Standards in this Framework
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.1 | Identify job roles in the Information Technology (IT) industry, including the responsibilities, tasks and skills they require. |
| 1.2 | Identify the infrastructure required to access the Internet, including hardware and software components. |
| 1.3 | Define important Internet communications protocols and their roles in delivering basic Internet services. |
| 1.4 | Identify the basic principles of the Domain Name System (DNS). |
| 1.5 | Identify the functions of Web browsers, and use them to access the World Wide Web and other computer resources. |
| 1.6 | Use e-mail clients to send simple messages and files to other Internet users. |
| 1.7 | Define and use additional networking and Internet services. |
| 1.8 | Demonstrate ways to communicate effectively using Internet technology. |
| 1.9 | Identify and configure user customization features in Web browsers, including preferences, caching, cookies. |
| 1.10 | Identify security issues related to Internet clients (e.g., Web browsers, e-mail, instant messaging) in the workplace, including certificates, malware, illicit servers, viruses. |
| 1.11 | Use different types of Web search engines effectively. |
| 1.12 | Identify and use principles of Personal Information Management (PIM), including common applications. |
| 1.13 | Efficiently transmit text and binary files using popular Internet services. |
| 1.14 | Identify security-related ethical and legal issues faced by IT professionals. |
| 1.15 | Relate project management concepts and terms to the IT profession. |
| 1.16 | Recognize essential database concepts. |
| 1.17 | Conduct a Webcast and related services. |
| 1.18 | Distinguish between proprietary and open-source development models. |
| 1.19 | Define essential social networking and Web 2.0 concepts. |
| 1.20 | Manage career opportunities in the IT industry. |
| 1.21 | Represent technical issues to a non-technical audience. |
| 2.1 | Demonstrate knowledge required to create a Web page. |
| 2.2 | Add images and graphical formatting to HTML files, and create and edit images and audio. |
| 2.3 | Identify and use design and color principles for Web pages. |
| 2.4 | Create a basic HTML form that accepts user input. |
| 2.5 | Define Extensible Markup Language (XML), and identify its features and appropriate use. |
| 2.6 | Identify essential Web site navigation issues, and ensure page/site accessibility. |
| 2.7 | Define and apply essential aspects of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard, including CSS versions 1, 2 and 3. |
| 2.8 | Use the most current version of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML5) to create Web pages. |
| 2.9 | Identify technologies for enhancing the user's Web experience, including programming languages, multimedia technologies. |
| 2.10 | Use GUI-based HTML editing software to create Web pages. |
| 2.11 | Test and analyze Web site performance issues. |
| 2.12 | Identify steps in the Web site planning and development process. |
| 2.13 | Identify essential issues in developing and maintaining a Web site, including project management, testing, legal issues. |
| 2.14 | Plan and deliver oral presentations of your Web site, during and after site development. |
| 2.15 | Define electronic commerce (e-commerce) and related technologies and concepts necessary to develop a secure, useful interface (i.e., storefront). |
| 2.16 | Demonstrate knowledge of languages commonly used to provide database connectivity to Web sites. |
| 2.17 | Identify the benefits and drawbacks of running your own Web server versus using a service provider. |
| 2.18 | Identify common strategies for managing an end user's experience and improving site creativity. |
| 2.19 | Consider copyright and ethical issues when creating Web pages. |
| 2.20 | Design Web pages to industry standards. |
| 3.1 | Demonstrate knowledge of basic data communications components, and demonstrate technical knowledge of the Internet. |
| 3.2 | Identify the role of networking hardware, and configure common hardware for operation. |
| 3.3 | Identify the relationship between IP addresses and domain names, including assignment of IP addresses within a subnet. |
| 3.4 | Identify the functions and components of servers commonly used on the Internet. |
| 3.5 | Identify common Internet security and availability issues, including user-level and enterprise-level concerns. |
| 3.6 | Identify common performance issues affecting Internet clients, including analysis, diagnosis. |
| 3.7 | Perform basic hardware and system maintenance for network-aware systems. |
| 3.8 | Manage fundamental elements of modern network-based client operating systems. |
| 3.9 | Configure and troubleshoot wireless networks. |
| 3.10 | Demonstrate understanding of virtualization. |
| 3.11 | Explain concepts involving personal privacy protection on the Internet. |
