What is the difference between .md and .xml?
- Extension
- .md
- .xml
- Format
- Text
- Text
- Category
- Developer
- Developer
- Developer
- John Gruber
- W3C
- Description
- An MD file is a text file created using one of several possible dialects of the Markdown language. It is saved in plain text format but includes inline text symbols that define how to format the text (e.g., bold, indentations, headers, table formatting). MD files are designed for authoring plain text documentation that can be easily converted to HTML.
- An XML file is an XML (Extensible Markup Language) data file. It is formatted much like an .HTML document, but uses custom tags to define objects and the data within each object. XML files can be thought of as a text-based database.
- MIME Type
- text/x-markdown
- application/xml
- Sample
- sample.md
- sample.xml
- Wikipedia
- .md on Wikipedia
- .xml on Wikipedia