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Just want to tell that if you are looking for the industry define path to be a certified software architect or so then you can follow the path (set of certification) set by major companies in the industry.
See
http://www.jcert.org/tracks.html
and
http://www.jcert.org/
I am Sun Certified Programmer for the Java™ 2 Platform and now next I have decided to do
"Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML Test" (with IBM) soon In-sha-Allah (may be till the end of this month) and then next after that ...
Faisal Aslam