tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669319597798967102.post4374855327401798865..comments2022-11-23T05:18:14.574+00:00Comments on The blog: XAML is sillyJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031985767167992777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669319597798967102.post-47825734067522726202011-05-30T13:54:06.452+01:002011-05-30T13:54:06.452+01:00XAML is just an XML schema. XHTML is another one.
...XAML is just an XML schema. XHTML is another one.<br /><br />It's one specific use of XML. Basically they're different layers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669319597798967102.post-34616209836443798792011-05-26T20:44:20.253+01:002011-05-26T20:44:20.253+01:00It's a common convention for technologies that...It's a common convention for technologies that use XML syntax to have a name like something something Language. Some examples are XUL, which is Mozilla's UI markup language, or MathML. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_markup_languages" rel="nofollow">There's a more complete list on Wikipedia</a>.Jon Rimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587503998121686945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669319597798967102.post-2623584534389943752011-05-26T18:01:22.396+01:002011-05-26T18:01:22.396+01:00I forgot to say: XML has attributes too, but imple...I forgot to say: XML has attributes too, but implementations are not consistent as to when they use attributes and when they use child elements.Jon Dowlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788647521207177396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669319597798967102.post-20092998825223124622011-05-26T17:59:04.527+01:002011-05-26T17:59:04.527+01:00XML describes pure syntax. An "implementation...XML describes pure syntax. An "implementation" of XML (such as xaml, or XHTML) extend it with something else: not quite semantics, but rules like "body must go in HTML". And probably semantics as well. They harness the power of "outsourcing" syntax to XML, which allows for tool reuse.<br /><br />The w3c have disbanded the XHTML working group and 1.1 remains unfinished. The future of the web is HTML again: not the XML-dialect XHTML, but a derivation of HTML4.<br /><br />Who is driving it and what it's called are a complex story: read up on whatwg.Jon Dowlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788647521207177396noreply@blogger.com