What is XML? 1. XML stands for EXtensible
Markup Language, 2. XML is a markup
language much like HTML, 3. XML was designed to
describe data, 4. XML tags are not
predefined in XML. You must define your own tags, 5. XML uses a Document Type Definition (DTD)
or an XML Schema to describe the data, 6. XML
with a DTD or XML Schema is designed to be
self-descriptive.
What is 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:
1. XML was designed to describe data
and to focus on what data is. 2. HTML was designed to display data
and to focus on how data looks. *HTML
is about displaying information, while XML is about describing
information.
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