SGML vs. XML

[Mike Szumlinski]

>From a total lack of programming knowledge, I hear XML mentioned a helluva
lot more when dealing with web backends and such than I do SGML. I know that
doesn't help a whole lot...but I think XML is probably the way to go.

-Mike

On 5/16/01 4:20 PM, "Edward Glowacki" <glowack2@msu.edu> wrote:

> I'm once again trying to get into DocBook, and you can write in
> both SGML and XML.  As best I can tell, at least as far as DocBook
> is concerned, it really doesn't matter much which you use.  I did
> find one post somewhere that basically said, "I step on some toes
> here, but XML has a future and SGML doesn't."  Since I haven't
> really started writing anything yet, should I learn the XML or SGML
> syntax (and therefore learn about XML or SGML in general)?

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