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title: "Describe the differences between XML and HTML."  
description: "Describe the differences between XML and HTML."  
author: "Dependra Pathak"  
published: 2011-03-18  
updated: 2020-09-21  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/504/describe-the-differences-between-xml-and-html  
category: "xml"  
tags: ["xml"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Describe the differences between XML and HTML.

The main differences are\

**XML\** User definable tags

Content driven\
End tags required for well formed documents\
Quotes required around attributes values\
Slash required in empty tags

**HTML\** Defined set of tags designed for web display

Format driven\
End tags not required\
Quotes not required\
Slash not required

## Answers

### Answer by Dependra Pathak

The main differences are\

**XML\** User definable tags

Content driven\
End tags required for well formed documents\
Quotes required around attributes values\
Slash required in empty tags

**HTML\** Defined set of tags designed for web display

Format driven\
End tags not required\
Quotes not required\
Slash not required


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