Advantages of XML over HTML

Advantages of XML over HTML

HTML was created to meet a very different need than XML. It is clear that XML will not now, or perhaps ever, completely replace HTML. Except of course with regard to the XML-enabled version of HTML, known as XHTML. HTML was designed as a language to present hyperlinked, formatted information in a Web browser. It has no capability to represent metadata, provide validation, support extensibility by users, or support even the basic needs of e-business. Fundamentally, the difference is that HTML is intended for consumption by humans, whereas XML is meant for both machine and human consumption.