XHTML
Reformulation of HTML 4.01 as an XML Application
Better integration with other, XML based specs
(MathML, SMIL, SVG, etc)
Final separation of style and content
Better, more robust implementations
Usage of XML tools to manage (X)HTML content (eg, XSLT)
Why doing it (ie, why not rely on XML only)?
HTML has a large and useful set of semantics
The tags are already known
Why reinvent the wheel?
Ivan Herman, W3C Head of Offices
16 July, 2002
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