September 22nd, 2004, 07:48 AM
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Taken from http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_whatis.asp
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What is XML?
* XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language
* XML is a markup language much like HTML
* XML was designed to describe data
* XML tags are not predefined. You must define your own tags
The main difference between XML and HTML
XML was designed to carry data.
XML is not a replacement for HTML.
XML and HTML were designed with different goals:
HTML is about displaying information, while XML is about describing information.
XML does not DO anything
XML was not designed to DO anything.
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The XML and HTML are look very similar because they are derived from the SGML (Standard General Markup Language, a markup language use in desktop publishing) standard.
Using eXtended Stylesheet Language (XSL), you can transform XML data to HTML. XSL is a collection of technologies all based from XML.
To learn more about XML Try http://www.w3schools.com/xml/
To learn more about XSL Try
http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/
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