What is XML?

[Dolbz]

Hi,
I am new in web designing. I heared about XML. What is XML?

[TonySoprano]

Originally Posted by Dolbz

Hi,
I am new in web designing. I heared about XML. What is XML?

XML is the extensible markup language. XML uses tags very similar to HTML, instead of describing the structure of the page the tags, XML uses the tags to describe the data. This allows a structured data format, that can be extended without breaking previous implementations.

[brinks]

* XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language
* XML was designed to describe data
* XML is a markup language much like HTML
* XML tags are not predefined. You must define your own tags
* XML uses a Document Type Definition (DTD) or an XML Schema to describe the data
* XML with a DTD or XML Schema is designed to be self-descriptive

[getpfunky]

can anyone tell me what is Difference Between XML and HTML?

[brinks]

Originally Posted by getpfunky

can anyone tell me what is Difference Between XML and HTML?

XML was designed to describe data and to focus on what data is and HTML was designed to display data and to focus on how data looks.

HTML is about displaying information, while XML is about describing information.

[TonySoprano]

Originally Posted by getpfunky

can anyone tell me what is Difference Between XML and HTML?

In HTML,The tags used to mark up HTML documents and the structure of HTML documents are predefined but in XML,XML allows the author to define his own tags and his own document structure.