Thursday, March 12, 2009

Week 8

Week 8... we learned about Multimedia and XML..
I'll be hoenst.. even after reading on the web what XML is... i still do not see the significance of it nor do i understand it compeltely. I guess i need to be a computer wizz to fully understand it.. But so far, based on what i've read, XML is not the same thing as HTML although they are both similar. XML was designed to transport and store data, with focus on what data is while HTML was designed to display data, with focus on how data looks. 
ONe of the things i don't get is "XML does NOT do anything" ....???
XML was created to structure, store, and transport information. 

XML has no predefined tags so the author has freedom to create his/her own tags and own document structure.