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What do I have to know about XML in order to use BizTalk Server effectively?

Apr 6th, 2005 21:03
Balaji Ramachandran, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/biztalk2000/deploy/btfaq.mspx

You should understand the concept of "well-formed" and "valid" XML. 
Knowing the key reasons for adopting XML schemas as the preferred way 
of defining data-driven XML messages (versus document type definitions) 
and how XML schemas are evolving would be incredibly helpful. All of 
this knowledge will also speed your understanding of the BizTalk 
Framework and how it is being used to enable efficient business-to-
business transactions over the Internet. An extremely useful place to 
start learning about XML is the XML Developer Center in the developer 
program on the MSDNŽ site, which provides information on XML as well as 
access to online tutorials.