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Although XML was introduced over a year ago, it has been slow to be supported, and slow to gain favor. This is partly because of the entry of DHTML, and partly because of XML's design. Although it introduces radical changes to HTML, it produces few results that you can immediately see. DHTML changes nothing about how basic HTML is done, but it's hybrid Javascript and Layers/Stylesheet effects have made developers jump to learn it.
<!DOCTYPE MYWEBPAGE SYSTEM "Article.dtd"> This kind of identification can be useful when trying to integrate large sites with similar groups of pages. XML basically gives you more control over how you define objects. You can even create your own! For example, <TIE COLOR="RED> I am a red tie. </TIE> You can then refer to this "TIE" object anywhere else. All of the text above is part of a TIE, and its COLOR variable is RED. Previously, if you wanted to assign all of these properties, you'd have to use javascript with twice this much code. And XML objects are much easier to refer to, in fact just as easy as HTML objects. Additionally, this makes your code easier to understand, so if you give your page to a friend, or edit a page you created long ago, you can tell what's going on faster. Although XML still isn't fully supported by major browsers(without a compiler), it can make your life easier. One possibility for the future is XML coding, combined with layers, style sheets, and javascript to create easy to read DHTML! Now wouldn't that be amazing. It's worth looking into, so check XML out. Try starting with http://www.xml.com , or http://www.w3.org/XML/ . Go To Page: 1
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