A more interesting question is 'Is XML on the web trending up or trending down?' Clearly, it is trending down. For data transfer applications, XML is losing ground to JSON because JSON is simply a better data transfer format. And XHTML has failed to displace HTML in the marketplace. The benefit of clientside validation has proven to not be a benefit. I think you can argue, and in fact I did argue, that because of W3C's adventures with XML, the web itself may not have a future. The browser has a lot of problems, the worst of which are the security problems that came with Netscape Navigator 2. That was 12 years ago, and there has been no progress since that time in fixing the fundamental problems. There have been lots of patches on top of patches. Nothing more. More info

That's one way to get a job at Microsoft: tell Bill Gates he's wrong. Learn how Jean Paoli helped XML become a core technology at Microsoft, and where the technology is headed. More info

A new survey finds that a majority of developers using XQuery cited simplified XML data access and transformation as the top reason they use it even before it becomes a standard. More info

XSL provides a way of performing complex transformations on XML data. By using combinations of templates and scripting, you can significantly expand these transformations to perform precise validation and queries, incorporate subordinate documents, and generate highly sophisticated applications from any data. More info

The Document Object Model (DOM) is one of the most widely implemented tools for manipulating XML and HTML data, but it is rarely used to its full potential. By taking advantage of the DOM and extending it to be even easier to use, you gain a powerful tool for XML applications, including dynamic Web applications. More info

This article and the attached source code shows how to parse XML documents using C# and .NET Framework class library. More info

With a growing number of XML processing APIs at your disposal, it is often difficult to know which to use and when. Should StAX be one you use? More info

Pat Eyler works about a block and a half from where I live in downtown SLC, UT, and yesterday we met up for lunch. Amongst our far reaching topics of conversation included the proper way to pronounce Rubinius. In case... More info

This article will introduce you to common mistakes and how to avoid them when dealing with Web-enabled application architecture. It also offers a robust example of how to build an expandable solution using XML and XSLT. More info

One of the least user friendly features of most websites is forms. The longer the form, the more annoying it gets. However, a new technology called AJAX (that has nothing to do with household cleansers!) can help. Let's face it. Using forms on the Internet is a drag. This is especially true when the form is really long and spread over multiple pages. Every time you hit the "submit" or "continue" buttons, there is a long user-unfriendly wait. More info