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- XML, eXtensible Markup Language [ structure ]
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- XML, eXtensible Markup Language [ complicated-thing ]
- YAML, YAML Ain't a Markup Language [ simple-thing ]
- XML, eXtensible Markup Language [ simple-thing ]
Markup Technology
- HTML
- XML, eXtensible Markup Language
- LaTeX, Leslie Lamport TeX
- YAML, YAML Ain't a Markup Language
- RTF, Rich Text Format
- SGML, Standard Generalized Markup Language, ISO 8879:1986
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SGML uses a tree to represent a document -- software operates on this tree
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SGML documents are selfdescribing: contain structure (DTD) and content -- separated
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SGML is META language to define particular markup languages -- these languages are then SGML applications
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platform-independent markup scheme, document-centric but VERY powerful --extremely complex