The second-generation .NET Framework builds on the tools of the first to provide better, more standards-compliant XML data validation.

The debate about JSON vs. XML as a data interchange format has begun in blogspace, following JSON inventor and architect at Yahoo Douglas Crockford's talk at XML 2006 JSON, the fat-free alternative to ...

But XML’s strength, its great capability of facilitating the flow of semistructured data among applications and heterogeneous systems, also introduces several new problems.

The server control in .NET allows you to insert an XML document into an ASP.NET page. Find out what classes you need to use and how you can try out this approach.

Visual Studio offers XML Expressions for programmers who need to create dynamic XML files or Web content. A standard XML page provides developers with a platform-free way to exchange data, because ...

Because XML data is not based on a traditional relational model, implementing XML repositories using such databases can be complex and cumbersome. For example, every level of XML hierarchy would ...

Click on the "Data" menu in Excel and choose "XML," then "XML Source" to open the "XML Source" task pane. Click on the "XML Maps" button, then click "Add" and choose the XML map file you created ...

As more and more Web sites begin using XML for their content, it's increasingly important for Web developers to know how to parse XML data and convert it into different formats. That's where the ...

This is accomplished using the ampersand. When the XML parser finds an ampersand in the XML data, it expects to find a symbol name and a semicolon following it.

Even better, these examples show how to pass XML data to stored procedures, and how they can be made to read single or multiple sets of criteria easily, using only a few lines of TSQL.