XML in the .NET Framework: Past, Present & Future

Track: Product Presentations, Core Technologies, Web Services

Audience Level: High Level View

Time: Thursday, November 18 at 16:00

Author: Dare Obasanjo , Microsoft Corporation

Keywords: .NET, Microsoft

Abstract:

The .NET Framework has extensive support for core and advanced XML technologies. Versions 1.0 and 1.1 provide support for XML pull parsers, XPath & XSLT engines, W3C XML validation, XML Web Services with SOAP 1.1 & WSDL 1.1, XML<->object mapping technologies and XML digital signatures. This presentation provides an overview of the current state of XML in the .NET Framework and provides a peek at future additions to the .NET Framework such as XML schema inference and XQuery.