XML Compared with HTML and SGML

• XML is a compromise between the non-extensible, limited capabilities of HTML and the full power and complexity of SGML

• XML Tags are converted to HTML for display (or other XML tags) by one or more Servers or clients

HTML < XML < SGML

(CSS) (XSL) (DSSSL)

XML is a kind of SGML Lite!

Original

XML

New XML

and perhapssome HTML

Newer XML

and perhapsmore HTML

Newest XML

and perhapsall HTML

HTML

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