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

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 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 ...

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.

In Exchanging Data With XML and JAXB, Part 1, we saw how the Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) expedites the exchange of data between systems. With JAXB 2.0’s annotation support ...

Because XML data lends itself to a hierarchical structure rather than a relational structure, it may be difficult to store XML data in traditional relational database systems.

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.