Understanding XML Blogger Template

Blogger template is stored in XML file, the short for eXtensible Mark-Up Language. XML was designed to store and transport data.

Understanding XML Blogger Template

There are many learning resources if you want to learn XML in deep manner. Below are the resources:

XML Tutorials in W3Schools

We can find tutorials about XML in W3Schools website. This web provide many tutorial about web design and web programming. XML is only one of them. This website provide online editor that can be used directly.

www.XMLObjective.com

XMLObjective provide many explanation about XML.

Below are my understanding about XML after reading both of two sources.

The common thing between XML and HTML

Both of them are Mark-Up Language. Markup languages are designed for the processing, definition and presentation of text. The language specifies code for formatting, both the layout and style, within a text file. The code used to specify the formatting are called tags. HTMLis a an example of a widely known and used markup language.

Both of them using tag <tag> to Mark-Up the text. 

What is the difference between XML and HTML?

HTML is used to display the data, XML used to store and transport the data.

HTML has predefined <tag> meanwhile XML doesn't. We can create our own <tag> in XML.

Along the way i will update this article as my understanding about XML has been more comprehensive.