What else can I do with HTML?

[csilver613]

I'm taking a course in web developing and the question came up- What else, besides creating web pages, can HTML do?
Is there anything it can be used for besides developing web pages?
Thanks for your thoughts!

[pyro]

HTML is a markup language, so it's not overly useful for anything besides web pages. It could, perhaps, be used for other things, but in that regard XML is much, much more useful.

[DaveSW]

Well, I can only think of a few things:

1) You can make interactive documents for use locally.

2) You can make Software Documentation and Help Files.

3) You can make the stuff that goes on distributable cd's - when they autoload with an intro telling you more about the magazine or software or even resources for the book you just bought.

I hope these may be of some help, as I can't really think what the chap means...

[Robert Wellock]

It can make use of hyperlinks and import objects via the <object> element but on its own HTML 4.01 is static.

[iniquity101]

does anyone knowhow you would go about making help files using html, would you just create the files using html and link them using hyperlinks.?
then how would you make them into a sort of help program??:confused:

[Robert Wellock]

That depends thee are various ways, for example: http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa06.htm