There is a new W3C recommendation for XML 1.1. But most XML stuff does not 
use the new features (character coding and naming conventions, for more see 
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/#sec-xml11) so one can say that 
XML is still on 1.0.

You may want to download and try the Home Edition of Altova's XMLSpy. AFAIK 
it is free for home/private use. Thus you have a full featured XML 
validating Editor and more.

HTH,
Stefan

P.S.: I'm not related to Altova, just a quite satisfied user of XMLSpy Ent. 
Ed.


"Andrew Ellis" <andrewellisNOSPAM@b...> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> Hi folks.
>
> I'm just starting out with XML.  I'm using a SAMS book - 'Teach Yourself 
> XML
> in 21 days", by Devan Shepherd.  It was published in 2001, and maybe XML 
> has
> moved on from version 1.0 since it was written.  What version are we on 
> now?
> Where can I find a roundup of changes in the spec.?
>
> The book suggests I can get a validating parser at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/samples/internet/xml/xml_validator/
> but this link appears to be dead now.  Any suggestions where I can get one
> please?  (I assume IE6 doesn't validate against schemata, since I can 
> create
> a document with non-unique ID attributes and it doesn't complain!)
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Andy
>
>