# Seeking software advice **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-software-advice/186634 "2003-07-06T22:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-software-advice/186634/1 "2003-07-06T22:00:59Z")
I am working on adding some information to a program that stores data in XML. While I am fairly familiar with HTML 3.2, I have no experience with XML. I am looking for an entry level XML editor that can help handle the tags and can do validation. And since I am here, the same for HTML 4 would be nice also. My present editor is no longer supported, so it can not be updated to 4. I know I can Google or go to [Download.com](http://Download.com), but I want to know what people here like or don’t like before I spend hours downloading then trying different programs. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-software-advice/186634/2 "2003-07-07T04:04:23Z")
The only XML editor I know of is [Corel’s XMetal](http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel/Products/productInfo&id=1042152754863). Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-software-advice/186634/3 "2003-07-07T17:47:04Z")
Well, that is a little expensive for me. I am not going to try to create any commercial programs or anything. Thanks anyway. Lok