Next: XML documents and the
Up: passivetex
Previous: Document strategies for the
- The developers of XML have taken into account the lessons
learned in the last decade using SGML and HTML.
- By construction XML is (should be) an ideal tool for dealing
with most kinds of data and (multi-lingual) source documents (based
on Unicode, seamless integration with modern languages, such as
Java, perl, and python).
- Has gotten support from all corners of the Internet world:
Open Source people as well as commercial players.
- Many free (and not-so-free) tools are available for all
conceivable operating systems and purposes. Soon HTML-only browsers
will only be a (bad) memory, and most Internet tools will support
XML natively.
Michel Goossens
1999-08-13