title: Beginning XHTML
author: Frank Boumphrey
description: The Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) is the next-generation base markup language for the Web. XHTML moves the now standard HTML to a valid XML syntax to fill the current compatibility gap between HTML browsers and XML parsers. <I>Beginning XHTML</I> introduces the reader to XHTML, but goes well beyond the relatively minor language differences to provide a well-rounded tutorial on Web markup.
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  ![Front Image2](../Images/image_rsrc2KF.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Cover](../Text/part0000.xhtml)
  
  
  [Character Introductions](../Text/part0001.xhtml)
  
  
  [Prologue](../Text/part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  [1 — He’s Going on a Campaign](../Text/part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  [2 — Chocolate Temptation](../Text/part0008.xhtml)
  
  
  [3 — Let’s Get Ready](../Text/part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  [4 — Out and About](../Text/part0010.xhtml)
  
  
  [5 — The Dessert Party](../Text/part0011.xhtml)
  
  
  [6 — Two Families Under One Roof](../Text/part0014.xhtml)
  
  
  [7 — A Narrow Escape](../Text/part0016.xhtml)
  
  
  [Idle Asides, No. 1, Cercis’ Perspective — The Undercover
  Operation](../Text/part0017.xhtml)
  
  
  [8 — Correspondence](../Text/part0018.xhtml)
  
  
  [9 — The Reply](../Text/part0021.xhtml)
  
  
  [Idle Asides, No. 2, Cercis’ Perspective — A Long-Awaited
  Reply](../Text/part0022.xhtml)
  
  
  [10 — A Return to Normal](../Text/part0023.xhtml)
  
  
  [11 — Showing Restraint](../T