XHTML

A cross between HTML and XML, XHTML was developed to ease transition from HTML to XML for developers. XHTML helps developers to delve into XML with all its features and continue to ensure backward and future compatibility of their content. It was built by W3C or the World Wide Web Consortium, and is more rigid than HTML where syntax and case sensitivity are concerned. Therefore, even though XHTML is pretty similar to HTML, it is essential that you write your code accurately. HTML uses an easygoing parser specific to HTML, but XHTML documents are more properly formed and are parsed with the help of standard XML parsers. 

 

Thanks to the stricter standard for developing web pages, XHTML minimizes incompatibilities between different browsers and can be used by all major browsers like Chrome, Microsoft, Opera, Safari, etc. In fact, it builds a standard capable of being used on several types of devices without necessitating change.

XHTML combines the positive features of XML and HTML, facilitating improved code creation on your site.

It can be said that the chief purpose of XHTML is to offer a method for updating HTML documents to comply with XML standards. This makes it possible for them to be viewed with the help of the latest XML browsers.