Browser XML Display Support Chart
May 2, 2000
This table summarizes the findings of our investigations into the support for XML browsing offered by the latest web browsers. You can find the full articles here:
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Browser |
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Feature |
Netscape 6 Preview Release 1 |
Opera 4 beta 3 |
Internet Explorer 5.0/Mac |
Internet Explorer 5.5/Win |
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XML display without style sheet |
Everything as inline |
Everything as inline |
Structured presentation |
Structured presentation |
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Uses W3C PI to connect style sheets |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
display:inline
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
display:list (and list-item) |
yes |
yes (numbering issues) |
yes (numbering issues) |
no |
display:table (and contents) |
yes |
yes (some interactions with embedded HTML) |
no |
no |
|
XLink support |
yes (3/3/98 draft) |
through CSS extensions |
no |
no |
|
Embedded HTML support |
yes (using HTML 4.0 URI as namespace) |
yes (using HTML 4.0 URI as namespace, some problems with HTML
|
yes (using |
yes (using |
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XSLT support |
no (in development) |
no (no announcements) |
yes, based on old draft (new processor in development) |
yes, based on old draft (new processor in development) |
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Release status |
Preview Release |
Beta |
Shipping |
Preview Release |