MSXML 5.0 SDK

What is MSXML?

Microsoft® XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office allows customers to build high-performance XML-based applications that provide a high degree of interoperability with other applications that adhere to the XML 1.0 standard.

Among the core services MSXML 5.0 provides is developer support for the following:

• The Document Object Model (DOM), a standard library of application programming interfaces (APIs) for accessing XML documents.
• The XML Schema definition language (XSD), a current W3C standard for using XML to create XML Schemas. XML Schemas can be used to validate other XML documents.
• The Schema Object Model (SOM), an additional set of APIs for accessing XML Schema documents programmatically.
• Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) 1.0, a current W3C XML style sheet language standard. XSLT is recommended for transforming XML documents.
• The XML Path Language (XPath) 1.0, a current W3C XML standard used by XSLT and other XML programming vocabularies to query and filter data stored in XML documents.
• The Simple API for XML (SAX), a programmatic alternative to DOM-based processing.

What's New?

This release of the MSXML SDK provides the following new sections and topics.

• Best Practices for Securing MSXML Code
• Program with DOM in C/C++
• Program with DOM in C/C++ Using Smart Pointer Class Wrappers
• Program with DOM in Visual Basic
• XML Digital Signature Reference
• DTD Developer's Guide
• DTD Reference

For information about new product features in MSXML 5.0, see What's New.

Important Notices About MSXML and This SDK

• Roadmap to the MSXML SDK
• Installing and Registering the MSXML SDK
• GUID and ProgID Information
• Dependencies in MSXML 5.0

Tips and FAQ

• Tips for Converting Samples to VBScript
• FAQ About Schemas
• FAQ About the SOM
• FAQ About XSLT
• FAQ About SAX2

Feedback and Support

Send error reports, feature requests, and comments about the MSXML documentation or samples directly to the MSXML documentation team.

For free help with MSXML issues, try posting to the MSXML public newsgroup. This newsgroup is monitored by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) engineers who cover MSXML, and by other experienced MSXML developers.

Further information about support options can be found on the Microsoft Help and Support Web site.

Other Resources

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) | Web Services, part of the Platform SDK documentation