4 May
2001
4 May
'01
9:57 a.m.
MJ Ray wrote:
Steve Fosdick fozzy@pelvoux.demon.co.uk writes:
[...] What I have more trouble understanding is how XML differs from SGML.
XML is SGML-- rather than HTML++. It's just a bit simplified and easier to parse, I believe.
yep, sounds about right to me, I lent out my xml book so I can't look up exact difference right now ;(
The stylesheeting for XML (XSLT) is also supposedly easier to implement than for SGML (DSSSL), but that seems to be a matter of infrequent argument, as XSLT is Java-orientated while DSSSL is lisp-family-focused.
hhmmm I'm not sure about the 'java orientedness' of XSLT, as far as I understand it does collect data in a loose 'object' structure, but I wouldn't call it Java oriented by any stretch of the imagination ;)
Sz
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