XML v. HTML Technology

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This paper compares HTML and XML to determine the advantages of the latter for internet applications. The structure and benefits of each technology protocol are outlined in order to show that although XML is not widely in use at present, it is the technology of the future because it allows more control and use of the content of web data transfers.

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"As the Internet came into common use in the last two decades and evolved from a tool for scientific and academic research into a forum for sharing all forms of information, including commerce, entertainment and art, the need for speed, efficiency and flexibility became increasingly apparent. In its original form, the technology that was used to build websites and structure data was termed Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML and this served the needs for scientific/academic research look-up fairly well. However, as Internet traffic and data sharing demands have increased, the technology has been proven insufficient to meet the needs of new Internet uses and users."

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