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Looking for the Supplemental QuestionsXML Schema template? Find the latest version on theUser Guidespage. |
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Most of the contents of your XML file will depend on the questions you want to ask and the responses you expect to receive. For details on creating questions and guiding the student through the application process see Supplemental Questions: Layout And User Experience and Supplemental Questions: Response Elements.
Setting up Your XML File
Copy and paste the example starter XML file structure below into your XML editor before you begin creating questions. This text will serve as your XML base and you can use it over and over again for each new supplemental question XML file set.
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Important: It is very important that your uploaded XML file be error-free. If there are errors in your supplemental questions XML file, you will likely see an error message in the Administrator when you attempt to upload it. |
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It is strongly recommended that before uploading, you validate your XML with a free, online validator tool such as Free Formatter. This site allows you to copy and paste your XML or XSD for syntax checking. *The maximum size limit for file upload is 2 megabytes. |
After you paste your XML and click validate, the site will ask you to copy and paste a second file. In industry jargon, the file it is requesting is called a schema. You can copy the schema from here and paste it into the validator. The validator then tells you if there are problems with your XML. Although the error messages may still be somewhat intimidating, this particular validator will at least show you in a friendly way where the error is in your XML.
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Supplemental Questions: Layout And User Experience
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The <Translations> Element
In 2018, CCCApply admission applications /pages were internationalized to support multiple languages; currently . Currently only English and Spanish are supported. , with English is being the default language. Users However, users have the ability to change the onscreen language between from English and to Spanish at any time by clicking the Cambiar A Espanol button, which appears in the header of each application page. One
Unfortunately, one exception to the complete internationalization of the application pages is the Supplemental Questions page(s), which now requires additional XML configuration to ensure the questions on this page are translated appropriatelycoding for translation.
To ensure that all supplemental questions will your page(s) display in Spanish correctly when the Cambiar A Espanol button is selected, or when even if the end-user’s browser language is set to Spanish, the college must implement configure the <translations> element within their XML code for all text that displays within the question(s) and response(s)every bit of onscreen text including questions, labels, hover help, and response options.
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IMPORTANT: If your college chooses not to internationalize your supplemental questions, they will display in the default language (English) even if the user has implemented the Cambiar a Espanol button in the application OR if the user’s browser’s language setting is configured for Spanish or another language. |
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