Chapter 21. Adding Structure to the Web with XHTML
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it. | ||
| --Mae West | ||
One form of temptation many web developers have been unable to resist is that of hacking together web pages with poorly coded HTML. Fortunately, XML is well on its way to adding some much needed structure to the Web by ushering in a new version of HTML called XHTML, which represents a merger of XML and HTML. Considering that there is a lot of confusion surrounding the relationship between XML and HTML, XHTML often serves only to muddy the water in terms of how people perceive XML. XHTML is ultimately quite simple in that it is a version of HTML reformulated to meet the strict structural and syntax requirements of XML. XHTML makes ...
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