<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
XML	I-Application
Core	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
MSXML	B-Application
)	O
are	O
set	O
of	O
services	O
that	O
allow	O
applications	O
written	O
in	O
JScript	B-Language
,	O
VBScript	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
development	O
tools	O
to	O
build	O
Windows-native	O
XML-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
XML	B-Protocol
1.0	O
,	O
DOM	B-General_Concept
,	O
SAX	B-Application
,	O
an	O
XSLT	B-Application
1.0	O
processor	O
,	O
XML	B-Language
schema	I-Language
support	O
including	O
XSD	O
and	O
XDR	B-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
XML-related	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
MSXML	B-Application
products	O
are	O
similar	O
in	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
exposed	O
programmatically	O
as	O
OLE	B-Application
Automation	I-Application
(	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
COM	B-Application
)	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
program	O
against	O
MSXML	B-Application
components	O
from	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
or	O
from	O
Active	B-Application
Scripting	I-Application
languages	O
such	O
as	O
JScript	B-Language
and	O
VBScript	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Managed	O
.NET	O
Interop	O
with	O
MSXML	B-Application
COM	B-Application
components	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
nor	O
recommended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
all	O
COM	B-Application
components	O
,	O
an	O
MSXML	B-Application
object	O
is	O
programmatically	O
instantiated	O
by	O
CLSID	O
or	O
ProgID	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
version	O
of	O
MSXML	B-Application
exposes	O
its	O
own	O
set	O
of	O
CLSID	O
's	O
and	O
ProgIDs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
MSXML	B-Application
6.0	B-Application
DOMDocument	O
object	O
,	O
which	O
exposes	O
the	O
IXmlDomDocument	O
,	O
IXmlDomDocument2	O
,	O
and	O
IXmlDomDocument3	O
COM	B-Application
interfaces	O
,	O
the	O
ProgID	B-Application
"	O
MSXML2.DOMDocument.6.0	O
"	O
must	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
version-independent	O
ProgIDs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version-independent	O
ProgIDs	B-Application
do	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
version	O
number	O
associated	O
with	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
ProgIDs	B-Application
were	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
MSXML	B-Application
1.0	O
,	O
however	O
are	O
currently	O
mapped	O
to	O
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
objects	O
and	O
the	O
msxml3.dll	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
versions	O
of	O
MSXML	B-Application
support	O
slightly	O
different	O
sets	O
of	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
while	O
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
supports	O
only	O
XDR	B-Language
schemas	I-Language
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
XSD	O
schemas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
MSXML	B-Application
5.0	O
,	O
and	O
MSXML	B-Application
6.0	B-Application
support	O
XSD	O
schemas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
MSXML	B-Application
6.0	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
XDR	B-Language
schemas	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
XML	B-Protocol
Digital	O
Signatures	O
is	O
provided	O
only	O
by	O
MSXML	B-Application
5.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
new	O
XML-related	O
software	O
development	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
recommends	O
using	O
MSXML	B-Application
6.0	B-Application
or	O
its	O
lightweight	O
cousin	O
,	O
XmlLite	O
,	O
for	O
native	O
code-only	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
distinct	O
products	O
,	O
released	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
6.0	B-Application
MSXML6	O
is	O
the	O
latest	O
MSXML	B-Application
product	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
MSXML3	O
)	O
is	O
shipped	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	I-Application
,	O
.NET	O
Framework	O
3.0	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Service	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
native	O
64-bit	B-Device
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
6	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
on	O
Windows	O
9x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP3	O
includes	O
MSXML	B-Application
6.0	B-Application
SP2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
MSXML3	O
is	O
a	O
current	O
MSXML	B-Application
product	O
,	O
represented	O
by	O
msxml3.dll	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
SP2	O
first	O
shipped	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
6.0	I-Application
and	O
MDAC	B-Library
2.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP2	O
includes	O
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
SP5	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
MDAC	B-Library
2.81	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
SP4	O
also	O
ships	O
with	O
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
version	O
6.0	B-Application
,	O
7.0	B-Application
and	O
8.0	B-Application
use	O
MSXML	B-Application
3	O
to	O
parse	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
loaded	O
in	O
a	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
SP7	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
supported	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP3	O
includes	O
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
SP9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
(	O
SP10	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
5.0	O
MSXML5	O
was	O
a	O
binary	O
developed	O
specifically	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originally	O
shipped	O
with	O
Office	O
2003	O
and	O
also	O
ships	O
with	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
not	O
released	O
documentation	O
for	O
this	O
version	O
because	O
Microsoft	O
considers	O
MSXML	B-Application
5	O
an	O
internal/integrated	O
component	O
of	O
Office	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
5	O
is	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
4.0	O
MSXML4	O
was	O
shipped	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
,	O
downloadable	O
SDK	O
targeted	O
at	O
independent	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	I-Application
and	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
64-bit	B-Device
version	O
offered	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
32-bit	O
version	O
was	O
supported	O
for	O
32-bit	O
processes	O
on	O
64-bit	B-Device
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
4.0	O
SP3	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
version	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
SP2	O
support	O
expired	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
MSXML	B-Application
4.0	O
SP3	O
expired	O
in	O
April	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
2.6	O
This	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
MSXML	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
represented	O
by	O
msxml2.dll	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
product	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
CLSIDs	O
and	O
ProgIDs	B-Application
it	O
exposes	O
have	O
been	O
subsumed	O
by	O
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
2.6	O
shipped	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2000	O
and	O
MDAC	B-Library
2.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
2.5	O
This	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
MSXML	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
represented	O
by	O
msxml.dll	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
is	O
also	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
CLSIDs	O
and	O
ProgIDs	B-Application
it	O
exposes	O
have	O
been	O
subsumed	O
by	O
MSXML	B-Application
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
2.5	O
shipped	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
5.01	I-Protocol
and	O
MDAC	B-Library
2.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
2.0a	O
This	O
version	O
shipped	O
with	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
5.0	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSXML	B-Application
1.0	O
This	O
version	O
shipped	O
with	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
4.0	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
