Generate, read, and modify documents without going through the object model of the hosting Office application. (video)

(Ed Tittel) Those who’ve been following my XML tips for any length of time will recognize that I have a penchant for XML tools and that Altova’s XMLSpy keeps popping up among my very favorites at least once a year. That’s why I recently read about SQL Server Magazine’s selection of this excellent to

(Frank Coyle) The word semantic comes from semantikos, the Greek word for significant meaning. The vision of the semantic web is to infuse meaning to the innumerable pages, links, and resources that populate the World Wide Web. But, as with web services, we’re not just talking about meaning for huma

(Tom Coppedge) This is the first part of a three-part tutorial series that describes a method for automating updates to a library of XML files so that they all conform to an updated XML schema. Here, in Part 1, you learn the steps in the entire process and then create an XSLT stylesheet to update th

(Thiru Thangarathinam) In Part 1 of this article series, you looked at XLinq’s ability to create, modify, and delete XML data. Building on that background, this installment focuses on XLinq’s query features, by first delving into the standard query operators supplied with LINQ and then providing exa

(Rick Jelliffe) One of the old secrets of text processing used to be using multiple stages: a pipeline so that each stage did something clear and comprehensible. The programming language OmniMark actually built this notion in, first by having a three stage processor (text, SGML, ESIS) then by genera

(Nicholas C. Zakas) Because XML is used for so many kinds of data, it became necessary to create a means to locate data inside of XML code. The answer to this problem is XPath, which is a small language used specifically to locate a single node or multiple nodes that match a particular pattern.

(W. Eliot Kimber) What do we mean by “linking” in the context of XML document processing?

(Uche Ogbuji) Learn how to use dynamic features of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to provide useful and attractive effects in your Web applications. SVG 1.1, an XML language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, provides a practical and flexible graphics format in XML. Many SVG features pr

(Patrick.Alex) I have created an Excel Export component using XSL and XML which can produce very well formatted Excel files. This doesn’t require any Excel library to create Excel files without Charts and macros, but If you want charts or macros in the Excel then you have to have the Excel installed