Summary

In this chapter, you learned (or reviewed) the basics of XML, including the following:

  • Why you might run across XML as a developer

  • Why you might want to use XML rather than other data-transport mechanisms

  • How XML data is constructed

  • The rules of creating XML data

  • How XML Schema defines the content of XML data

  • How to use Visual Studio .NET's XML-related tools

  • How to bind a DataGrid control to XML data

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