Re: Difference 'twixt XHTML and XML?

XHTML 1.0 is just HTML 4.01 cast into XML form.  Converting is fairly easy, 
though somewhat laborious.  All existing browsers that I have tested - 
going back to Netscape 1.22 - render XHTML 1.0 pages just fine.  I have 
converted 6-8 sites to XHTML, and am creating all new sites with it.

One of the things I like about XHTML is that it is stricter than 
HTML:  e.g., end tags are not optional.  This helps avoid problems with 
browsers like NN4 that can go berserk when tags like </td> - which the HTML 
spec says is optional - are omitted.

At 05:42 PM 05/01/00, you wrote:
>Just what is the difference between them?
>I had been hearing how XML and XSL were going to revolutionise web design.
>All of a sudden, everyone is talking about XHTML.
>
>Either way, it's still a whole new load of stuff to learn (boy I never
>thought I'd hear myself complaining about the difficulty of markup
>languages)
>
>Thanks in advance (reply personally to give bandwidth to those with
>problems)

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Chuck Upsdell
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