Chapter One
What's New in Version 2.0 of
the .NET Framework for XML
You are probably saying to yourself, "Whoa, wait a minute, I thought this book was about XML
technology in SQL Server 2005." Yes, that is true. So why start the book off with a chapter about
the XML technology found in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework?
Since the inception of the .NET Framework, Microsoft has taken a serious approach to supporting
XML, a fact proven by looking at the amount of functionality provided in the System.Xml namespace,
a group of classes specifically designed for the reading, writing, and updating of XML. Even
in the first version of the .NET Framework, the support for XML was tremendous. The list of supported
XML functionality included, but was not limited to, the following:
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