XML in Netscape and in Explorer

In this Web Site we focus on the XML support in Internet Explorer 5.0, because of poor support for XML in Netscape. Maybe that will change.

XML on this Web Site

Many applications support XML. We focus on Internet Explorer 5.0.

Some of you have complained about this, but we do it simply because this is the only practical way we know, to demonstrate real XML examples for you over the Internet.

Sad to say - while we are waiting for Netscape - most of our software examples will work only with IE5. If you want to learn XML the easy way - with lots of examples for you to try out - you will have to live with that.

XML in Netscape Navigator

Netscape has promised full XML support in its next browser.

We hope that Netscape will include standard support for the W3C XML in its next version of the browser.

Based on previous experience we can only HOPE that Navigator and Explorer XML will be compatible in the future.

Your option at the moment - if you want to work with cross browser XML - is to work with XML on your server and transform your XML to HTML before it is sent to the browser.

You can read more about transforming XML to HTML in W3Schools' XSL School.

XML in Internet Explorer 5.0

Internet Explorer 5.0 supports the XML 1.0 standard.

Internet Explorer 5.0 supports most of the international standards for XML 1.0 and the XML DOM (Document Object Model). These standards are set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Internet Explorer 5.0 has the following XML support:

Viewing of XML documents
Full support for W3C DTD standards
XML embedded in HTML as Data Islands
Binding XML data to HTML elements
Transforming and displaying XML with XSL
Displaying XML with CSS
Access to the XML DOM

Internet Explorer 5.0 also has support for Behaviors:

Behaviors is a Microsoft-only technology
Behaviors can separate scripts from an HTML page.