Altova XMLSpy® 2006 is the industry standard XML development environment for modeling, editing, debugging, and transforming all XML technologies, then automatically generating runtime code in multiple programming languages. XMLSpy® 2006 is the ultimate productivity enhancer for J2EE, .NET, Eclipse, and database developers that need the latest XML, Web services, and database technologies. Today, eXtensible Markup Language (XML) technologies play a critical role in all software development projects. XML has received widespread support and adoption in the computer industry because of its simplicity, extensibility, interoperability, and flexibility, all of which stem from its power to represent data independent of programming language, platform, or operating system. In XML-based applications, XML is used alongside complementary technologies such as XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery, Web services, and others. Today's developer needs a tool for creating, editing, and debugging these and other XML-related technologies in an efficient, standards-based manner.