Microsoft KB Archive/313651

= INFO: Roadmap for XML in the .NET Framework =

Article ID: 313651

Article Last Modified on 8/25/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
 * Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0

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CONTENTS
 Summary

OverviewVisual Studio .NET Help Topics, WebCasts, White Papers, and QuickStart Tutorials

Visual Studio .NET Help TopicsMicrosoft WebCastsMicrosoft White PapersMicrosoft QuickStart Tutorials

Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles

Pull-Model XML ParsingDOM ParsingXML SchemasXPathADO.NET and XMLXSLTSerializationOther Topics of Interest

Troubleshooting





SUMMARY
This article provides a roadmap to learn about programming in the Microsoft .NET Framework with core Extensible Markup Language (XML) base classes. This article assumes that you are familiar with XML standards, the .NET Framework architecture, and basic .NET application development.

Roadmap articles provide links to useful information, including online documentation, Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, and Microsoft white papers, to help you learn about a Microsoft product or technology.

For additional information about ADO.NET technology roadmap articles, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313590 INFO: ROADMAP for ADO.NET

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Overview
The .NET Framework provides a comprehensive and integrated set of classes that implement the following:  Standards-based XML parsers. Support for the frequently used current XML standards:  Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) XML Path Language (XPath) XML Schema</li></ul>

</li> XML Serialization interfaces.</li> An integration mechanism to relate hierarchical and relational data.</li></ul>

With these classes, you can work with XML documents and data in .NET applications. The System.Xml namespace is the parent namespace for the core .NET Framework XML classes.

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Visual Studio .NET Help Topics
For an overview of XML in the .NET Framework, see the following topics in the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Help documentation: Visual Studio .NET .NET Framework Programming with the .NET Framework Employing XML in the .NET Framework Architectural Overview of XML in the .NET Framework
 * Design Goals for XML in the .NET Framework
 * Architecture Summary of XML in .NET Framework

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Microsoft WebCasts
For an overview of the role of XML in the .NET Framework, see the following Microsoft WebCast:

XML and Microsoft .NET

http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc100901/wcblurb100901.asp

For an introduction to programming the core XML classes in the .NET Framework, see the following two-part WebCast series:

Programming XML in the .NET Framework Part I

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324890

Programming XML in the .NET Framework Part II

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324888

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Microsoft White Papers
For an overview of the core .NET Framework XML classes, see the following Microsoft white paper:

XML in .NET: .NET Framework XML Classes and C# Offer Simple, Scalable Data Manipulation

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmag01/html/xml0101.asp

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Microsoft QuickStart Tutorials
For more information about common tasks that are related to programming XML in the .NET Framework, see the following Microsoft QuickStart tutorial:

XML in the .NET Framework

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/howto/doc/Xml/OverviewofXML.aspx

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles
This section includes references to other Microsoft Roadmap articles that address topics that are related to the core features of XML in the .NET Framework.

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Pull-Model XML Parsing
The .NET Framework implements a fast, non-cached, forward-only, read-only pull-model XML parser. For additional information about programming the .NET Framework classes that implement this parser, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313816 INFO: Roadmap for Programming XML with the Pull-Model Parser in the .NET Framework

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DOM Parsing
For additional information about programming the classes that implement the XML Document Object Model (DOM) in the .NET Framework, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313824 INFO: Roadmap for Programming XML with the DOM-Model Parser in the .NET Framework

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XML Schemas
For additional information about validating XML documents in .NET applications and about programming the classes in the System.Xml.Schema namespace that constitute the .NET Framework Schema Object Model (SOM) for the W3C XML Schema standard, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313826 INFO: Roadmap for XML Schemas in the .NET Framework

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XPath
For additional information about programming the classes in the System.Xml.XPath namespace to execute XPath queries against XML data in .NET applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313828 INFO: Roadmap for Executing XPath Queries in .NET Applications

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ADO.NET and XML
For additional information about ADO.NET XML integration features in the .NET Framework, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313649 INFO: Roadmap for XML Integration with ADO.NET

The following WebCast uses a scenario-driven approach to illustrate how you can use the ADO.NET XML integration features to address some real world application development challenges:

XML Integration in ADO.NET

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324865

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XSLT
For additional information about programming the classes in the System.Xml.Xsl namespace to execute XSLT transformations in .NET applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313997 INFO: Roadmap for Executing XSLT Transformations in .NET-Connected Applications

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Serialization
For additional information about programming the classes in the System.Xml.Serialization namespace to serialize and to de-serialize .NET Framework objects to and from XML, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

314150 INFO: Roadmap for XML Serialization in the .NET Framework

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Other Topics of Interest
Format for .NET Remoting Configuration Files

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/remotingconfig.asp

Introducing .NET My Services

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/myservintro.asp

XML Web Services

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28000442

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Troubleshooting
If you experience problems or if you have questions, you can refer to the MSDN newsgroups where you can share your experiences with your peers. You can also use the Microsoft Knowledge Base where you can search for articles about specific issues.

MSDN Newsgroups

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/

XML .NET Framework Peer Support Newsgroup

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.xml

Searching the Knowledge Base

http://support.microsoft.com/search

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