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What is SGML?

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What is SGML?

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Standard Generalized Markup Language is an international standard used for annotating documents with information about structure and semantics in a way that both computers and humans can understand. HTML and XML are based on the earlier SGML standard.

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SGML is the Standard Generalized Markup Language (ISO 8879), the international standard for defining descriptions of the structure and content of different types of electronic document. There is an SGML FAQ at http://www.infosys.utas.edu.au/info/sgmlfaq.txt which is posted every month to the comp.text.sgml newsgroup, and the SGML Web pages are at http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/sgml-xml.html. ISO standards are governed by the International Organization for Standardization in Geneva, Switzerland, and voted into or out of existence by representatives from every country s national standards body. • If you have a query about an international standard, you should contact your national standards body for the name of your country s representative on the relevant ISO committee or working group. • If you have a query about your country s representation in Geneva or about the conduct of your national standards body, you should contact the relevant government department in your country, or speak