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How to Create XML Custom Tags

Written By
Joe Burns
Joe Burns
Jan 4, 2005
1 minute read

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[XML Name SpaceThe Code]
[Many NameSpace Tags]

A long time ago, on a computer far, far away, I wrote a tutorial on this new thing called eXtensible Markup Language. Natives know it as XML.

Many read the tutorial and asked the question… So what? XML didn’t seem like something that would help the Weekend Silicon Warrior. E-mail came in asking what could be done with XML. Until now, I didn’t have a really good answer, but with the advent of MSIE 5.0, I’ve found a pretty good use for XML.

You can use it to create your own HTML tags… but only in MSIE 5.0 (as of 7/16/99).


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