Also note that if you plan to create sites that will be usable by Cell
Phones (which have their own WML language), you'll need to follow XML
standards too.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Brown [mailto:jtmb(at)commkey.net]

http://sites.netscape.net/ekrock/upgrade/standards.html
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/04/index1a.html?tw=authoring

Rob Atkinson wrote:

> Jeremy Brown wrote:
> >
> > I don't how many of you have been following the development of Netscape
> > 5, but it will require you to use the </option> and </li> tags.  It also
> > requires tags that do not normally have ending tags (ie <br> ) to be
> > written as <br />.
>
> The URL(s) would be helpful, but I think you will find that the
> reference is to XML rather than HTML. Where pretty much all tags
> must be in lower case, quotes are mandatory and tags that don't
> even have closing tags, must be closed.
>
> For example even IMG tags will need to be closed:
>
> <img src="graphic.gif"/> same as <br/>
>
> Check out "XML in 10 points" where it briefly explains XML:
> http://www.w3.org/XML/1999/XML-in-10-points
>
> There would be revolution if it was found out that everyone would
> have to go back and re-do Web pages, just to meet some new
> standard. Hence the backward capability in new revisions of HTML.
> You will find that if you stick to strictly HTML, you will not
> have problems with the above.
>
> XML is in it's first revision. If you code in XML, then the code
> must meet the standards. Unfortunately current Browsers will
> parse the XML according to their own version/standards. Another
> reason why coders have been shying away from it.

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