Here is the link to VTD-XML, the latest XML procesisng technology that might 
interest you..
http://vtd-xml.sf.net

"rhino" <No.offline.contact.please@a...> wrote in message 
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> I'm getting very interested in XML, especially in using Java to create and 
> update XML files. However, the documents I'm reading about XML at IBM 
> Developer Works are, for the most part, quite dated with dates in 2002 and 
> earlier being typical.
>
> How do I find out what the current practices are on XML and how to work 
> with it in Java? I don't want to waste a lot of time trying to figure out 
> how to use tools and techniques that have long since been replaced by far 
> better techniques. For example, having to use DOM to read an entire XML 
> document in order to insert a single element seems like a pretty dubious 
> way of doing something. It reminds me of storing data on magnetic tape and 
> having to read through most of the tape to add information to it. This 
> seems more like the 1960s than the first decade of the 21st century. I 
> have to assume that someone has come up with better approaches by now.
>
> I was also intrigued by Xindice but I'm not clear if this is a popular 
> approach or just an idea that never really amounted to anything.
>
> Does anyone have any insights for me? Or suggestions on where to get good 
> information on this subject?
>
> --
> Rhino
>
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