Beginner's Guide to XML

This page contains resources to help developers get up to speed with XML. For additional resources see the Learning Resources page. For more resources see the Resources & Community page.

Tutorials & Articles

• Learning XML Overview
  Which XML API should I use--System.XML, LINQ to XML, or MSXML? What tools are available in Visual Studio? Also includes links to many articles.
• Building XML Applications
  Extensive guidance for working with MSXML, XML and the database, schemas, stylesheets, and more.
• XML Tools
  Using Visual Studio's integrated XML editor, schema explorer, and XSLT debugger.
• MSXML
  Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) is the native API for building high-performance XML-based applications that adhere to XML 1.0.
• XSLT
  The Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) lets you transform the content of a source XML document into another document that is different in format or structure.
• XML Namespaces
  All about namespaces in an XML document.

Product Documentation

• MSXML SDK Overview
  Learn more about what MSXML is and how to get started using it in your applications.
• XML for MSXML
  Learn more MSXML-specific information about XML.
• XSLT for MSXML
  Learn more MSXML-specific information about XSLT.
• XML Schemas (XSD) for MSXML
  Learn more MSXML-specific information about XML Schemas (XSD).
• XML Standards Reference
  Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple flexible text format that can be used as the basis for creating new markup languages that can be used in document publishing and data exchange. XML is based on a series recommendations published by the working groups of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is therefore well suited (though not limited) to use in Web-based applications.