Re: XHTML
by "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis(at)hotmail.com>
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Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:20:15 GMT |
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bckman(at)ix.netcom.com, hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org |
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>1. It can be used anywhere HTML is used.
>2. The learing curve from HTML to XHTML is shallow.
>3. XHTML is XML.
All true.
>The last point is extreamly important. It means that if one authors in
>XHTML
>one can use all the XML tools that are available to manipulate ones pages.
Hmmm...a point. Personally I don't need them but I can see that some people
would like this very much.
>Further more pages authored in XHTML can be converted by proxy servers to
>forms suitable for small devices, television, phones, voice browsers etc.
Hadn't heard this one before. Are these proxy servers available *right now*?
If they are, doesn't this mean we should write a sort of server side XHTML
which is 'translated' to whatever language the device needs?
ppk
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