XML vs. HTML metadata tags?

[Margaret Gross]

> Has anyone dealt with the issue of using Extensible Markup Language
> (XML) syntax for metadata rather than using the standard HTML <METADATA>
...
> Kelly Doran,
> Weyerhaeuser Co. Technical Library
> dorank at wdni.com

Kelly, if you would like more information on XML, visit the following
sites:

http://www.textuality.com/xml/

To summarize, XML is: 
     simple - the complete spec is less than 30 pages long. XML is
carefully designed to be easier to write software for than either HTML
or full SGML. 
     an open standard - XML is SGML. This means that you may not need to
write any
     software; there are many mature, commercial tools on the market to
help you author, manage, and deliver it. 
...  
http://www.sil.org/sgml/guhaW3C-mcf.html#sec4.1

META CONTENT FRAMEWORK USING XML
ABSTRACT 
This document provides the specification for a data model for describing
information organization structures (metadata) for collections of
networked information. It also provides a syntax for the representation
of instances of this data model using XML, the Extensible Markup
Language. 
...
4. Examples
          4.1 The Acme Content Company Web Site
          4.2 Schema Extensions for Acme
          4.3 A Simple DTD

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