XML replacing HTML?
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- smartK
according to the W3C it's gonna happen.
What do you think?
How long is it gonna take?
- PeterNorf0
Why would XML replace HTML?
That just doesn't make sense. What you probably mean is that a combination of XSL & XML Pages creating XHTML will be the new standard. XHTML will replace HTML within the next 3 years. Browsers will still be able to read ol HTML and within 5 years Old HTML might be almost nonexistent, but it's close brother XHTML will still be used and may have been updated several times. That is the future as I see it. The internet might move fast but old standards don't necesarrily fade awat that fast. Just understand that you will need to start learning XML, XSL, XHTML and How to use them with Javascript, VB Script, C# or other scripting languages.
- PeterNorf0
Start here:
http://www.w3schools.comRead the entire site word by word. Or Do like me and Just Search It!©
- PeterNorf0
OOPS! Here ye go!
- PeterNorf0
ANyone? Boy is this place dead on Sundays. Wake the F up people! Were talking about the future here!
- the_user0
What you use to parse the XML is somewhat irrelevant.
- blend0
Xhtml is really the way forward. I've tried it on couple of things and you can really do nifty stuff with it. It might take a while before you can start trusting that people have compliant browsers though.
What is the average lifetime of a browser version? Any statistics out there?
- sp0
xml is NOT a replacement. XHTML is, which is derived from similar syntax usage as xml.
the w3 doesn't say that xml will 'replace' html.
they are two different techologies with different application through out development.
- paulsmith0
I have started dabbling in XHTML and XML. My site has been converted to XHTML and I have an XML version of the blog feed.
I use a PHP Script to build the RSS feed on the fly from the flat file system.
- unknown0
well you can already use XML-based engines to control Flash objects and such so it's GOING to happen sooner than later.
- sp0
you can also use it with delphi (pascal), vb, c, perl, python, etc.
both on and off the web.
its environment versitility spans more than just websites.
it is also used more in embeded systems now, instead of pcs or macs.
- unknown0
sp, is right thought, it IS XHTML not XML and they are completely differemnt in comparison to HTML. One's a dog and one's a cat.
- PeterNorf0
Does anyone read other posts before posting?
- toqueboy0
i think it's going to take a lot longer than the predictions here...
this is going to depend on browser support, end-user updates, and corporate site redesigns...
i can't see a full scale conversion in all of these 3 categories in the next 3 years.
- texdc0
Timeline: does anybody realize that XHTML has been w3 spec since 1999? In other words, XHTML mainstream use is about, say, 2-3 years overdue because browser makers and web developers are too scared to make the change to better technology the way they did back in '97.
That said, I believe that XML will replace HTML in most applications if the companies that make the browsers/data readers/parsers XML/XSL/Schema compliant. And they won't do that unless there's enough demand for it. That means we have to start embracing this technology yesterday, and begin demanding nothing less than full w3 spec compliance in everything we do.
We gave up NN3 pretty easily. Why can't we give up tables and fonts?
- PeterNorf0
Well like he said, I am predicting only. corporate redesigns?
XML is the Future, near Future! For me anyways. Have fun in your HTML 4 world.
- unknown0
true I agree, I am currently learning XML, XSL and XHTML.
- unknown0
XML is nothing, is just information, information alone is not worth anything unless we display it in a manner in which it can be read and categorized, HTML is a markup language, is nothing without data to display or to categorized, do you see a problem here? They complement each other, one is not going to rule out the other! go on get some glasses and read better the next time instead of just read a little bit and come bickering like a bitch to NT!
:)
- sp0
do you not realize the differences between xml and html/xhtml?
seems like on a couple of people actually know about xml, here.
html and xml are NOT the same. never were the same, never will be the same.
and xml has been in widespread use for years. just not in website design - which makes perfect sense, because it's NOT for web page design...it is for transference of information and data, not site design/layout/development.
read something about xml.
go pick up xml journal or a similar industry magazine.
it's programatic use for data mining and relational database application has been in use for a long time.
not too mention it's use as data structure for embeded systems like heating and cooling systems, security systems, etc...
i'm sorry to be an ass...but what i am reading is a bunch of misunderstandings about what xml is and does.
it has nothing to do with website design or markup.
if anything is has to do more with architecture and database communication.
i used to develop xml based ui's for firmware installed on huge HVAC equipment - for stadiums and such...never once did the web play any part in such a project.
- unknown0
Woa, designing HVAC systems using XML!
I don't know what is what or who, or when , or why are you fighting, or trying to make a point, the thing is that it makes my job easier, that's the bottom line!
:)
- sp0
i guess in the end that is what matters.
:)
i've chatted with a guy who's developing and operating system, based off the nsa's secure-linux kernel, which the backend is configurable xml documents...
could be interesting.
it would be the ultimate thin os. since xml is data/text, it weighs considerably less in terms of file size.
even combined with the high level code, it would be hundreds of megs less than any other os out there...