The Benefits of XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language)
HTML is a powerful language for authoring Web content, but its design does not take into consideration small devices.
Devices with limited resources cannot generally afford to implement HTML. Requiring a full-fledged computer for access to the World Wide Web excludes a large portion of devices access to online information and services.
Because there are many ways to write HTML, there is no common base set. So developing applications for a wide range of Web devices becomes difficult. Which is where XHTML comes in...
XHTML provides a document type that can be shared across devices (e.g. desktop, TV, and mobile phones), and that is rich enough to be used for simple content authoring. Thus an XHTML document can be presented on the maximum number of Web devices & most importantly to the maximum number of potential customers using new technologies.
Benefits of XHTML
The benefits of adopting XHTML now or migrating your existing site to the new standards are numerous:
- XHTML ensures excellent forward-compatibility
- XHTML is the new set of standards that the web will be built on in the years to come
- Future browser versions might stop supporting deprecated elements from old HTML
- XHTML is no more difficult to use than HTML ever was
- XHTML produces a more streamlined experience for users
- Browsers interpret and display XHTML pages quicker
- XHTML pages are more accessible than old style HTML pages
- XHTML pages are guaranteed to work in any standards-compliant browser
- XHTML allows greater access to devices other than a computer and browser
Cleaner, more logical markup
XHTML brings uniformity to web pages. The rules of XHTML help restore the structural integrity of coded pages that was lost during the web's rapid commercial expansion between 1994 and 2001.
Increased interoperability
Unlike old-style HTML pages, valid, well-formed XHTML documents can easily be "transported" to wireless devices, Braille readers and other specialized web environments.
Moreover, XHTML's insistence on clean, rule-based markup helps us avoid the kind of errors that can make web pages fail even in traditional browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, and Opera Software's Opera browser.
Greater accessibility
Because they follow strict rules and avoid non-standard markup, well-authored XHTML pages are more accessible than old-school HTML pages enabling sites to comply with laws and accessibility guidelines.
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