[thelist] Beginner Question on XML

> I'm curious as to what exactly the difference is 
>between XML and HTML? I looked at the code on 
>dante's form and most of it looked like HTML to me. 
>Anyone care to tackle giving me a definition and 
>sample of some of these terms?

If the XML is done right, you _will_ just see HTML in 
the browser, becuase it gets rendered/transformed 
into HTML. Much like php, or cf, or something. 

Anyhow, I'm personally in about the same situation as 
you: html/css mastery. From our point of view 
(becuase we care about presentation more that 
enterprise exchange of data), we can't talk about XML 
without XSL. 

XSL is to XML what CSS is to HTML. 

I'd recommend you read through this group of pages: 
http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_intro.asp

it's the best i've found, especially from our point 
of view. While it addressed xSl, you will still get 
the jist of xMl by working through it. 

also, this is my favorite editor for xml/xsl: 
http://xmlwriter.net/ , although i've been 
considering writing to the list for recommendations 
in this area.

best,
nate
nate@vicksburgcollective.com1

(contact me offlist is you want more)