Microsoft XML Team's WebLog

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Xslt 1.0 has a number of issues that can make the life of an Xml developer frustrating. A lot of...

Date: 10/09/2011

There is a few Xml APIs you should not be using. In some cases the complier makes this obvious – the...

Date: 10/08/2011

Xml is ubiquitous. No doubt about it. It is being used almost everywhere and almost by everyone....

Date: 09/26/2011

“XslCompiledTransform is fast.” “Really?” “Yeah, XslCompiledTransform is fast… if used correctly.”...

Date: 09/26/2011

XPath expressions are pretty flexible. This flexibility allows for very creative ways of using...

Date: 09/26/2011

This is the first part of a mini-series of blog posts about using Xml on .NET Framework platform in...

Date: 09/14/2011

Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista (All SPs) Windows Server 2008 (All SPs) Windows XP...

Date: 07/02/2010

This document gives an overview of how the Visual Studio editor choosing system works, and as an...

Date: 05/02/2010

This is a friendly reminder that MSXML4.0 SP2 is going out-of-support on 4/13/2010. Applications...

Date: 03/30/2010

We have recently blogged about the new XML Schema Designer and the various views over schemas...

Date: 06/04/2009

We are happy to announce that we are releasing the sources for LINQ to XSD on CodePlex at...

Date: 06/03/2009

Complex XSLT stylesheets often contain several include and/or imports instructions. VS XML Editor...

Date: 05/20/2009

I've written in the past about XML and languages, and why you might be interested in being aware of...

Date: 05/14/2009

Here's a good word of warning: even if an object "feels" read-only because you're not calling code...

Date: 04/27/2009

Converting from XmlDocument to XDocument has a number of benefits, including the ability to use LINQ...

Date: 03/31/2009

Today, we officially released MSXML4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) on the Microsoft Download Center as a...

Date: 03/06/2009

The new XML Schema Designer (see this previous blog post for a d/l location to the CTP) offers four...

Date: 02/16/2009

In certain scenarios, it is important to be able to compare two XML trees for equivalence. For...

Date: 02/16/2009

The new XML Schema Designer (see this previous blog post for a d/l location to the CTP) offers four...

Date: 01/02/2009

The MSXML Team is pleased to announce that MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) Beta is available for...

Date: 12/03/2008

The MSXML Team is getting ready to release the MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 3 Beta very soon! MSXML4 SP3...

Date: 11/18/2008

In the Orcas SP1 release we released our XML Schema Explorer.  In the Visual tudio 10 PDC VPC...

Date: 11/07/2008

Beth Massi and Yang Xiao did a great Channel 9 session that centered on XML Literals and the XML...

Date: 11/06/2008

This is the next post in our ongoing FAQ series. See the original post here. Q2: Conformance Level –...

Date: 09/10/2008

As part of a separate task, the XML team came up with a list of frequently encountered issues in...

Date: 09/10/2008

We are looking for people that have a passion for creating rich, intuitive, integrated XML...

Date: 08/22/2008

The XmlPreloadedResolver is a new type that we’ve been working on in SilverLight that provides the...

Date: 08/14/2008

A few months ago we added the XML Schema Explorer to the SP1 Beta release and are happy to announce...

Date: 08/14/2008

The Data Programmability XML Tools team is conducting a survey focused on XML technology and tools...

Date: 07/01/2008

We’re thrilled to announce that today the new XML Schema Explorer is included in the Orcas SP1...

Date: 05/12/2008

Prior to SQL Server 2008, SQLXML 4.0 was released with SQL Server and was installed by all SQL...

Date: 05/08/2008

CoDe Magazine published an article on XML Tools. It covers a wide range of topics: Editing XML...

Date: 03/27/2008

Scott Hanselman talks about XML Tools in his new book "Professional ASP.NET 3.5: in C# and VB". He...

Date: 03/16/2008

We’re gearing up for the next release of the .NET Framework, and we are looking for people...

Date: 03/05/2008

I’m happy to announce that today we are re-releasing the LINQ to XSD Preview Alpha 0.2 for Visual...

Date: 02/21/2008

The W3C Recommendation Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 was initially published on the 10th of...

Date: 02/13/2008

XML Tools team has released the XSLT Profiler Addin for VS 2008 - a quick and reliable performance...

Date: 02/08/2008

On Tuesday we did a live MSDN Webcast to demo XML tools in Orcas as well as a few addons we are...

Date: 11/08/2007

Hello All, In March , we posted our intention to killbit MSXML4 and encouraged users to move to...

Date: 09/13/2007

XML Tools team has released the first CTP of the XML Schema Designer - a graphical tool for working...

Date: 08/27/2007

Around Memorial Day we released a new preview release for LINQ to XSD. The download has been picked...

Date: 06/05/2007

These videos provide some great information and a preview of the new XML Editor, XSLT Debugger, and...

Date: 06/04/2007

I have received a number of requests over a period of time asking how to get all the facets defined...

Date: 05/31/2007

Erik Meijer gave a talk at the XTech 2007 conference on LINQ, XML, and his vision for "LINQ 2.0"....

Date: 05/17/2007

Greetings from MIX07 everyone!That's right, Scott Guthrie announced this morning, to a sold out...

Date: 04/30/2007

[updated to point to the online version] ... is the documentation written by Eric White. The online...

Date: 04/24/2007

[updated with the public download location and resolution of the "XNamespace.Blank" issue] As S....

Date: 04/20/2007

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