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SGML

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An example of an SGML source file. No on-screen formatting is used; headings and paragraphs are tagged as such and only appear in a different typeface in the final display.

International Standards Organization standard describing how the structure (features such as headers, columns, margins, and tables) of a text can be identified so that it can be used, probably via filters, in applications such as desktop publishing and electronic publishing. HTML and VRML are both types of SGML.



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