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It's not like HTML except for being XML which looks a lot like SGML. It's significantly more limited and more specific to the task than HTML. HTML comes with
by wvenable 11y ago
It's not like HTML except for being XML which looks a lot like SGML.
It's significantly more limited and more specific to the task than HTML. HTML comes with a lot of baggage that makes it unsuitable for a really specific use case.
- danieldk 11y agoIt's not like HTML except for being XML which looks a lot like SGML. XML does not only look a lot like SGML, it is a proper subset of SGML: XML is an application profile or restricted form of SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language [ISO 8879]. By construction, XML documents are conforming SGML documents. http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/ http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/
- pluma 11y agoUnlike HTML, btw, which started out as a loose subset of SGML but has abandoned the goal of SGML compatibility in favour of conceptual simplicity.
- dunham 11y agoInteresting, I didn't realize they claimed XML was an SGML subset. I thought you couldn't express XML empty tags in an SGML DTD.