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• HTML
• JavaScript
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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 carry data, not to display data
• XML tags are not predefined. You must define your own tags
• XML is designed to be self-descriptive
• XML is a W3C Recommendation
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The Difference Between XML and HTML
XML is not a replacement for HTML.
XML and HTML were designed with different goals:
• XML was designed to transport and store data, with focus on what data is.
• HTML was designed to display data, with focus on how data looks.
HTML is about displaying information, while XML is about carrying information.
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XML Does not DO Anything
Maybe it is a little hard to understand, but XML does not DO anything. XML was created to structure, store, and transport information.
The following example is a note to Tove from Jani, stored as XML:
| |
|Tove |
|Jani |
|Reminder |
|Don't forget me this weekend!...
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