Hi,
I just started using XML few weeks ago and I can higly recommend this site:

http://www.w3schools.com/

which leads you into all of the XML derived standarts from the basics (there
are a lot).
To read, edit and create XML documents the XMLSPY is the most used program I
guess. You can download a one month demo here:

http://www.xmlspy.com/

To access XML documents from your own script/VB/C++ applications you can use
Microsoft's XML SDK (including parser etc.) called MSXML 4.0. (I'm not sure
wether you use MSXML in C#).

Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3144b72b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42

Documentation:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xmlsdk/htm/sdk_intro_6g53.asp

A DOM object is the structure that contains your XML document when loaded
into your application. You probably want to get familiar with DOM topics as
well.

I hope this gives you a useful point of departure. Good luck!

regards, Teis





"news" <daioakley@a...> wrote in message
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> hi
> i was wondering if anyone can recommend some good websites for a someone
who
> wants to learn about xml, (especially - XSLl, Xquery) .
>
> also can anyone recommend any (prefrebly free) software that would be
usefull
> for me to start off with.
>
>
>