XML or HTML

by **Ash** on Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:12 am

Finally a post.

Whats the benefit of using XML because I have the option of using it on my frontpage?

by **johneva** on Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:19 am

Aup did you mean XML or did you mean XHTML?

Cos XML is not ment to be used for pages in that way.

What W3C says.

XML was designed to carry data.

XML is not a replacement for HTML.
XML and HTML were designed with different goals:

XML was designed to describe data and to focus on what data is.
HTML was designed to display data and to focus on how data looks.

HTML is about displaying information, while XML is about describing information.

If you want to find out more about what W3C says abot XML and do some tutorials on it look at theis link.
Linky link

About XHTML

What W3C says.

What Is XHTML?

* XHTML stands for EXtensible HyperText Markup Language
* XHTML is aimed to replace HTML
* XHTML is almost identical to HTML 4.01
* XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML
* XHTML is HTML defined as an XML application
* XHTML is a W3C Recommendation

What to find out more check out this link to W3C.
Linky link

After seeing the code you posted the other day when you were asking for help. If I were you I would concentrate on using CSS correctly before learning either XHTML or XML as good CSS is more important than XHTML or XML.

In you code the other day you had styles in you HTML which should not be done really they should be in at least the head of the doc but I prefer to use an external styles sheet where apropriate.

Also you were using tables for layout which is not the proper way anymore either you should use CSS for layout by use of div tags.

From the HTML 4.0 specification:

Tables should not be used purely as a means to layout document content as this may present problems when rendering to non-visual media. Additionally, when used with graphics, these tables may force users to scroll horizontally to view a table designed on a system with a larger display. To minimize these problems, authors should use style sheets to control layout rather than tables.

by **Ash** on Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:58 am

I meant XML

It makes no sense to me if XML is not supposed to replave HTML then why is iit there?

by **johneva** on Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:13 pm

Did you not read the page I gave you a link to?

A little more of what W3C says about XML.

XML does not DO anything

XML was not designed to DO anything.

Maybe it is a little hard to understand, but XML does not DO anything. XML was created to structure, store and to send information.

The following example is a note to Tove from Jani, stored as XML:
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<note> <to>Tove</to> <from>Jani</from> <heading>Reminder</heading> <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body> </note>

The note has a header and a message body. It also has sender and receiver information. But still, this XML document does not DO anything. It is just pure information wrapped in XML tags. Someone must write a piece of software to send, receive or display it.

by **bimal** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:41 am

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose markup language.
It is classified as an extensible language because it allows its users to define their own elements. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the sharing of structured data across different information systems, particularly via the Internet.

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by **payal** on Fri May 30, 2008 7:17 am

HTML is a language to describe the semantics and structure of text documents, along with their relationships to other documents.HTML is an application of SGML,
XML is a simplified version of SGML.
The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose specification for creating custom markup languages

by **Mokshikapoor** on Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:53 am

HI,

XML is the parent of XHTML in the same way that SGML is the parent of HTML. XML is HTML's uncle.
"XML is mainly for exchanging data between machines."

Nope, it's a way of structuring data and documents that is both human and machine readable. It is also a way to describe rules that define a type of document or application that is a subset of XML. XML is all grammar but has a way to define the vocabulary.

"HTML is mainly for formatting text to display in a web browser"

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