XML Required for .net?

Hi;
I am going to go for some training in asp.net and I would to know that, is it a requirement to know XML before taking asp.net?

I know little bit about the tags in XML and that's about it.

thanks

Not as such.

It will help, but .NET uses XML for "data exchange". In a lot of cases this is transparent. But it might help for the future.

Hope this helps
Simon

as long as you know how to write an html tag..you are fine..you should learn XML anyway though...

Thank you! That helps and I guess I will take some xml class before I take the .net calsses.

thanks

hmmm i have been able to develop a full website without using any XML... that is of course i'm using Access databases :D

XML is very straight forward, in it's simplest form, as a self describing data store. This should not realy need a course to learn it. I'd suggest buying a book.

BUT..........

Go on a course which will teach you DTD, XMLSchema, XSL & XSLT. This is where you will learn the real power of XML data, and assist your .NET development to ease the learning curve!