The Coder — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:16:44 +0000

thanks for clarification.....

Abhishek Reddy — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:36:07 +0000

Megan;211033 wrote: It's all based on the same thing but HTML and xHTML are going in two slightly different directions.

They aren't even based on the same thing: HTML is an SGML application, while XHTML is HTML reformulated as an XML application. Of course, they're both specified by the same people, and used for hypertext markup.

With HTML 5, they may go in the same direction after all. It remains to be seen.

Megan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:20:20 +0000

The Coder;211020 wrote: does that mean that html and xhtml are the same thing in sense that ie6 is the same thing as ie7???

No, not really. It's more like, say, the difference between Firefox and other mozilla-based projects (like Flock for example). It's all based on the same thing but HTML and xHTML are going in two slightly different directions.

Megan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:18:46 +0000

xHTML is really a way of transitioning towards XML. xHTML is essentially HTML with a stricter syntax (because in XML you can't get away with any mistakes).

There is some debate in the web design community about whether you should use an HTML or xHTML doctype. Here are a couple of references:

HTML vs. xHTML from the Web Standards Project
Sending xHTML as HTML considered harmful
Sending xHTML as HTML considered harmful to feelings (counterpoint to above)

The Coder — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:07:42 +0000

does that mean that html and xhtml are the same thing in sense that ie6 is the same thing as ie7???

Busy — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:04:03 +0000

As of last month XHTML was the next version of HTML, this month however it's anyones guess as they are talking about bringing out HTML5 (xhtml replaced html at 4.01)