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Difference Between XML and HTML

XML and HTML are both markup languages used to create webpages, but XML focuses on transporting and saving data without formatting while HTML enhances appearance and is used to display interactive data with predefined formatting tags. Key differences include XML being case-sensitive and allowing custom tags while HTML ignores case and has static predefined tags for presentation purposes.

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Difference Between XML and HTML

XML and HTML are both markup languages used to create webpages, but XML focuses on transporting and saving data without formatting while HTML enhances appearance and is used to display interactive data with predefined formatting tags. Key differences include XML being case-sensitive and allowing custom tags while HTML ignores case and has static predefined tags for presentation purposes.

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Difference Between XML and HTML

Both XML and HTML are used to create webpages and web applications. However, the two are
different in many ways. In this article, we shall discuss these points of difference between XML and
HTML.

XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language and is used to transport and save data. The focus here is
not on displaying or the appearance of the data.

On the other hand, HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. This computer language helps to
make the data more interactive with multiple formatting features.

XML vs HTLM - Comparative Analysis


For a better understanding as to how the two languages are different from each other, given below is a
tabulated difference between XML and HTML for the assistance of candidates. Refer to the points of
difference between the two:

Difference Between XML and HTML

XML HTML

The full form is eXtensible Markup Language The full form is Hypertext Markup Language

The main purpose is to focus on the transport of Focusses on the appearance of data. Enhances
data and saving the data the appearance of text

XML is dynamic because it is used in the HTML is static because its main function is in the
transport of data display of data

It is case sensitive. The upper and lower case It is not case sensitive. Upper and lower case are
needs to be kept in mind while coding of not much importance in HTML

You can define tags as per your requirement but It has its own pre-defined tags and it is not
closing tags are mandatory necessary to have closing tags

XML can preserve white spaces White spaces are not preserves in HTML

eXtensible Markup Language is content-driven Hypertext Markup Language, on the other hand,
and not many formatting features are available is presentation driven. How the text appears is of
utmost importance

Any error in the code shall not give the final Small errors in the coding can be ignored and the
outcome outcome can be achieved

The size of the document may be large No lengthy documents. Only the syntax needs to
be added for best-formatted output

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