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About applying XML formatting rules

Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) are both designed for web documents. Unlike HTML, XML is designed for data. Also unlike HTML, XML supports the use of customized tags for specific data.

The rules governing the syntax of XML tags are stricter than those for HTML. A missing tag or incorrectly formatted attribute in an XML document renders the file useless.

When you select the Apply XML formatting rules option, Microsoft FrontPage searches the XML code for missing or incomplete tags and applies the correct tags.

Important   If you apply XML formatting to a document formatted to exclude selected ending tags (for example, the </P> tag), those tags will likely be applied by this feature.