XML and Browser compatibility

Browsers - What about XML?

Internet Explorer 5.5 and upwards, FIrefox, Netscape 6 and upwards, and Opera v5 and upwards all support XML.

XML is definitely the web language of the future. Many websites already use XML and use stylesheets to transform the pages into HTML that is viewable in your browser. By using different stylesheets, a web page can be displayed in HTML if requested by a web browser or in WML for example if requested by a WAP (wireless - usually on mobile phones) browser, or indeed in any format that there is a requirement for.

Netscape 6 and Internet Explorer 5.0 can both view XML pages directly (i.e.: pages with a .xml extension) but it is going to be another few years before webmasters decide to give up HTML in favor of XML to display the content.

However this gradual move towards XML is going to mean increased use of stylesheets, to separate the content of a site from the layout and format.

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