in a man named Christopher Columbus.
      </para>
      <para>
        When Columbus returned with gold, I was "downsized" by beheading.
      </para>
    </description>
  </job>
  <job>
    <jobtitle>Angel</jobtitle>
    <employer>Heaven</employer>
    <period>
      <from><date><month>January</month><year>1497</year></date></from>
      <to><date><month>June</month><year>2344</year></date></to>
    </period>
    <description>
      <para>
        Saved souls.
      </para>
    </description>
  </job>
  <job>
    <jobtitle>Supersonic Vacuum Technician</jobtitle>
    <employer>Joe's Vacuum Shop</employer>
    <period>
      <from><date><month>June</month><year>2344</year></date></from>
      <to><present/></to>
    </period>
    <description>
      <para>
        Allowed to return to earth to help my great-great-great-(you get the
        picture)-grandson Joe with his business.
      </para>
      <para>
        Repaired hyperdynamic microbial neutron particle accelerators in
        Supersonic vacuum models XL144 and XP2000.
      </para>
    </description>
  </job>
</history>

Name

instantMessage — An instant message username or address

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
serviceCDATANone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The email element contains a username or address that can be used to contact a person via an internet instant messaging service, such as AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) or Jabber.

Parents

instantMessage may be contained in these elements: contact

Attributes

service

Specifies the service that the username or address is to be used with. Acceptable values are:

aim

AOL Instant Messenger

icq

ICQ

irc

Internet Relay Chat

jabber

Jabber

msn

MSN Messenger

yahoo

Yahoo! Messenger

See Also

email.

Examples

<instantMessage service="yahoo">joesmith</instantMessage>
<instantMessage service="aim">janedoe</instantMessage>
<instantMessage service="jabber">sammybob@jabber.com</instantMessage>

Name

institution — A name of an academic institution

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|emphasis|citation|url|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The institution element specifies the name of a degree-awarding institution, such as a university, college, or trade school.

Parents

institution may be contained in these elements: degree

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify an institution. The institution may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

organization.

Examples

<degree>
  <level>BA</level>
  <major>Daisy Chain Manufacturing</major>
  <institution>Harvard</institution>
</degree>

Name

interest — Something a person is interested in

Synopsis

Content Model

(title,description?)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The interest element describes something that a person is interested in. A common use for interest elements is to list hobbies.

Formatting

The formatting of interest is more complex than that of many other elements. The title is always displayed first, in standard font. Then, if there is a description, and the interest.description.format parameter value is single-line, a period and a space (“. ”) are displayed. Finally, the description is output, formatted according to the interest.description.format parameter.

Parents

interest may be contained in these elements: interests

See Also

skill.

Examples

<interest>
  <title>Sewing</title>
</interest>
<interest>
  <title>Seattle Mariners</title>
  <description>
    <para>I'm a season ticket holder.</para>
    <para><emphasis>GO MARINERS!</emphasis></para>
  </description>
</interest>

For additional examples, see interests.


Name

interests — Container for one or more interests

Synopsis

Content Model

(title?,interest+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The interests element contains one or more interest elements.

Formatting

The interests element is formatted as a top-level section in a résumé. The interests.word parameter is used as the title text if the interests doesn't contain a title element.

Child interest elements are formatted as a bulleted list in all output formats.

Parents

interests may be contained in these elements: resume

See Also

skillarea.

Examples

<interests>
  <title>Hobbies</title>
  <interest>
    <title>Swimming</title>
  </interest>
  <interest>
    <title>Fine foods</title>
    <description>
      <para>I do quite well in pie-eating contests.</para>
    </description>
  </interest>
  <interest>
    <title>Australia</title>
  </interest>
</interests>
<interests>
  <interest>
    <title>My belly button</title>
  </interest>
  <interest>
    <title>Fire ants</title>
  </interest>
  <interest>
    <title>Fertilizer</title>
  </interest>
</interests>

Name

job — A specific employment engagement

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The job element describes a job, contract, or other employment engagement.

Parents

job may be contained in these elements: history

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a job. The job may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<job>
  <jobtitle>Sr. VP of Soap Suds Engineering</jobtitle>
  <employer>Proctor and Gamble</employer>
  <period>
    <from><date>
      <month>May</month>
      <year>1982</year>
    </date></from>
    <to><date>
      <month>June</month>
      <year>1988</year>
    </date></to>
  </period>
</job>
<job>
  <jobtitle>Dirt</jobtitle>
  <employer>Earth</employer>
  <period>
    <from><date>
      <month>Januaray</month>
      <year>30,000 B.C.</year>
    </date></from>
    <to><present/></to>
  </period>
  <description>
    Provided nutrients, absorbed water, and got tracked into houses.
  </description>
  <achievements>
    <achievement>
      Grew a 300-ft. tree.
    </achievement>
  </achievements>
  <projects>
    <project>
      Took part in the construction of the construction of the Empire State
      Building in New York City. (Was excavated from its basement.)
    </project>
  </projects>
</job>

Name

jobtitle — A job title

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The jobtitle element specifies the offical title or name of the position a person held at a job.

Parents

jobtitle may be contained in these elements: job

Examples

For examples, see job


Name

keyword — A keyword to be used for résumé indexing and searching

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The keyword element specifies a word or phrase that is to be used to index and/or search a résumé, usually on a computer.

Keywords are often used to specify “buzzwords” that are not (or that are) in the main text of the résumé, but may be used by employers or recruiters to find résumés.

Parents

keyword may be contained in these elements: keywords

Examples

<keywords>
  <keyword>forward-thinking</keyword>
  <keyword>self-starter</keyword>
  <keyword>independent</keyword>
  <keyword>flexible</keyword>
</keywords>

Name

keywords — Container for a list of keywords

Synopsis

Content Model

(keyword+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The keywords element contains one or more keywords. These keywords are included in the HTML presentation as <meta name="keywords" content="..."> tags.

Parents

keywords may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

For examples, see keyword.


Name

label —

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used, and will be removed in a future version.

Parents

label may be contained in these elements: head, node

Examples

<!-- TODO -->

Name

lastModified — Information about when a résumé was last modified

Synopsis

Content Model

(date)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The lastModified element contains the date that a résumé was last updated.

Parents

lastModified may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<lastModified>
  <date>
    <dayOfMonth>4</dayOfMonth>
    <month>July</month>
    <year>1796</year>
  </date>
</lastModified>

Name

legalnotice — A legal statement

Synopsis

Content Model

(para+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The legalnotice element contains text that is intended to specify the legal use of a résumé.

Parents

legalnotice may be contained in these elements: copyright

Examples

For examples, see copyright


Name

level — A degree type

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The semantic of the title element vary depending on which element contains it:

clearance

When contained in this element, the level element specifies the level of security clearance that a person has been granted, such as “Top Secret” or “Restricted”.

degree

When contained in this element, the level element specifies a degree type, such as “BFA” (bachelor of fine arts) or “Ph.D” (doctor of philosophy). It typically contains the abbreviation (“BS”) not the full spelling (“bachelor of science”).

Parents

level may be contained in these elements: clearance, degree

Examples

For examples, see clearance and degree.


Name

link — A titled hyperlink

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
hrefCDATANone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The link element defines a single hyperlink, much like HTML's a (anchor) element.

Formatting

In FO/PDF and plain text output formats, the text contained in the link element is formatted as if the surrounding link tags were not present. The href attribute is ignored.

In the HTML output format, the link element is formatted as an a (anchor) hyperlink.

Parents

link may be contained in these elements: achievement, artTitle, bookTitle, employer, institution, organization, para, project, publisher, skill

Attributes

href

The URL that the link should point to. then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

uri, url.

Examples

<employer>
  <link href="http://www.acme.bob/">Acme Corporation</link>
</employer>
<para>
  Project</link> supplies tools that easily convert a single XML
  r&eacute;sum&eacute; to multiple output formats.
</employer>

Name

location — A location, with city-level granularity

Synopsis

Content Model

(city?,(state|province|county)?,country?)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The location element specifies a level location, such as “London, England”, “Seattle, Washington”, “St. Louis, Missouri, USA”, or “Newfoundland, Canada”.

Parents

location may be contained in these elements: degree, job, membership

See Also

address.

Examples

<location>
  <city>Los Angeles<city>
  <state>California</state>
  <country>USA</country>
</location>
<location>
  <city>Paris<city>
  <country>France</country>
</location>

Name

major — A main course of study

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The major element names the main (“major”) course of study in a degree. A major is the area that is focused on the most by a student.

Parents

major may be contained in these elements: degree

See Also

minor.

Examples

For examples, see degree.


Name

membership — A professional membership

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The membership element contains information about a person's membership in a professional organization.

Parents

membership may be contained in these elements: memberships

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a membership. The membership may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

For examples, see memberships.


Name

memberships — Container for one or more memberships

Synopsis

Content Model

(title,membership+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The memberships element contains one or more memberships.

Parents

memberships may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<memberships>
  <title>Professional Memberships</title>
  <membership>
    <organization>Foobar State Technology Association</organization>
  </membership>
  <membership>
    <title>President</title>
    <organization>Smallville Internet Developers' Group</organization>
    <period>
      <from><date>
        <month>September</month>
        <year>1998</year>
      </date></from>
      <to><present/></to>
    </period>
    <description>
      <para>
        Founded group and guided its growth from 4 to 150 members.
      </para>
    </description>
  </membership>
</memberships>

Name

middlenames — One or more “middle” names of a person

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The middlenames element contains all of the names of a person, excluding their first (given) name and surname. If the person has multiple middle names, they should be space-separated.

Parents

middlenames may be contained in these elements: name

See Also

firstname, surname.

Examples

<middlenames>Samione</middlenames>
<middlenames>Lu&iacute;s Garcia M&aacute;rquez</middlenames>

Name

minor — A minor course of study

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The major element names the main (“major”) course of study in a degree. A major is the area that is focused on the most by a student.

Parents

minor may be contained in these elements: degree

See Also

major.

Examples

For examples, see degree.


Name

misc — Miscellaneous remarks

Synopsis

Content Model

(para+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The misc element contains paragraphs of text that don't fit into any other top-level categories.

Parents

misc may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<misc>
  <para>What can't be captured on a r&eacute;sum&eacute; is my sheer
    level of <emphasis>enthusiasm</emphasis> for not just cooking
    food, but dealing with people.  I'm told I make nearly every
    kitchen run more smoothly because I know how to manage and make
    people want to <emphasis>do their best</emphasis>.
  </para>
  <para>I'm listed in <citation>Who's Who in American
      Restaurants</citation> as well as <citation>La
      Rubach&ograve;n</citation>.
  </para>
</misc>

Name

month — A month name

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The month element contains the name of a month, such as “March” (English), “marzo” (Spanish), or “mars” (French).

Parents

month may be contained in these elements: date, pubDate

See Also

dayOfMonth, year.

Examples

<month>April</month>

Name

name — A person's name

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The name element contains a person's name.

Parents

name may be contained in these elements: copyright, header, referee

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a name. The name may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<name>
  <title>Mr.</title>
  <firstname>John</firstname>
  <middlenames>Q.</middlenames>
  <surname>Doe</surname>
</name>
<name>
  <firstname>Joe</firstname>
  <middlenames>Sam George Bob</middlenames>
  <surname>Flamboyzo</surname>
  <suffix>Jr.</suffix>
</name>
<name>
  <firstname>King</firstname>
  <surname>Louis</surname>
  <suffix>VIII</suffix>
</name>

Name

node —

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(label,uri)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used, and will be removed in a future version.

Parents

node may be contained in these elements: docpath

Examples

<!-- TODO -->

Name

note — Additional information

Synopsis

Content Model

(para+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The note element contains additional information about its parent element.

Parents

note may be contained in these elements: academics, clearance, gpa

Examples

<academics>
  <degrees>
    ...
  </degrees>
  <note>
    <para>
      I take education very seriously. After all, I'm in 37th grade now!
    </para>
  </note>
</academics>

Name

objective — A person's employment goal

Synopsis

Content Model

(para+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The objective element contains a statement of a person's goal. It commong specifies the industry or position in which a person would like to work.

Parents

objective may be contained in these elements: resume

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify an objective. The objective may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<objective>
  <para>
    I seek a high-paying job in the golf playing industry. I would like at
    least 20 weeks of vacation per year.
  </para>
</objective>

Name

organization — A name of an organization

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|emphasis|citation|url|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The organization element contains the name of a professional or other type of organization.

Parents

organization may be contained in these elements: award, clearance, membership, referee

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify an organization. The organization may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

institution.

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Examples

<membership>
  <organization>Croquet Players' Association of the UK</organization>
</membership>

Name

pageNums — One or more page numbers or ranges

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The pageNums element specifies one or more page numbers or ranges of page numbers, and is used in citing a publication.

Parents

pageNums may be contained in these elements: pub

Examples

<pub>
  <artTitle>Ancient Mayan Anthropology</artTitle>
  <bookTitle>Nature</bookTitle>
  <pageNums>13-54</pageNums>
</pub>
<pub>
  <artTitle>The New Fad: Bottle Cap Collecting</artTitle>
  <bookTitle>Time Magazine</bookTitle>
  <pageNums>14</pageNums>
</pub>

Name

pager — A pager telephone number

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The pager element contains a telephone number that can be used to connect to a pager. The phone number is not required to be in a specific format. (See phone for examples of numbers.)

Parents

pager may be contained in these elements: contact

See Also

email, fax, phone.

Examples

<pager>456-145-4468</pager>
<pager>736.272.4673 x 235</pager>

Name

para — A paragraph of text

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|emphasis|citation|url|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The para element contains a single paragraph of text. Its contents are not preserved verbatim; instead, it is treated much like HTML. Multiple whitespace characters (including spaces and tabs) are compressed into a single space, and linebreaks are treated as space characters instead of newlines. This allows flexibility in formatting XML source code.

Paragraphs may contain basic markup to indicate emphasis, URLs, and citations.

Parents

para may be contained in these elements: description, legalnotice, misc, note, objective, pub

Examples

<para>
  This is a boring paragraph.
</para>
<para>
  I like to <emphasis>emphasize</emphasize> my words; in fact, I've written an
  article on the topic. It is published on the <emphasis><citation>Really
  Exciting WRITING!</citation></emphasis> web site at
  <url>http://www.really-exciting-writing.bob/EMPHASIS.html</url>.
</para>

Name

period — A period of time

Synopsis

Content Model

(from,to)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The period element defines a specific period in time by specifying the period's start time and end time.

If you want to specify an instant in time instead of a period, use date.

Parents

period may be contained in these elements: award, clearance, degree, job, membership

See Also

element.

Examples

<period>
  <from><date>
    <dayOfMonth>10</dayOfMonth>
    <month>February</month>
    <year>1246</year>
  </date></from>
  <to><date>
    <dayOfMonth>19</dayOfMonth>
    <month>November</month>
    <year>1351</year>
  </date></to>
</period>
<period>
  <from><date>
    <month>May</month>
    <year>1985</year>
  </date></from>
  <to>
    <present/>
  </to>
</period>

Name

phone — A voice telephone number

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
location

Enumeration:

home
work
mobile
None
targetsCDATANone

Description

The phone element contains a telephone number. The number is not required to be in a specific format; these are all valid phone numbers:

  • 555-555-1212

  • 555.555.1212

  • (555) 555-1212

  • (555) 555-1212 x555

  • (011) 47 8931-858128

  • (011) 59-3331-8580

Parents

phone may be contained in these elements: contact

Attributes

location

Indicates the location that the phone number connects to. This attribute is optional.

See Also

address, email, fax, pager.

Examples

<phone>555.555.1212</phone>
<phone location="mobile">345-262-4567</phone>
<phone location="home">(261) 345-1616</phone>

For additional examples, see contact.


Name

possible — The highest possible score in a GPA

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The possible element contains a number that indicates the highest possible score that can be attained in a GPA. In other words, a “perfect” score.

Parents

possible may be contained in these elements: gpa

See Also

score.

Examples

For examples, see gpa.


Name

postalCode — A postal code

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The postalCode element contains an alphanumeric string used by postal services to route mail to its destination.

For postal codes in the United States, use zip.

Parents

postalCode may be contained in these elements: address

See Also

zip.

Examples

A Brazilian postal code:

<postalCode>85070-200</postalCode>

A Canadian postal code:

<postalCode>V2B 5S8</postalCode>


Name

prefecture — A name of a prefecture or other administrative district

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The prefecture element contains the name of a prefecture or other administrative district of a city, province, state, or other area.

This element is currently ignored during formatting.

Parents

prefecture may be contained in these elements: address

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a prefecture. The prefecture may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

city, county, state, suburb, ward.

Examples

<prefecture>Basilius</prefecture>

Name

present — Indicates the current time

Synopsis

Content Model

EMPTY

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The present element denotes the current time, as opposed to a fixed time in the past or future. It is most commonly used in date ranges, to express things like “From May 1995 to present”.

present is a null element, that is, it has no content or attributes. It is always written as <present/>.

Parents

present may be contained in these elements: from, to

See Also

date.

Examples

<period>
  <from><date>
    <month>May</month>
    <year>1995</year>
  </from>
  <to>
    <present/>
  </to>
</period>

Name

project — Container for information about a project

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|emphasis|citation|url|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone
titleCDATANone

Description

The project element describes a project that a person participated in at a job.

Parents

project may be contained in these elements: projects

Attributes

title

The title of the project.

See Also

achievement.

Examples

For examples, see projects.


Name

projects — Container for one or more projects

Synopsis

Content Model

(project+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The projects element groups together one or more project elements.

Parents

projects may be contained in these elements: degree, job

See Also

achievements.

Examples

<projects>
  <project>Organization of Paperclips</project>
  <project>Development of rocket booster fuel</project>
  <project>1997 Papercut Convention</project>
</projects>

Name

province — A name or abbreviation of a province

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The province element contains the name or abbreviation of a single province or similar political division.

Parents

province may be contained in these elements: address, location

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a province. The province may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

county, state.

Examples

<province>Saskatchewan</province>
<province>BC</province>

Name

pub — A work published by the résumé “owner”

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The pub element contains elements that describe a work (like an article, a book, a poem, or a scholarly paper) that was published by the person the résumé describes.

Parents

pub may be contained in these elements: pubs

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a publication. The publication may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

citation.

Examples

Example 4. Book with multiple authors

<pub>
  <bookTitle>Foundations of Computer Science, C Edition</bookTitle>
  <author>Alfred V. Aho</author>
  <author>Jeffrey D. Ullman</author>
  <pubDate>
    <year>1995</year>
  </pubDate>
  <publisher>Computer Science Press, New York</publisher>
</pub>

Example 5. Magazine article

<pub>
  <artTitle>Low-Fat Philly Cheese Steaks</bookTitle>
  <bookTitle>Healthy Cooking</bookTitle>
  <author>Joe Sixpack</author>
  <pubDate>
    <month>June</month>
    <year>1999</year>
  </pubDate>
  <publisher>Healthy Publishing Group</publisher>
</pub>

Name

pubDate — The date a work was published

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(month?,year)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used.

date elements should be used instead of pubDate elements.

The pubDate element indicates when a literary, scholarly, or other work was published. It must contain a year, and may contain a month.

Parents

pubDate may be contained in these elements: pub

See Also

date.

Examples

<pub>
  <bookTitle>How to Drink Water for Fun and Profit</bookTitle>
  <pubdate>
    <year>1996</year>
  </pubdate>
</pub>
<pub>
  <artTitle>Modern Neo-Classical Baroque Music</bookTitle>
  <bookTitle>Journal of Classical Music</bookTitle>
  <pubdate>
    <month>July</month>
    <year>1931</year>
  </pubdate>
</pub>

Name

publisher — Information about a publisher of a work

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|link|url)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

The use of the url element as a child of publisher is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0.

We recommend that you convert all urls contained in publishers to links.

The publisher element contains the name, and possibly location, of the organization that published a literary, artistic, scholary, or other work.

Parents

publisher may be contained in these elements: pub

Examples

Example 6. Publisher name only

<pub>
  <bookTitle>Deep Thoughts on Stuff</bookTitle>
  <publisher>Totally Groovy Publishing, Ltd.</publisher>
</pub>

Example 7. Publisher name and location

<pub>
  <bookTitle>A User's Guide to Dirt</bookTitle>
  <publisher>Mother Nature Books, Boston, Massachusetts</publisher>
</pub>

Name

pubs — A group of one or more publications

Synopsis

Content Model

(pub+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The pubs element groups together one or more publications.

Parents

pubs may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<pubs>
  <pub>
    <bookTitle>General Relativity for Idiots</bookTitle>
    <author>Einstein</author>
  </pub>
  <pub>
    <artTitle>String Theory for Dummies</artTitle>
    <bookTitle>Topics in Physics</bookTitle>
    <author>Stephen Hawking</author>
  </pub>
</pubs>

Name

referee — Someone who can provide additional information about the person the résumé describes

Synopsis

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The referee element contains the name and contact information information of a person who knows the job seeker (the person that the résumé describes). Referees (also called references) can provide additional information about the job seeker. They often supply background information, confirm facts, and describe the job seeker's character.

Formatting

The display of referee is influenced by the referees.display parameter.

Parents

referee may be contained in these elements: referees

Examples

<referee>
  <name>Joe</name>
  <address>
    <street>123 Main St.</street>
    <city>Anytown</city>
    <state>ST</state>
    <zip>12345</zip>
    <country>USA</country>
  </address>
  <contact>
    <phone>123.456.7890</phone>
    <email>joe@hotmail.bob</email>
  </contact>
</referee>

For additional examples, see referees.


Name

referees — Contains one or more referees

Synopsis

Content Model

(referee+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The referees element groups together one or more referee elements.

Parents

referees may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<referees>
  <referee>
    <name>Mr. Samuel J. Black</name>
    <contact>
      <phone>555.555.1212</phone>
    </contact>
  </referee>
  <referee>
    <name>Mom</name>
    <contact>
      <email>my_mommy@moms.bob</email>
    </contact>
  </referee>
  <referee>
    <name>Dad</name>
  </referee>
</referees>

Name

result — An outcome of a subject

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The result element describes the outcome or result of a subject. result often contains the letter or numeric grade awarded for an academic class.

Parents

result may be contained in these elements: subject

Examples

<subjects>
  <subject>
    <title>Math</title>
    <result>A-</result>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <title>English</title>
    <result>C</result>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <title>Science</title>
    <result>B+</result>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <title>Spanish</title>
    <result>B</result>
  </subject>
      The resume element represents a
      single résumé or curriculum vitae (CV). It is a summary of a person's
      experience that is revelant to employment.
    

Parents

resume may be contained in these elements: resumes

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a résumé. The résumé may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<resume id="a8df262">

  <header>
    <name id="harry.potter">
      <firstname>Harry</firstname>
      <surname>Potter</surname>
    </name>
    <address>
      <street>4 Privet Drive</street>
      <city>Little Whinging</city>
      <county>Surrey</county>
      <postalCode>RO51 5NF</postalCode>
      <country>UK</country>
    </address>
  </header>

  <objective>
    <para>To defeat Lord Voldemort once and for all, then to become an Auror
    for the Ministry of Magic.</para>
  </objective>

  <skillarea>
    <title>Magical Skills</title>
    <skillset>
      <title>Charms</title>
      <skill>Levitation</skill>
      <skill>Cheering</skill>
      <skill>Summoning</skill>
      <skill>Banishing</skill>
    </skillset>
    <skillset>
      <title>Spells and Curses</title>
      <skill>Unlocking Spell</skill>
      <skill>Patronus Spell</skill>
      <skill>Stunning Spell</skill>
      <skill>Disarming Spell</skill>
      <skill>Reductor Curse</skill>
      <skill>Impediment Curse</skill>
      <skill>Imperious Curse Evasion</skill>
    </skillset>
    <skillset>
      <title>Potions</title>
      <skill>Polyjuice</skill>
      <skill>Enlarging</skill>
      <skill>Antidotes</skill>
    </skillset>
    <skillset>
      <title>Flying</title>
      <skill>High-speed</skill>
      <skill>Wronski Feint</skill>
      <skill>Steep dives</skill>
      <skill>Bludger Evasion</skill>
      <skill>No-hands</skill>
      <skill>High-altitude</skill>
    </skillset>
    <skillset>
      <title>Languages</title>
      <skill>English</skill>
      <skill>Parsel Tounge</skill>
      <skill>Troll (point and grunt)</skill>
    </skillset>
  </skillarea>
  <skillarea>
    <title>Muggle Skills</title>
    <skillset>
      <title>Daily Life</title>
      <skill>Telephone</skill>
      <skill>Mailbox</skill>
      <skill>Riding in cars</skill>
      <skill>Electric lights</skill>
      <skill>Hammering</skill>
    </skillset>
    <skillset>
      <title>Camping</title>
      <skill>Setting up tents</skill>
      <skill>Lighting Matches</skill>
    </skillset>
  </skillarea>

  <history>
    <job>
      <jobtitle>Student</jobtitle>
      <employer>Hogwarts</employer>
      <period>
        <from>
          <date>
            <month>September</month>
            <year>ca. 1995</year>
          </date>
        </from>
        <to>
          <present/>
        </to>
      </period>
      <achievements>
        <achievement>
          On Gryffindor House Quidditch team four years running
        </achievement>
        <achievement>
          Quidditch Cup
        </achievement>
        <achievement>Youngest Seeker in a century</achievement>
        <achievement>
          Faced Lord Voldemort four times and lived.
        </achievement>
      </achievements>
    </job>
    <job>
      <jobtitle>De-gnomer</jobtitle>
      <employer>Mrs. Weasley</employer>
      <period>
        <from>
          <date>
            <month>August</month>
            <year>ca. 1995</year>
          </date>
        </from>
        <to>
          <date>
            <month>August</month>
            <year>ca. 1995</year>
          </date>
        </to>
      </period>
      <description>
        <para>Removed gnomes from the Weasleys' garden.</para>
      </description>
    </job>
  </history>

  <academics>
    <degrees>
      <degree>
        <level>Fourth Year</level>
        <major>Wizarding</major>
        <institution>Hogwards School of Witchcraft and Wizardry</institution>
        <subjects>
          <subject>
            <title>Transfiguration</title>
            <result>B</result>
          </subject>
          <subject>
            <title>Charms</title>
            <result>A-</result>
          </subject>
          <subject>
            <title>Defense Against the Dark Arts</title>
            <result>A</result>
          </subject>
          <subject>
            <title>Potions</title>
            <result>D</result>
          </subject>
          <subject>
            <title>Care of Magical Creature</title>
            <result>A+</result>
          </subject>
          <subject>
            <title>Divination</title>
            <result>B</result>
          </subject>
        </subjects>
      </degree>
    </degrees>
  </academics>

  <memberships>
    <title>School Clubs</title>
    <membership>
      <organization>Dueling Club</organization>
      <description><para>Trained in wizard dueling, with focus on
      disarming.</para></description>
    </membership>
    <membership>
      <title>Secretary</title>
      <organization>Society for the Protection of Elfish Workers
      (S.P.E.W.)</organization>
    </membership>
  </memberships>

  <interests>
    <interest><title>Cho Chang</title></interest>
  </interests>

  <referees>
    <referee>
      <name>
        <firstname>Minerva</firstname>
        <surname>McGonagall</surname>
      </name>
      <address>Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Via Owl Post</address>
    </referee>
    <referee>
      <name>
        <firstname>Albus</firstname>
        <surname>Dumbledore</surname>
      </name>
      <address>Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Via Owl Post</address>
    </referee>
  </referees>

</resume>

For additional examples, look at the sample résumés in the examples directory of the XML Résumé Library distribution. The resumes element contains one or more résumés. It could be used, for example, to distribute the résumés of all applicants for a job as a single file.

The formatting of this element is currently undefined.

Parents

resumes may be contained in these elements: None

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a group of résumés. The résumés may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<resumes id="resumes.tech.titans">
  <resume id="resume.gates">
    <header>
      <name>
        <firstname>Bill</firstname>
        <surname>Gates</surname>
      </name>
    </header>
  </resume>
  <resume id="resume.jobs">
    <header>
      <name>
        <firstname>Steve</firstname>
        <surname>Jobs</surname>
      </name>
    </header>
  </resume>
</resumes>

Name

score — The score earned in a GPA

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The score element contains the GPA score that a person has earned.

Parents

score may be contained in these elements: gpa

See Also

possible.

Examples

For examples, see gpa.


Name

skill — A name and/or description of a skill

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA|emphasis|citation|url|link)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
levelCDATANone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The skill element describes something that a person is skilled at.

Parents

skill may be contained in these elements: skills, skillset

Attributes

level

The level attribute indicates a person's level of proficiency at a skill. “Level of proficiency” may be expressed in any manner, such as “3 years” (three years of experience with a particular skill), “expert”, or “7/10”. The skills.level.display parameter determines whether or not skill levels are displayed in formatted output.

Examples

<skill>Singing</skill>
<skill level="3 years">Java Programming</skill>
<skill level="certified glutton">Eating</skill>
<skill level="beginner">
  Throwing <emphasis>large</emphasis> objects
</skill>

Name

skillarea — A group of broadly related skill sets

Synopsis

Content Model

(title,skillset+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The skillarea element contains one or more skillsets. Usually the skill sets it contains are related to each other, at least in a general sense.

For example, a “Computer Skills” skill area may contain skillsets titled “Programming”, “Office Programs”, and “Hardware”.

It is quite common for a résumé to contain only one skill area.

Formatting

The text of skill area's title element is displayed as a top-level heading in all output formats. Then all contained skill sets are displayed sequentially. See skillset for information about skill set formatting.

Parents

skillarea may be contained in these elements: resume, skillareas

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a skill area. The skill area may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

Example 8. Broad skill area

<skillarea>
  <title>Skills</title>

  <skillset>
    <title>Computers</title>
    <skill>Typing (<emphasis>150 WPM!!</emphasis>)</skill>
    <skill>Dropping little food crumbs in keyboards</skill>
  </skillset>

  <skillset>
    <title>Writing</title>
    <skill>Editing</skill>
    <skill>Cursive</skill>
  </skillset>
</skillarea>

Example 9. More focused skill area

<skillarea>
  <title>Financial Skills</title>

  <skillset>
    <title>Investing</title>
    <skill>Stocks</skill>
    <skill>Bonds</skill>
    <skill>Money market accounts</skill>
    <skill>Retirement accounts</skill>
  </skillset>

  <skillset>
    <title>Bookkeeping</title>
    <skill>Amortization</skill>
    <skill>Loan schedules</skill>
    <skill>Book balancing</skill>
  </skillset>

  <skillset>
    <title>Advising</title>
    <skill>Retirement investment</skill>
    <skill>College investment</skill>
    <skill>Philanthropy</skill>
  </skillset>
</skillarea>

Name

skillareas — Group of one or more skill areas

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(skillarea+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used.

skillarea elements are now allowed as direct children of resume, so skillareas is no longer necessary. skillareas is still allowed in this release of XML Résumé Library, but may be removed in future versions. It is recommended that you remove all skillareas elements from XML résumés.

The skillareas element contains one or more skillareas.

This element is a top-level section of a résumé.

Parents

skillareas may be contained in these elements: resume

Examples

<skillareas>
  <skillarea>
    <title>Aviation</title>
    <skillset>
      <title>Piloting</title>
      <skill>Biplanes</skill>
      <skill>Jumbo Jets</skill>
      <skill>Space Shuttle</skill>
    </skillset>
    <skillset>
      <title>Navigation</title>
      <skill>Map and charts</skill>
      <skill>Instruments</skill>
      <skill>Stars</skill>
    </skillset>
  </skillarea>

  <skillarea>
    <title>Cleaning</title>
    <skillset>
      <title>Tools</title>
      <skill>Rag</skill>
      <skill>Sponge</skill>
      <skill>Towel</skill>
    </skillset>
    <skillset>
      <title>Chemicals</title>
      <skill>Bleach</skill>
      <skill>Water</skill>
      <skill>Soap</skill>
    </skillset>
  </skillarea>
</skillareas>

Name

skills — Group of one or more skills

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(skill+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used.

skill elements are now allowed as direct children of skillset, so skills is no longer necessary. skills is still allowed in this release of XML Résumé Library, but may be removed in future versions. It is recommended that you remove all skills elements from XML résumés.

The skills element contains one or more (usually related) skills.

Parents

skills may be contained in these elements: skillset

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a skills group. The group may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

skills.format.

Examples

<skills>
  <skill>Leaping over tall buildings in a single bound</skill>
  <skill>Flying</skill>
  <skill>Quickly changing clothes</skill>
</skill>

Name

skillset — A titled group of one or more related skills

Synopsis

Content Model

(title?,(skill+|skills))

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The skillset element contains a titled set of (usually closely) related skills.

Formatting

The skills.format parameter controls the formatting of skill sets.

Parents

skillset may be contained in these elements: skillarea

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a skill set. The skill set may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

<skillset>
  <title>Eating Utinsels</title>
  <skill>Knife</skill>
  <skill>Fork</skill>
  <skill>Spoon</skill>
  <skill>Soup Spoon</skill>
</skillset>

Name

state — A name or abbreviation of a state

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The state element contains the name or abbreviation for the name of a state or other similar political entity.

The state element represents a division of a country. It should not be confused with the country element, which represents a nation-state.

Parents

state may be contained in these elements: address, location

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a state name. The name may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

Example 10. State name

<state>New York</state>

Example 11. State abbreviation

<state>NY</state>

Name

street — A street name, number, and other related information

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The street element contains a street name and number, a suite or apartment number, or other similar information.

Multiple street elements are allowed. It is preferred to use multiple street elements instead of the deprecated street2 element.

Parents

street may be contained in these elements: address

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a street. The street may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

For examples, see address.


Name

street2 — A second line of a street address

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.3.3. It should not be used.

Because multiple street elements are now allowed, street2 is unneeded. street2 is still supported in this release of the XML Résumé Library, but may be removed in future versions. It is recommended that all street2 elements be converted to street elements.

The street2 element is similar in semantics to the street element. It often contains more specialized routing information than street, such as a suite or apartment number.

Parents

street2 may be contained in these elements: address

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify the second line of a street address. The line may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

street.

Examples

None.


Name

subject — A name of a class or topic of study

Synopsis

Content Model

(title,result)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The subject element contains the title of a class or other course of study, as well as its result.

A subject's title can be as general as “mathematics” (a general field of study), or as specific as “ECEn 224 Electrostatics Fall 1994” (a specific university class, along with the date the class was taken).

Parents

subject may be contained in these elements: subjects

Examples

<subject>
  <title>English</title>
  <result>A-</result>
</subject>
<subject>
  <title>PE 194 Crabwalking</title>
  <result>F</result>
</subject>

Name

subjects — A group of one or more subjects

Synopsis

Content Model

(subject+)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The subjects element contains one or more subjects that were studied as part of the degree represented by the parent of the subjects.

Parents

subjects may be contained in these elements: degree

Examples

<subjects>
  <subject>
    <title>Chemistry</title>
    <result>C</result>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <title>Physics</title>
    <result>B-</result>
  </subject>
</subjects>

Name

suburb — A name of a suburb

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The suburb element contains the name of a suburb, as used by a postal service to deliver mail.

Parents

suburb may be contained in these elements: address

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a suburb. The suburb may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

city, prefecture, ward.

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Examples

Example 12. A New Zealand Address

<address>
  <street>236 Majoribanks Street</street>
  <suburb>Mount Victoria</suburb>
  <city>Wellington</city>
  <postalCode>6001</postalCode>
  <country>New Zealand</country>
</address>

Name

suffix — A suffix of a name, usually specifying lineage

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The suffix element contains a suffix or suffix abbreviation that follows a name, such as “Jr.”, “Senior”, or “III”.

Parents

suffix may be contained in these elements: name

Examples

<name>
  <firstname>Leonard</firstname>
  <middlenames>Scott Quink</middlenames>
  <surname>Waggenblast</surname>
  <suffix>IV</suffix>
</name>
<name>
  <firstname>Dolores</firstname>
  <surname>Sanchez</surname>
  <suffix>Jr.</suffix>
</name>

Name

surname — A family name

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The surname element contains a person's family, or last name.

Parents

surname may be contained in these elements: name

Examples

For examples, see name.


Name

tail —

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used, and will be removed in a future version.

Parents

tail may be contained in these elements: docpath

Examples

<!-- TODO -->

Name

title — A title or heading

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The title element contains a title or heading. Its semantics vary depending on the element that contains it:

name

When contained in this element, title contains a person's formal title, such as “Dr.”, “Ms.”, or “Professor”.

interest

When contained in this element, title contains the name of an interest, such as “Cooking”, or “Politics”.

membership, referee

When contained in these elements, title contains the name of the person's role or capacity withing an organization. Examples: “Treasurer”, “Member”, “Chief Officer of Toothpaste Policy”, “Lead Programmer”.

awards, interests, memberships, skillarea

When contained in these elements, title contains a heading for that section of a résumé. It is formatted as a top-level heading.

Note

The title element is optional in awards and interests. If it is not present, the awards.word and interests.word parameters will be used as the heading text in formatted résumés, respectively.

skillset

When contained in this element, title contains the name of a skill category. Examples: “Teaching”, “Computers”, “Woodworking”, “Soap Carving”.

subject

When contained in this element, title contains the name of a subject. It can be as general as “English” (a very broad field of study), or as specific as “Eng 115 Intro to Writing Fall 2001” (a specific university course name, number, and date of study).

Parents

title may be contained in these elements: award, awards, clearances, interest, interests, membership, memberships, name, referee, skillarea, skillset, subject

See Also

artTitle, bookTitle.

Examples

Example 13.  interest title

<interest>
  <title>Fly fishing for sharks</title>
  <description><para>
    I once caught a 300-kg. Great White off the coase of Florida using a green
    and gold-colored dragonfly that I tied.
  </para></description>
</interest>

Example 14.  membership and memberships titles

<memberships>
  <title>Professional Memberships</title>
  <membership>
    <organization>American Society of Blower-Uppers</organization>
  </membership>
  <membership>
    <title>Spokesperson</title>
    <organization>Smallville Demolitioneers</organization>
  </membership>
  <membership>
    <title>President</title>
    <organization>Willow County Pyrotechnicans' Guild</organization>
  </membership>
</membership>

Example 15.  skillarea and skillset titles

<skillarea>
  <title>Computer Skills</title>
  <skillset>
    <title>Word Processing</title>
    <skill>Microsoft Word</skill>
    <skill>Corel WordPerfect</skill>
  </skillset>
  <skillset>
    <title>Programming</title>
    <skill>Perl</skill>
    <skill>Python</skill>
    <skill>XML</skill>
    <skill>C++</skill>
  </skillset>
</skillarea>

Example 16. subject title

<subject>
  <title>Intro to Sociology</title>
  <result>A-</result>
</subject>

Name

to — The ending point in a period of time

Synopsis

Content Model

(date|present)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The to element specifies the instant at which a given period of time ends. It is always preceeded by a from element in a period.

Parents

to may be contained in these elements: period

See Also

from.

Examples

For examples, see from and period.


Name

uri — A Uniform Resource Indicator

Deprecated

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

This element is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0. It should not be used, and will be removed in a future version.

Parents

uri may be contained in these elements: head, node

Examples

<!-- TODO -->

Name

url — A Uniform Resource Locator

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

Important

The use of the url element as a child of publisher is deprecated as of XML Résumé Library version 1.4.0.

We recommend that you convert all urls contained in publishers to links.

The url element contains a single Uniform Resource Locator, as specified by RFC 1738 and RFC 1808.

Formatting

There are two contexts in which a URL is formatted. The first is as an inline (e.g. when contained in a para). The second is as contact element (contained in a contact).

HTML

When an inline, displayed as a hyperlink in a fixed-width font (enclosed in code tags). The “hot” text is the value of the element.

When a contact element, displayed the same as when an inline, except not enclosed in code tags.

FO/PDF

When an inline, displayed as non-hyperlinked text, using the font specified by the url.font.family parameter. (Default: monospace

When a contact element, displayed as non-hyperlinked text, using the normal font.

Plain text

Formatted as the value of the element.

Parents

url may be contained in these elements: achievement, contact, employer, institution, organization, para, project, pub, publisher, skill

See Also

link. uri.

Examples

<para>
  The Apache XML Project web page is located at
</para>
<skill>
  Python (see <url>http://www.python.org/</url>)
</skill>

Name

ward — A name of a division of a city, town, or county

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The ward element contains the name of a ward, as needed to deliver mail to an address. A ward is an administrative division a city, and of some English, Scottish, and American counties.

Parents

ward may be contained in these elements: address

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a ward. The ward may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

county, prefecture, suburb.

Examples

<address>
  <street>Rua Afonso Camargo, 805</street>
  <ward>Santana</ward>
  <city>Guarapuava</city>
  <state>PR</state>
  <postalCode>85070-200</postalCode>
  <country>Brazil</country>
</address>

Name

year — A year

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
targetsCDATANone

Description

The year element contains a year number, along with a possible string that identifies the date system, such as “B.C.” or “A.D.”.

Parents

year may be contained in these elements: copyright, date, pubDate

Examples

<year>1995</year>
<year>240 A.D.</year>

Name

zip — A zip code

Synopsis

Content Model

(#PCDATA)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The zip element contains a single zip code (United States postal code). It may contain any format, such as standard five-digit (“34525”), ZIP+4 (“34525-1625”), or any other valid format.

For non-U.S. postal codes, use postalCode.

Parents

zip may be contained in these elements: address

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a zip code. The zip code may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

postalCode.

Examples

For examples, see address.

XSL Parameter Reference


Parameters are settings that affect all files that are generated by the XSL templates. They are analogous to attributes that affect everything instead of just one element.

This section is a partial listing of user-configurable parameters. There are many more tunable parameters in params.xsl. Take a look at the file in a text editor if you're interested.

Table of Contents

address.format - controls default formatting of the address element
css.href - indicates the CSS stylesheet to use to format HTML output
header.format - controls formatting of the header element
interest.description.format - controls formatting of interest descriptions
referees.display - Determines whether or not referees are visible in formatted output
skills.format - controls formatting of the skillset element
skills.level.display - Determines whether or not skill level attributes are visible in formatted output
subjects.format - controls formatting of the subjects element

Name

address.format — controls default formatting of the address element

Applies To

This parameter controls the formatting of the address element in all output formats.

Possible Values

Possible values include standard (the default), european, and italian.

Note

In the examples below, <street> means the value of XML element <street>, if defined. <suburb | ward> means the value of XML element <suburb>, if defined, otherwise the value of XML element <ward>, otherwise blank.

standard

Formats addresses in North American layout:

<street>
<street2>
<suburb | ward>
<city>, <state | province | county > <zip | postalCode>
<country>

european

Formats addresses in European layout:

<street>
<street2>
<suburb | ward>
<zip | postalCode> <city>, <state | province | county > <country>

italian

Formats addresses in Italian layout:

<street>
<street2>
<postalCode> <city> (<province>)
<country>

If none of these formats suit your needs, there is the option of entering your address as a single text block, in which case it will be formatted with line breaks intact. For example:

<address>Sr. H&eacute;ctor Garc&iacute;a Mariz&oacute;
Reina #35, apt. 4a, e/ Gervasio y Escobar
Ciudad de La Habana, CP 11900
CUBA</address>


Name

css.href — indicates the CSS stylesheet to use to format HTML output

Applies To

This parameter applies to only the HTML output format.

Possible Values

The value of css.href is a URL that points to a Cascading Style Sheet file. The HTML version of the résumé will link to this file.

For information on the CSS classes that are available for formatting, see Chapter 3.


Name

header.format — controls formatting of the header element

Applies To

This parameter controls the formatting of the header element in HTML and text output formats. The FO/PDF formatter is not affected by this parameter; it produces output similar to the centered option, but with the text left-justified within a centered block.

Possible Values

Possible values include standard (the default) and centered.

standard

Produces a centered line with the name and the word “Résumé”, followed by a left-justified contact information block:

Jo Doe - Résumé

Contact Information: 
     Jo Doe
     123 Elm #456
     Garbonzoville, NX 99999-9999
     Phone: 555.555.5555
     Email: doe@doe.doe
     URL: http://doe.com/~doe/

This value is the default for header.format.

centered

Produces a single centered block with the name and contact information.

Jo Doe
     123 Elm #456
     Garbonzoville, NX 99999-9999
     Phone: 555.555.5555
     Email: doe@doe.doe
     URL: http://doe.com/~doe/


Name

interest.description.format — controls formatting of interest descriptions

Applies To

This parameter controls the formatting of the description element when it is contained in an interest. It affects all output formats.

Possible Values

Possible values include single-line and block. single-line is the default.

The examples below demonstrate the formatting of this XML fragment:

<interests>
  <interest>
    <title>Scuba diving</title>
  </interest>
  <interest>
    <title>Flying</title>
    <description>
      <para>I have my pilot's license, and have logged over 1000 in-flight
      hours.</para>
      <para>I have also constructed my own airplane from a kit.</para>
    </description>
  </interest>
</interests>

single-line

This value is the default. Formats all of the para elements in the description on the same logical line as the interest title. The title is separated from the description by a period, and the description paragraphs are separated from each other by description.para.separator.text, which defaults to an em-dash (“—”).

For example, the XML above would be formatted similar to the following:

Interests

  • Scuba diving

  • Flying. I have my pilot's license, and have logged over 1000 in-flight hours. — I have also constructed my own airplane from a kit.

block

Formats each of the para elements in the description as a separate block below the interest title.

For example, the XML above would be formatted similar to the following:

Interests

  • Scuba diving

  • Flying

    I have my pilot's license, and have logged over 1000 in-flight hours.

    I have also constructed my own airplane from a kit.


Name

referees.display — Determines whether or not referees are visible in formatted output

Applies To

This parameter controls the formatting of the referee element in all output formats.

Possible Values

Possible values include 1 (display referees) and 0 (display alternate text).

1 (true)

Referees are displayed in formatted output.

0 (false)

The text of the referees.hidden.phrase parameter (default: Available upon request.) is displayed in place of referees.


Name

skills.format — controls formatting of the skillset element

Applies To

This parameter controls the formatting of the skillset element in all output formats.

Possible Values

Possible values include bullet (the default) and comma.

The examples below show how a <skillset> like this would be rendered:

<skillarea>
  <title>Technical Skills</title>
  <skillset>
    <title>Programming Languages</title>
    <skill>Java</skill>
    <skill>C++</skill>
    <skill>C</skill>
    <skill>perl</skill>
  </skillset>
</skillarea>

bullet

Formats skills as a bulleted list, one skill per line:

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

  • Java

  • C++

  • C

  • Perl

comma

Produces a comma-separated list on a single line:

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Java, C++, C, Perl


Name

skills.level.display — Determines whether or not skill level attributes are visible in formatted output

Applies To

This parameter controls the formatting of the level attribute of skill elements in all output formats.

Possible Values

Possible values include 1 (display the attribute) or 0 (suppress the attribute).

1 (true)

level attributes of skills are displayed after all of the rest of the content of the skill. The level is displayed surrounded by skills.level.start and skills.level.end (parenthesis, by default).

0 (false)

level attributes contained in skills are suppressed; they are treated as if the didn't exist for formatting purposes.


Name

subjects.format — controls formatting of the subjects element

Applies To

This parameter controls the formatting of the subjects element in all output formats.

Possible Values

Possible values include comma (the default) and table.

The examples below show how a <subjects> section like this would be rendered:

<subjects>
  <subject>
    <title>English</title>
    <result>C</result>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <title>Science</title>
    <result>A</result>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <title>Math</title>
    <result>B-</result>
  </subject>
</subjects>

comma

Produces a comma-separated list on a single line:

Subjects: English (C), Science (A), Math (B-).

table

Produces a table, with subject name in the first column and result in the second column:

Subjects

EnglishC
ScienceA
MathB-

Chapter 3. CSS Class Reference

Table of Contents

Overview

This section of the manual describes the Cascading Stylesheets classes that are available for formatting HTML output. For more information on CSS, visit the W3C web site.

Overview

Table 3.1. Table of CSS Classes

ClassWhere Used
achievement On the li for a single achievement.
address On the p that contains a postal address.
award On the li for a single award.
awardTitle On the span of an award title.
bookTitle On the cite used to refer to a title of a book in one of your publications.
citation On all HTML cites generated from all XML citations.
copyright On the address for copyright information.
degree On the li for a single degree.
degrees On the ul for the list of degrees you hold.
degreeTitle On the span surrounding a degree level and major, such as “B.S. in Political Science”.
description Around descriptions of items.
emphasis On all HTML strongs generated from all XML emphasiss.
employer Around all employer names.
gpaPreamble On the span around the preamble to a GPA, such as “Overall GPA”.
heading On the h2 of résumé section headings, such as “Professional Objective” or “Employment History”.
headingText On the span that contains heading text. This element is contained directly within the h2 with the heading class, and allows style to be applied to just the heading text, instead of the whole heading line.
jobTitle On the span enclosing the title you held at job.
lastModified On the p for the “last modified” notice.
level On the acronym for the level attained in a degree.
linkA On the a of a hyperlink generated from a link element in a résumé.
membershipTitle On the position title in a membership.
nameHeading Around your name at the top of the résumé.
note On the span of a note.
organization On the name of the organization of which you're a member.
para On all HTML ps generated from all XML paras.
project On the li for a single project.
pub On a single publication.
pubs On the ul for the list of publications.
referee On the div of a referee.
refereeName On the div of a referee name.
refereeContact On the div of a referee contact.
resume On the body of the entire HTML output.
skill On the li for a single skill.
skills If skills.format is bullet, on the ul for a list of skills. If skills.format is comma, on the span for a list of skills.
skillsetTitle On the h3 for a title of a set of skills.
urlA On the a of a hyperlink generated from a url element in a résumé.

Glossary

attribute

Attributes provide additional information about element that they appear in. They take the form of name-value pairs in the element. The emphasized parts of this example are attributes:

<author name="a.kernighan">
<resume id="r25a4">
element

An element of an XML document that defines an “object”, such as <resume> or <firstname>. HTML tags are examples of elements. Additionally, elements can have attributes. Elements have a start (or "open") tag (e.g., <firstname>) and an end (or "close") tag (e.g., </firstname>).

Each element (except for the root <resume>) has exactly one parent element and 0 or more child elements.

parent element

The element whose start tags and end tags surround a given element.

child element

Any element positioned between the start tags and end tags of a given element.

Appendixes

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