Adopting XML: Slide 14

Adopting XML: Tomorrow's Web

Differences from SGML

Like HTML, much simpler!
Like HTML, optimised for delivery over restricted-bandwidth links.
Unlike HTML, a true subset of SGML.
All valid XML documents are valid SGML documents.
SGML tools (conforming to ISO 8879) will work with XML.
Organisations with an existing committment to SGML will find the transition to XML much simpler.

Author: Simon Brooke