Standard Generalised Markup Language

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The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) is a markup language that is a development of Generalised Markup Language.

International Standard: ISO 8879:1986

SGML Applications

  • CALS (Computer-Aided Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support)
  • DocBook
  • HTML (up to version 4.01)
  • TEI (Text Encoding Initiative)

Tools

  • Bellcore SuperBook System
  • Exoterica
    • OmniMark
    • SGML Kernel
  • IBM
    • SGML TextWrite OS/2 Edition
    • SGML TextWrite Tools OS/2 Edition
    • TextTagger Workstation Edition
    • ProcessMaster CALS OS/2 Workstation Driver Feature
  • TetraSys
    • EasyTag
    • HyperTag
  • sgmls
  • Yorktown SGML Parser (YASP)

Text Editors

  • Datalogics WriterStation
OS/2 text editors
  • Frame Technology: WriterStation/PM
Java text editors
  • jEdit - Java based editor - SGML syntax highlighting built in

Publications

  • Martin Bryan: SGML: An Author's Guide to the Standard Generalized Markup Language - Addison-Wesley 1988, ISBN 0-201-17535-5
  • Charles F. Goldfarb: The SGML Handbook - Oxford University Press 1990, ISBN 0-19-853737-1