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Alternative to XML / XSLT for artifact generation?

The scenario: A system needs to produce a variety of artifacts to present to end-users during the normal course of business. Examples of these artifacts would be permits, invoices, or receipts — imagine any online app that gives you one of those “print this page for your records” pages. I’m working on a system that […]

YAML: translating free-flowing text from XML

I’m studying YAML as a replacement for XML, but I’m experiencing difficulties when dealing with elements containing free-flowing text with embedded elements. For instance, the following XML document:

Identifying elements from data feeds generated by affiliate sites

I am working with data feeds from affiliate sites. The basic idea is to provide an interface where the user can paste a link to an XML datafeed (these are huge btw, around 60 mb) that would then be streamed, parsed into small chunks, and mined for the required data which would then be stored in the database.

Better way to read XML

We are storing config files as XML. With that being said, when reading the XML file, is it better to use LINQ to query the XML file or would using the XMLDocument and/or XMLNode classes better to use?