19. XML and LINQ to XML

I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made it iridescent with fancy, and winged it with paradox.

—Oscar Wilde

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll:

Image Mark up data using XML.

Image Specify and validate an XML document’s structure.

Image Render XML document data using stylesheets.

Retrieve and modify XML data programmatically.

Use XML axis properties to access data ...

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