Basic HTML version of Foils prepared May 19 99

Foil 5 Beyond HTML

From An Introduction to XML Basic Information Track Computational Science Course CPS616 -- Spring Semester 1999. by Nancy McCracken,Ozgur Balsoy, Tom Scavo
Limitations of HTML:
  • Extensibility: HTML does not allow users to specify their own tags or attributes in order to parameterize or otherwise semantically qualify their data.
  • Structure: HTML does not support the specification of deep structures needed to represent database schema or object-oriented hierarchies.
  • Validation: HTML does not support the kind of language specification that allows applications to check data for structural validity when it is imported.

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