What does XML document actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Nearly everyone is talking about XML these days. But few understand what it's really about. CNET throws some light on this new markup language for the Web.

The Document Object Model (DOM) is the oldest, and arguably the easiest, method of working with generalized XML documents. Microsoft’s XML Core Services 4.0 (MSXML2) provides a competent DOM ...

XML began as a tool for publishers to describe the contents of documents exchanged over the Web, but it quickly became popular as a technique for describing any kind of data.

The Microsoft .NET Framework includes multiple tools for generating XML documents, but the tools suffer from one failing: If the XML document is at all complicated then it's difficult to write code ...

HTML and XML are structural foundations of every website or application. It is crucial that developers learn — and master — both.

Microsoft has a patent that’s more specific, in that it offers a way for computing devices to grab data from a marked up XML document without the need for word processing software.

After a document appeared on Tuesday showing that Office Open XML (OOXML) gained enough votes to be ratified as an ISO standard, Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed the result.

XML databases can handle data of just about any size or format. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics.