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Primary Difference Between XML and HTML

• HTML targets an application (web browser)
• XML data can be much more open-ended
  • browsing, printing, indexing, searching, filtering ... (it's up to you)

• XML is syntactically strict
  • Very few options when composing correct files
  • “Draconian Error Handling” — processor must quit if document is not “well-formed”
  • Tools are easy to build
  • ... providing for a commodity market in compatible tools
• HTML is syntactically loose
  • Anything goes
  • ... as long as it works in the browser ...
  • (which browser?!)