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Hitch · 11-25-2015, 04:16 PM

Sorry:

I just have one more thing I gotta say.

The whole "hoorah" about XML was simply this--that machines couldn't read HTML and figure out what each element was. THAT was the entire point of XML.

XML is meant to be read by machines.
HTML is meant to be read by humans.

We're discussing BOOKS here, not computer programs. The end user in mind is NOT a machine. It's a person.

Here endeth the lesson.

Hitch

11-25-2015, 04:16 PM	#58
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	Sorry: I just have one more thing I gotta say. The whole "hoorah" about XML was simply this--that machines couldn't read HTML and figure out what each element was. THAT was the entire point of XML. XML is meant to be read by machines. HTML is meant to be read by humans. We're discussing BOOKS here, not computer programs. The end user in mind is NOT a machine. It's a person. Here endeth the lesson. Hitch