Summary

In this chapter, you learned (or reviewed) the basics of XML, including the following:

• Why you might run across XML as a developer

• Why you might want to use XML rather than other data-transport mechanisms

• How XML data is constructed

• The rules of creating XML data

• How XML Schema defines the content of XML data

• How to use Visual Studio .NET's XML-related tools

• How to bind a DataGrid control to XML data