An international standard [ISO 8879: 1986] that establishes a method for information interchange. SGML prescribes constructs for marking the structure of information separate fro its intended presentation or format. The DocBook markup language conforms to this SGML standard.
The International Standard for the interchange of structured information. Charles F. Goldfarb was invented SGML in 1974. Large complex documents as used in domains as diverse as aircraft design and maintenance and programming language design.
(computer science) a standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents; a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted
An ISO standard (ISO 8879), first used by the publishing industry, for defining, specifying, and creating digital documents that can be delivered, displayed, linked, and manipulated in a system-independent manner.
A syntax for markup languages that formalizes markup and frees it of system and processing dependencies.
Standard Generalized Markup Language, as detailed in ISO 8879 and FIPS Pub 152. SGML is a Meta language that provides a coherent and unambiguous syntax for describing the logical structure of publications in unambiguous grammar. Formalizes the markup process and frees it of system and processing dependencies.
An open document definition language much in use in the publishing industry. HTML is a definition under SGML.
The parent language of HTML and XML. SGML provides a complex set of rules for defining document structures, HTML uses structures defined under that set of rules, whereas XML provide a subset of the rules for defining document structures. SGML is formally standardized as ISO/IEC 8879-1986, although a series of later amendments have continued its development.
Since 1986, SGML has been the international ISO standard used to define standards-based markup languages. HTML is a markup language that is defined using SGML. The HTML DTD the specifies HTML is written in SGML syntax. XML is not a markup language written in SGML. There is no pre-defined DTD for "XML Markup". XML is a subset of the SGML standard itself.
A system for describing structural divisions in text (i.e., title-page, chapter, scene, and stanza), typographical elements (changes in typeface, and special characters), and other textual features (grammatical structure, location of illustrations, and variant forms).
(SGML) b . A language for describing markup languages, particularly those used in electronic document exchange, document management, and document publishing.
An ISO standard (ISO 8879:1986) that provides a formal mechanism for the definition of document structure via DTDs (Document Type Definitions), and a notation for the markup of document instances conforming to a DTD.
An international Standard (ISO 8879:1986) that describes a generalized marup scheme for representing the logical structure of documents in a system-independent and platform independent manner.
The international standard for defining descriptions of structure and content of electronic documents. Despite its name, SGML is not a language in itself, but a way of defining languages that are developed along its general principles. SGML defines the way that a markup language is built by specifying the syntax and definitions for the elements and attributes that compose it. XML is a subset of SGML designed to deliver SGML-type information over the Web, while HTML is an application of SGML.
The international standard for defining specific types of electronic documents. HTML is the most familiar document type derived from SGML.
SGML is mother of all markup languages. HTML and XML are subsets of SGML. Why do we need subsets? Because SGML is powerful but difficult to use.
a notation for generalized markup developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It separates textual information from the processing function used for formatting. It was found difficult to parse, due to the many variants possible, and so XML was developed as a subset to resolve the ambiguities and to make parsing easier.
The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) is a metalanguage in which one can define markup languages for documents. SGML is a descendant of IBM's Generalized Markup Language (GML), developed in the 1960s by Charles Goldfarb, Edward Mosher and Raymond Lorie (whose surname initials were used by Goldfarb to make up the term GML). SGML and GML should not be confused with the Geography Markup Language developed by the Open GIS Consortium or the Game Maker scripting language.