Incidentally or full time, workers in industry are increasingly confronted with an application of XML in one or more of its many aspects. People are frequently insecure about the background knowledge they have to acquire and the resources that are available. In order to come to a more general solution, we observe that many tasks in automation may be described in terms of Information System Methodologies. According to the layers in these methodologies, the respective XML aspects may be identified, together with the required background knowledge for their proper application.

The next steps will be to identify the resources for training and the ways to set up training effectively. In that respect, typical working habits in industry have to be taken into account.