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XML has become the almost universally supported way of exchanging documents and data across applications and platforms. Microsoft was a pioneer in XML development and takes pride in the quality, performance, and standards conformance of our XML technologies. We have a family of XML technologies that allows users with differing requirements to do what they need to do, as simply and efficiently as possible.

Getting Started with XML

Integrating XML into Application
General information about developing applications that utilize XML.

XML Tools
Learn how to use the .NET Framework's set of classes and associated tools for manipulating XML data.

System.XML
System.Xml is a set of .NET APIs that provide support for processing XML according to a number of standards.

MSXML
Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) allows customers to build high-performance XML-based applications, using unmanaged code, that adhere to the XML 1.0 standard.

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
XML namespaces associate element and attribute names in an XML document with custom and predefined URIs.

Resources

XML Notepad 2007 Design
This article introduces a new version of XML Notepad. The tool was first introduced in 1998 but has been unavailable for several years. This version l... more
Friday, August 04, 2006 6:35:00 AM
XML 10 Year Anniversary
Congratulations XML on 10 years! The W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Recommendation was initially published on February 10, 1998.
Monday, February 11, 2008 5:40:00 AM

Featured Downloads

XML Notepad 2007
XML Notepad 2007 provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents.
Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:30:00 AM

"How Do I" Videos

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XML Team Blog

Friends, Xml Users, and Developers: Below you'll find excerpts from the XML team blog. Feel free to drop us a line with comments.

Frequently Asked Questions on XML in .NET - Part 2
This is the next post in our ongoing FAQ series. See the original post here. Q2: Conformance Level –... more
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 2:59:00 PM
Frequently Asked Questions on XML in .NET - Part 1
As part of a separate task, the XML team came up with a list of frequently encountered issues in Sys... more
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 2:51:00 PM
Program Manager opening in the Data Programmability XML Tools Team
We are looking for people that have a passion for creating rich, intuitive, integrated XML experienc... more
Friday, August 22, 2008 4:40:00 PM
Introducing the XmlPreloadedResolver
The XmlPreloadedResolver is a new type that we’ve been working on in SilverLight that provides the... more
Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:05:00 PM

XML Forums: Recent Posts

XML Variable reassignment
I know there is no variable reassginment in XSLT .How would i achieve something like this??I tried o... more
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:52:02 AM
XML/Web Services Questions
I'm pretty much a rookie in the Microsoft world as a whole, being a mainframe programmer, who has ha... more
Sunday, May 27, 2007 8:45:28 PM
how to select a node using a find value
(GMT- 08:00) Pacific Time (United States)more
Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:31:41 PM
selectNodes does not give node list when xmlns is used
hello , I am trying to use IXMLDOMDocument's selectNodes method to get the node list based upon xpat... more
Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:25:53 PM

Code Gallery Toolkits & Samples

Fernando Henrique I. B. Ferreira
Fernando Henrique Inocêncio Borba Ferreira
Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:56:37 PM
Xml Serialization Extensions
reusable extension methods to serialize and deserialize objects to and from xml
Monday, March 03, 2008 1:08:30 PM
Using the 360voice.com API from .Net
Some code to help use the 360voice API from .net
Saturday, February 23, 2008 7:43:29 PM
XML
Source code libraries and design time tools that extend the reach and augment the development experi... more
Friday, February 22, 2008 11:11:00 AM
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