(Chanoch) XML will save the world! …At least, that’s what I was told. But somehow, several years later, most of us are not using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in our every-day programming. All the same, from time to time, you may be asked to provide a service that will consume or output X

(Stanko Blatnik, Ruslan Kadyrov and Kelly Carey) A few years ago there was no indication that XML could play an important role in computer-based process control. However, fast development and the spread of XML to different fields, and emerging trends in the field of automation, have changed the situ

WSDL (Web Services Description Language) is an XML-based language for describing Web services and how to access them.

(Tim Berners-Lee) This note is an attempt to answer the question, “Why should I use RDF – why not just XML?”. This has been a question which has been around ever since RDF started. At the W3C Query Language workshop, there was a clear difference of view between those who wanted to query documents an

(Chuck Urwiler) The .doc file format that is still present in Word 2003 is essentially a proprietary binary format; sadly, .doc files are difficult to extract information from. By saving documents in the new XML format, you can easily retrieve information trapped inside of Word 2003 documents by usi

(S. Vikram) Serialization is the process of saving the state of an object by converting it to a stream of bytes. The object can then be persisted to file, database, or even memory. The reverse process of serialization is known as deserialization. In this article, I discuss the uses of serialization

(Dan Wahlin) The XmlSerializer class provides a great way to convert (serialize) objects to XML and back (deserialize). However, it can be difficult to serialize collections such as Arrays and ArrayLists properly unless you know a few tricks.

(Russell Butek and Richard Scheuerle) Some programs depend on a distinction between a null array and an empty array. What is often used to represent arrays in XML schemas does not have any such distinction. Is there anything you can do to get around this feature of XML? This article will show you.

(Ellen Whitney and Simon Ferguson) It’s Monday. After arriving at the office, you fill out last week’s timesheet (Microsoft Excel), your expense report (a handwritten form), and your project status report (Microsoft Word). When you print these forms, you notice that soon you’ll need a new printer ca

(Andreas Solymosi) Microsoft’s counterpiece to Java, the new C# programming language with its rich .NET library, uses XML as a core technology. This article presents some basic ideas, for example creating and manipulating a DOM tree, and reading and writing XML streams. I also compare .NET’s sol