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Difference between HTML and XML

Mumbai University > Information Technology > Sem 4 > Web Programming

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Year: May 2014

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  HTML XML
Definition Markup language for displaying web pages in a web browser. Designed to display data with focus on how the data looks Markup language defines a set of rules for encoding documents that can be read by both humans and machines. Designed with focus on storing and transporting data.
Invented Year 1990 1996
Type Static Dynamic
Purpose Display a Web page Transport data between the application and the database
Processing/rules No Strict Rules Strict rules must be followed or processor will terminate processing the file
Language type Presentation Storage(Neither presentation, nor programming)
Tags Predefined Custom
White Space Cannot preserve Preserves white space
Limitation Tags are not useful for exchanging the document between applications. Does not support casting or converting to either text or ntext.
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