Beginning XML with C# 7: XML Processing and Data Access for C# Developers

© Bipin Joshi 2017

Bipin JoshiBeginning XML with C# 7https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3105-0_1

1. Introducing XML and the .NET Framework

Bipin Joshi¹ 

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301 Pitruchhaya, Thane, India

 

Over the years XML has emerged as one of the most important standards for data representation and transportation. No wonder that Microsoft has embraced it fully in the .NET Framework. This chapter provides an overview of what XML is and how it is related to the .NET Framework. Many of the topics discussed in this chapter might be already familiar to you. Nevertheless, I will cover them briefly here so as to form a common platform for further chapters. Specifically, this chapter covers the following:

• Features and benefits of XML

• Rules of XML grammar

• Brief introduction ...