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title: "Is XML meant to replace HTML?"  
description: "Is XML meant to replace HTML?"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-04-02  
updated: 2020-09-24  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1695/is-xml-meant-to-replace-html  
category: "xml"  
tags: ["xml"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Is XML meant to replace HTML?

XML is a portable document structure, which is not really for presentation. XSL or CSS may replace html, but really xml is meant to be storage medium. It is like asking if databases will replace html.

## Answers

### Answer by Vijay Shukla

XML is a portable document structure, which is not really for presentation. XSL or CSS may replace html, but really xml is meant to be storage medium. It is like asking if databases will replace html.


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