oms101@freeuk.com wrote:
On 03-May-01 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. 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. -- MJR
I agree with the statement that XML is SGML but easier to pass. SGML is a standardised version of GML which was a well done solution to the problem of how do we write a good type setting system.
on a content/markup note.... If anybody needs any help with Latex, let me know, I'm now finishing off my Phd thesis, and believe me, Latex is definatly worth learning.....
nothing to do with xml/xslt/sgml, but it seemed a good point to drop it in ;) Sz