Software Development Kits (SDKs)

The last, and perhaps most important, topic we include here is a list of SDKs you might find useful when building and deploying XML solutions. In Table B-4 we included the name of each SDK, a corresponding URL, and a brief description.

Table B-4 Available SDKs and Other Information

SDK	URL	Description
BizTalk Framework 2	http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/techinfo/framwork20.asp	Defines the BizTalk documents and message.
MSXML 4	http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/general/newinaprilre.asp	The newest Microsoft XML Parser, supports XSD.
.NET Framework	http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?URL=/code/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/580/msdncompositedoc.xml	Currently in beta, contains everything you will need to write and test .NET applications.
SOAP Toolkit 2	http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?URL=/code/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/580/msdncompositedoc.xml	Support for SOAP messaging, along with documentation and examples.
UDDI	http://microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=24822	Provides all the tools needed for a Visual Basic programmer to interact with the UDDI registry. See http://uddi.microsoft.com/ for more information.
Xalan	http://xml.apache.org	An XSLT processor for transforming XML documents into HTML, text, or other XML document types. Supports the XSLT, XPath, and TRAX standards and is available in C++ and Java versions.
Xerces	http://xml.apache.org	An XML parser that supports XML 1.0, DOM Level 1 and 2, SAX 1 and 2, and XML Schema. Available in C++, Java, and Perl implementations.