.Net Xml vs MS Xml 4.0

[Ara Ashikian]

Does anyone know if the .Net Xml is a layer over MS Xml 4.0 or does MS now
have 2 completely seperate Xml API's? If they have the same core, the same
underlying capabilities would be available. The reason I ask is that I am
using MS Xml 4 in VB6 and will later look at porting issues to .Net.

-Ara

[Dale Michalk]

"Ara Ashikian" <ashikian@structural-concepts.com> wrote:
>Does anyone know if the .Net Xml is a layer over MS Xml 4.0 or does MS now
>have 2 completely seperate Xml API's? If they have the same core, the same
>underlying capabilities would be available. The reason I ask is that I
am
>using MS Xml 4 in VB6 and will later look at porting issues to .Net.
>
>-Ara
>
>

Two completely separate implementations....MSXML is for unmanaged code like
COM clients, the .NET XML APIs are for managed clients. Both follow the
XML specifications and in fact are tested by the same team for standards
compliance. You should not be concerned about porting the XML data or logic.

[Ara Ashikian]

Is the general feature set the same between both versions or does the .Net
xml offer many more options?