Re: Giving up on XML

[Sean Wheller <sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za>]

On Tuesday 20 March 2007 18:31, Chris Borokowski wrote:
> What people are trying to say is that HTML is
> single-function, where DTDs are sequential (versions)
> of the same idea. HTML is for layout, and is a
> specialized form of SGML. XML is generalized. This is
> a key conceptual difference!

I dunno whether it is completely accurate, but to me HTML was designed for the 
purpose of presentation while XML was not. HTML combines the aspects of 
presentation and data, while XML separates them.
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