Summary
XML is a powerful and friendly way to represent data in a very transportable format. XML is simple, yet powerful; any type of data can be represented with XML. Hierarchical data structures are required to represent the complex data structures that are everywhere in modern computing environments. XML is very adept at representing and working with hierarchical data structures.
XML is a very important technology to Microsoft and is a core capability of all of their 2000 products. .NET Platform utilizes XML extensively in its platform and thus you should get very familiar with XML and comfortable working with it. XML is a rapidly evolving standard and thus you should expect that new features and standards will be emerging in the future. ...
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