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Learning XML
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Learning XML

by Erik T. Ray
January 2001
Beginner to intermediate
368 pages
9h 10m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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B.7. Hypertext

XHTMLThe Extensible Hypertext Markup Language is a reformulation of HTML 4 in XML 1.

Status

XHTML 1.0 became a W3C recommendation January 2000. The specification is published at http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/.

Description

XHTML 1.0 is a reformulation of HTML 4 as an XML 1.0 application. The specification defines three DTDs corresponding to the ones defined by HTML 4. The semantics of the elements and their attributes are defined in the W3C Recommendation for HTML 4, and provide the foundation for future extensibility of XHTML. Compatibility with existing HTML user agents is possible by following a small set of guidelines.

HTMLHypertext Markup Language is the markup language for World Wide Web documents.

Status

HTML 4.01 is the latest version of the W3C recommendation, dated December 1999. The specification is published at http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/.

Description

In addition to the text, multimedia, and hyperlink features of previous versions, HTML 4 supports more multimedia options, scripting languages, and stylesheets, as well as better printing facilities, and documents that are more accessible to users with disabilities. HTML 4 also takes great strides towards the internationalization of documents.

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