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SGML

SGML

1 8.1
A set of rules for adding tags to computer documents so programs know their structure
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : SGML
  • And I've tried to draw it wholly within the SGML boundary to, to emphasise that yes, it really is a genuine subset.
  • SGML tags

Then how does that translate into SGML notation?

Examples

  • The team implemented SGML to ensure consistency in documenting their software requirements.

  • SGML tags are programmed to identify the conceptual areas in the text that are defined by the accounting taxonomy.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Then how does that translate into SGML notation?

    Computerphile

  • It's actually the other way around: HTML, the key technology that enabled the web (SGML), is a derivative of work done by people who probably never envisioned the internet.

    Blog text (2)

  • Note that the first three tasks in the above list become much easier if the filings are presented in HTML (as opposed to plain text with a few SGML tags).

    Academic text (2005)

  • As well, for users wishing to make use of more recently released texts encoded by the standards of the Text Encoding Initiative, NVivo's ability to read SGML or XML encoded data is an important feature that may prove to be extremely useful in the years to come.

    Academic text (2002)

  • While the SEC EDGAR filings are required to have some generic SGML tags, such as the table and column tags, evidently there is no effective validation procedure in place to enforce compliance with these requirements, and the required tags can be missing or misplaced.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Each document formatted in SGML follows specific rules for its markup.

  • Using SGML, developers can create consistent markup vocabularies for their content.

Synonyms

standard generalized markup language
vsSGML
  • Specialized
7.0

A system that uses tags to show a document's parts and format

is the same system but called by its acronym form

Surface Forms

SGML singular
SGMLs plural

Etymology

The word SGML is a name made from the first letters of Standard, Generalized, Markup, and Language, so it stands for a 'standard' way to 'mark up' documents. Think of it like HTML, but more general, because it gives rules for how to describe a document's parts.