question about XML....??

[ryanwilde]

hi there....

Why is XML such an important development?
is it really important??
if so why??

thanks for any reply.....

[soni]

It removes two constraints which were holding back Web developments:

1.dependence on a single, inflexible document type (HTML) which was being much abused for tasks it was never designed for;

2.the complexity of full question A.4, SGML, whose syntax allows many powerful but hard-to-program options.

XML is easy to understand in compair to HTML because in XML we dont have any pridefine Tags so we can create out oun tags in it by using Schema or DTD
XML allows the flexible development of user-defined document types. It provides a robust, non-proprietary, persistent, and verifiable file format for the storage and transmission of text and data both on and off the Web; and it removes the more complex options of SGML, making it easier to program for.

[ryanwilde]

It removes two constraints which were holding back Web developments:

1.dependence on a single, inflexible document type (HTML) which was being much abused for tasks it was never designed for;

2.the complexity of full question A.4, SGML, whose syntax allows many powerful but hard-to-program options.

XML is easy to understand in compair to HTML because in XML we dont have any pridefine Tags so we can create out oun tags in it by using Schema or DTD
XML allows the flexible development of user-defined document types. It provides a robust, non-proprietary, persistent, and verifiable file format for the storage and transmission of text and data both on and off the Web; and it removes the more complex options of SGML, making it easier to program for.
hi soni....

thanks for that reply.........
atleast now, I have the idea which is the difficult one.....:)

thanks....!