Chris,

That was a very good simple, yet effective explanation.  Thanks for sharing
that.  It helped me understand a lot better.

Thanks,
Keith D Sellars
WebGraffix
www.webgraffix.com

"Making database sites seem easy"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Higgs" <chiggs(at)unimelb.edu.au>
To: "Angela Sheehan" <sheehan_am(at)hotmail.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: BE 171


> G'Day Angela,
>
> At 01:04 PM 6/02/2003 -0600, Angela Sheehan wrote:
> >What is the difference between HTML and XML?
>
> HTML is a mark-up language written as an application of SGML
>
> SGML is a set of rules for developing markup languages.  It is complex.
>
> XML is also a set of rules for developing markup languages.  It is a
> restricted subset of rules from SGML, which makes it much simpler to learn
> and use.
>
> XHTML is a markup language written as an application of XML.  It's
> equivalent to HTML but rewritten to comply to the restricted rule-set.
>
>
> Chris Higgs
> Manager, New Learning Technology
> ILFR, University of Melbourne
> http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/
> Phone: +61 3 8344 9749  Fax: + 61 3 9348 2156
>
>

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