Chapter 7. Using XML in ASP.NET Applications
Developed by the world wide web consortium (www.w3.org) in 1996, the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) has been embraced as a flexible means of communicating and storing data across computing platforms. Originally designed as a subset of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), XML was created to be highly structured, as well as easy to use and implement. Because of its highly adaptable nature, XML is used in many applications to store relational data without the use of database software.
Due to the widespread use of XML throughout the information technology industry, new standards based on ...
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