From 7ce47c5de351cb7d9f9cc36c38fdefb2910d281d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: japplejuice <26143675+japplejuice@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 17:33:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Condensed the comparison of XML & HTML (#21013) Condensed the comparison of XML and HTML in an attempt to be more concise and easier read. --- guide/english/xml/index.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/guide/english/xml/index.md b/guide/english/xml/index.md index 6930ae9b12..7019b93fb9 100644 --- a/guide/english/xml/index.md +++ b/guide/english/xml/index.md @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ In this example, 'note' is the root element. In Computer Language, eXtensible Markup Language(XML) is that which defines a set or block of Rules which are later used for Encoding documents in such a format that is both human and machine readable. -There is a main difference between XML and HTML; XML was designed to carry a particular information and focuses on that informaion only, while HTML focuses on displaying that particular information like design and all these stuff regarding the information. - -XML does not uses a predefined tags as used by HTML. It uses user defined tags. +There are two primary differences between XML and HTML: +1. XML was designed to describe data; whereas, HTML was designed to display data. +2. HTML uses predefined tags while XML uses user defined tags. XML helps simplify: 1. data sharing