Working with XML

- Okay, let's take a look at using XML…in Integration Services.…XML is very popular.…The reason XML is so popular…is that it's a common file, it's just a text file,…and we can use it because it is a text file…it will easily pass through firewalls through port 80.…XML also can be self-describing,…that is we include a document called a schema with it,…which describes everything about the XML…and then we can use that schema to describe…that XML document and compare it to another schema…and do translations, one over to the other.…

If you're not familiar with XML that's really…something you need to investigate.…Again, there's excellent resources…on the lynda.com online library.…Also, the W3C, the World Wide Web Consortium…has a lot of XML information on it.…Though frankly some of that is a little hard to consume.…Okay, anyway, let's take a look at using XML.…So all's I have is a little Data Flow up here Task…and I renamed it DF XML Source.…And let's go in and look at it.…And what I have here is I added a Source file…