XML editor software

[oksana]

I'm a project manager for a company, therefore, not very familiar with XML editing. However, I am wondering if anyone can explain the need for XML editing software. We have Visual Studio.Net installed, which already has some XML capabilities. What would be the advantage of purchasing something like XMetaL or XML Spy?

Thanks in advance!!!

[Khalid Ali]

It all depend what is your need,what is it you want to achieve using an editor.
I'd recomend that use some shareware editor first and see if that takes care of your business on hand(XMLWriter could be a good start).
Once youdetermine what exactly are your needs and that what you expect from an XML editor, it will be much easier to make a decision

[oksana]

I guess what puzzles me the most is that both editors I've mentioned in my previous post can be integrated into Visual Studio.Net as plug-ins. What do those editors (or similar packages) have that Visual Studio doesn't?

[Khalid Ali]

Since I have not used Visual Studio(sorry I am java+open source guy) ,I think I am not in a position to answer that question statisfactorily.;)

An editor possibly can help you stream line your XML development,it may cut development time significantly because of the built in utilities such as validating XML for well formed ness ,validating DTD/schema, generatin XML DTD or schema testing yoru xml and XSL with some XSL/XSLT processor and so on.