Special Characters in XML

Structured XML, irrespective of its purpose, is designed to carry data for a variety of purposes. The XML 1.0 standard defines 5 predefined entities - aka special characters.

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How to create a XML document

A newly created, in-memory, XML document is sometimes necessary for ad-hoc data manipulation and / or document generation.

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How to read an XML document

Reading / Opening an XML document is an essential skill for XML processing. The method of reading an XML document depends on the technical requirements (document source, code purpose, etc.) and constraints (processing speed, memory footprint, etc.).

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Just the basics

The tutorials attempt to provide an in-depth view of each individual XML technology standard to enable you to effectively use them in real-life scenarios.

XML Tutorial

XML is a simple text-based format for representing structured information.

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XPATH Tutorial

XPATH is a query language to select nodes, values or compute values from the content of an XML document.

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XSLT Tutorial

XSL Transformations is a language for transforming XML documents into a target document and format such as plain text, XML, HTML, RSS or etc.

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Use what you learned

Examples on how to implement and use XML technologies in common programming languages such as C#, Java, Visual Basic, JavaScript and etc...

Java

Java examples for XML, XPATH and XSLT. Each example addresses a common aspect of using XML technologies with Java.

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.NET

.NET examples for XML, XPATH and XSLT. Each example addresses a common aspect of using XML technologies with either C# or Visual Basic.

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