--- title: "How is XML language different from HTML language." description: "How is XML language different from HTML language." author: "Shrikant Mishra" published: 2019-09-28 updated: 2019-09-28 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/105385/how-is-xml-language-different-from-html-language category: "html" tags: ["xml", "html", "xml(extensible markup language)", "html(hypertext markup language)"] reading_time: 4 minutes --- # How is XML language different from HTML language. ## Replies ### Reply by Neel Patel Mishraji, you covered almost everything of XML vs HTML. Really great share it is. ### Reply by Shrikant Mishra ## XML(Extensible Markup Language) & HTML(Hypertext Markup Language) | **Parameter \** | **XML \** | **HTML** \ | | --- | --- | --- | | Type of language \ | The XML is a framework for specifying markup languages. \ | HTML is predefined markup language. \ | | Language type | It is Case sensitive. \ | This is Case insensitive \ | | Structural details | This is provided. \ | This is not provided. \ | | Purpose | The Transfer of data. \ | The Presentation of the data \ | | Coding Errors | Into the XML no coding errors are allowed. \ | Here Small errors are ignored. \ | | Whitespace \ | We can use white-spaces in our code. \ | We can't use white spaces in our code. \ | | Nesting \ | Should be done appropriately. \ | Does not have any effect on the code. \ | | Driven by \ | The XML is content-driven‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬. \ | The HTML is format driven‭. ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬\ | | End of tags \ | Here the closing tag is essential in a well-formed XML document. \ | Here the closing tag is not always required. tag needs an equivalent tag but
tag does not require
tag \ | | Quotes \ | Quotes required around XML attribute values‭. ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ \ | The quotes are not required for the values of attributes‭.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ \ | | Object support \ | Objects have to be expressed by conventions. Mostly using attributes and elements. \ | Offers native object support \ | | Null support \ | Importance to use xsi: nil on elements in an XML instance document and also need to import the corresponding namespace. \ | Natively recognizes the null value. \ | | Namespaces \ \ | XML provides support for namespaces. It helps you to remove the risk of name collisions when combining with other documents. \ \ | Html does not support the concept of namespaces. The naming collisions can be avoided either using a prefix in an object member name or by nesting objects. \ | | Formatting decisions \ | XML types and attributes required a more significant effort to map application types. \ | Provides direct mapping for application data. \ | | Size \ \ | Documents are mostly lengthy in size, especially when an element-centric approach used in formatting. \ | The syntax is very brief and yields formatted text. \ \ | | Parsing in Javascript \ | An XML DOM implementation and application code are required to map text to JavaScript objects. \ | No extra application code required to parse text. For this purpose, you can use the eval function of JavaScript. \ | | Learning curve \ | Much difficult as you need to learn technologies like XPath, XML Schema, DOM, etc. | HTML is a simple technology stack that is familiar to developers. | ## Conclusion - The XML is a markup language which is designed to store data. It's popularly used or transfer of data. - The HTML is the markup language which helps you to create and design web content. - The XML tags are not predefined. You need to define your customized tags. - The HTML provides support for multimedia embedding in documents - With the help of XML, you can exchange data quickly between different platforms. - The HTML works across a system which is otherwise unrelated - The XML intrinsic data type support - The HTML lacks syntax checking and structure --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/105385/how-is-xml-language-different-from-html-language Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.