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Article: Advantages of using SGML. (standard generalized markup language)
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- Technical Communication
- Article date:
- May 1, 1995
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Recently, there has been the use of a new acronym in the vocabulary of technical communicators - SGML. SGML, which stands for Standard Generalized Markup Language, is defined as a language for document representation (International Organization for Standardization 1986, p. 1). This standard document markup allows for documents to be reused and shared on a variety of computing platforms.
This article examines the background leading to the development of SGML, advantages of SGML, and difficulties encountered when first using SGML.
Background
With computers being used for text processing, problems arise in handling the text. For example, formats used by ...