Product Description: XML is the de facto language for communication both within and between distributed applications whether they are on the Internet or a corporate network. As such, the .NET Framework 3.5 relies upon XML for much of its communication and configuration...read more

Provides information on the major features of XML in .NET, covering such topics as reading and writing XML documents, ADO.NET integration, XML serialization, and Web services.

Product Description: ADO.NET is Microsoft's latest data access technology, but is far more than just an ADO upgrade. As an integral part of the .NET Framework, ADO.NET provides an extensive set of .NET classes that facilitate access to data within a variety of sources...read more

Product Description: ADO.NET is Microsoft's latest data access technology and, as an integral part of the .NET Framework, is far more than just an ADO upgrade. ADO.NET provides an extensive set of .NET classes that facilitate efficient access to data in a large variety of sources, enable sophisticated manipulation and sorting of data, and form an important framework within which to implement inter-application communication...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: XML is now an established technology for the description and transportation of data, and has made a major impact on almost every aspect of software development. When Microsoft introduced the .NET Framework, they took advantage of XML wherever they could...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)