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Xml vs Doctype - What's the difference?

xml | doctype |

As a noun doctype is

(computing) a directive that associates an sgml or xml document (such as a webpage) with a , potentially affecting how it is parsed and rendered.

xml

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • (computing) It is a flexible text format for creating structured computer documents in machine-readable form.

    • Related terms

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    Related terms

    * XHTML

    See also

    * HTML * SGML * XAML * XUL

    References

    * ("XML" on Wikipedia)

    doctype

    English

    (wikipedia doctype)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A directive that associates an SGML or XML document (such as a webpage) with a , potentially affecting how it is parsed and rendered.
  • * 2006 , Paul Haine, HTML mastery: semantics, standards, and styling
    • There are three XHTML 1.0 doctypes available
  • * 2007 , Matthew MacDonald, Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008
    • Common idiosyncrasies that appear in web pages that don't have doctypes include varying text sizes and varying margin space between elements.
  • * 2008 , David Sawyer McFarland, JavaScript: The Missing Manual
    • Most Web page editing programs add an appropriate doctype when you create a new Web page