(Tim Chapman) Starting with SQL Server 2000, Microsoft began to provide support for XML data. This support has been significantly extended for SQL Server 2005, allowing for XML data columns, XML variables, and XML indexes.

(Ralf Lämmel) Ever since PDC 2005, when XLinq was unleashed (now called LINQ to XML), we have been receiving questions about the possibility of a typed XML programming approach in the LINQ world. Not surprisingly, we have been pondering about this problem indeed. This was also mentioned in the XLinq

(Andrew Tweddle) TransformXml is a command line utility which applies an XSL transform file to an XML input file to generate an output file.

(Haissam Abdul Malak) Extensible Stylesheet language (XSL) is a language used to express style sheets. You use XSL to define how data should be displayed, styled and laid out. It was developed with the need of creating XML based Stylesheet language.

(Kris Hadlock) XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a popular choice for Ajax, simply because it is the standard intermediate language that all programming languages are able to share. It is also supported both on the server side and client side, which makes it the most flexible solution. XML is esse

(Anghel Leonard) The following tip shows you how to combine Java and SAXON 8 in order to evaluate XQuery expressions. This application presumes that the XQuery expression is in an external file, called Q.xquery, and the XML file used for interrogation is called XML.xml:

(Chris Mitchell) The Semantic Web: an idea that data used to describe information on the Web should be structured in such a way so it can be easily reused by different people in different ways. For music lovers or musicians, a down-to-earth, practical view of the Semantic Web is dearly needed. Now b

(Chris Hambleton) The XmlGridViewControl is a .NET control for Windows Forms that displays an XML file in either a beautified XML format (via the Web Browser control) or in a datagrid view. When set to display in the datagrid, the index (zero-based) of the DataTable the XML file/dataset can be chang

(Jan J. Kratky and Steve K Speicher) XForms provides many powerful mechanisms for working with XML data. One such mechanism is the “repeat” element, which allows you to quickly and easily implement iteration over homogeneous data sets in your XML. In addition, you can format the presentation of such

(Colleen Frye) XAML – Extensible Application Markup Language (pronounced “Zammel”) – is fundamental to Microsoft Windows Vista and .NET 3.0, and promises to bridge the gap between designers and developers. To use these new tools effectively, though, organizations need to re-examine their software en