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Describe the differences between XML and HTML.

It’s amazing how many developers claim to be proficient programming
with XML, yet do not understand the basic differences between XML
and HTML. Anyone with a fundamental grasp of XML should be able
describe some of the main differences outlined in the table below.

XML
User definable tags

Content driven
End tags required for well formed documents
Quotes required around attributes values
Slash required in empty tags

HTML
Defined set of tags designed for web display

Format driven
End tags not required
Quotes not required
Slash not required