Can I embed XML in HTML??

[shachi]

Can anyone tell me if one can embed xml in (x)*html ?

Thanks.

[Twey]

"Embed" how? What do you expect this XML to do? XML is just a data format, it can't do anything without a parser.

[shachi]

Ok, thanks. I just wanted to know if I could or not. Thanks again.

[Twey]

Certainly you can display XML in HTML, and you can even use profiles of it for various things (VML in IE, or MathML in an XHTML-supporting browser).

[mwinter]

Certainly you can display XML in HTML ...

Yes, though it's not valid to include an XML document fragment as markup within a HTML document.

Mike

[shachi]

Twey: So how can I do that?

mwinter: Isn't there any way we can make it valid?

[mwinter]

Isn't there any way we can make it valid?

A HTML document can only contain HTML and character data (text in elements, including embedded style sheets and scripts).

An XML document can be used by parts of a HTML document, such as frames, object elements, and within scripts, but the former cannot be directly contained within the latter. It may be possible to transform the XML document into a HTML fragment, but then it isn't XML any more.

Mike

[shachi]

mwinter: Thanks you for explaining. How can scripts embed them?

[mwinter]

How can scripts embed them?

A script can't, but with support for objects like XMLHttpRequest and DOMDocument, an XML document can loaded and queried using DOM methods.

Mike

[shachi]

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood.