[xml] Two basic questions about libxml

["Teresa Thomas" <tere ertw gmail com>]

Hi,
I'm pretty new to libxml and other GNOME libraries. I have two questions about libxml:

1) Are there any compilation/linking flags involved? 

2) Is it possible to use libxml2 to 'go backwards' - create an XML document out of given data . Sample code/links to documentation would be gladly accepted.

Thanks in advance!