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Shawn Wildermuth - Database Geek of the Week!

Shawn Wildermuth is the ADO Guy, and he is now the Database Geek of the Week!

Doug: Where in the development world do you think XML best fits? What have you used it for, in addition to web services?

Shawn: I differ from others in the industry in that I think XML is great structured storage with good support for interoperability and toolsets, but still just structured storage.

One of the most important XML-related technologies is XML schema documents. I use these almost daily to describe data structures. XML has given us a language to describe structure and a way to create structured storage so that we do not have to learn a new technology for every project. That’s the power of XML.

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