One way to store information in a hierarchical way is in a XML file. XML provides a great way to store objects and their attributes in a plain-text file. Although plain text, XML isn't just some ...

The Microsoft .NET Framework includes multiple tools for generating XML documents, but the tools suffer from one failing: If the XML document is at all complicated then it's difficult to write code ...

With the proliferation of information on the Web, the need for standardization of content semantics became desirable. Readers who wanted content delivered in particular formats, and those who wanted ...

An XML-based file format developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA. Starting with Microsoft Office 2007, Office Open XML is the default document format for saving applications. See Office file ...

My last JavaWorld article “Simplify XML Processing with VTD-XML” looked at three important benefits of VTD-XML: performance, memory usage, and ease of use. VTD-XML makes XML applications not only ...