Re: Difference 'twixt XHTML and XML?

by "Rajnish Bhaskar" <9705228b(at)student.gla.ac.uk>

 Date:  Tue, 9 May 2000 23:39:26 +0100
 To:  hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org
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Hi all,

> (Just as the CD replaced the record, XML will replace HTML)

First, may I apologise at continuing this thread when it's most likely been 
dropped, but I'm getting behind in my email :o).

The above sentence has confused me.  As far as I was aware, XML is a 
subset of SGML, which is a meta-language.  HTML is a concrete 
implementation of SGML, so how can XML (a meta-language?) replace 
HTML (a 'proper' language)?  Or have I misunderstood sume fundamental 
fact?

Always happy to be corrected,
Raj.
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