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Introducing the XMLTextReader (CIOL)
The .NET Framework provides a variety of classes and methods to manipulate XML. However, many times an application requires read only access to an XML Data file. The XMLTextReader reads records sequentially and allows the skipping of element that may not be needed.
XML closing the community-code gap
It’s always a challenge to narrow the time it takes for customer input to make it into a product.Zenoss does not entirely solve that problem with its latest release. But it goes a long way toward solving it with its community site and XML support.The latest version of their IT Monitoring software has built-in support for Nagios plug-ins, enhanced maintenance windows, expanded event management and better availability monitoring. Many of these improvements were suggested by Zenoss users.”I read every post to our mailing list,” said CEO Bill Karpovich “We ask for comments whenever someone registers., It’s amazing how many honest comments we get. In freeform text you get all kinds of things. Reading the list and looking at the comments …
Standards and specs: XML: Half a standard is better than none
A pervasive misconception common today is that simply designing your file format around XML somehow makes it magically portable, extensible, and intelligible by other programs. Peter Seebach explains why using XML is only part of the story when you’re designing an extensible file format.