1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: using a browser executing on a local computing system to access a hypertext markup language (HTML) representation of an extensible markup language (XML) file, the HTML representation including: a plurality of elements of the XML file formatted in accordance with an extensible stylesheet language (XSL) transform associated with the XML file; and a plurality of editing handlers inserted within the HTML representation to facilitate modifying the HTML representation and applying the changes to the XML file; and allowing the user to modify the HTML representation for purposes of applying the modifications to the XML file.