I apologize for the simplistic newbie question.

I need to convert many (100's) of word documents into XML for
import into SQL Server 2000 (or 2005) in an easy, efficient and consistent manner.

Objective is as follows,

1. Sections/paragraphs of the individual original word documents can
then be queried and then published from SQL Server.

2. Should be able to (easily if possible) tag sections/paragraphs of
word documents (from within Word) prior to conversion to XML.Tagging
information (such as key words) should then be able to be imported and used to facilitate search for documents in SQL Server for publishing online.

3. If it was possible to create a template within Word to better enable the above process then that would be good for when new documents are produced by original authors

If people could suggest any methods, tools and or books/articles
explaining how the above can be achieved I would be very grateful.

Many thanks for any help, Jockster