General-purpose markup language

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A general-purpose markup language is a markup language that is used for more than one purpose or situation. Other, more specialized domain-specific markup languages are often based upon these languages. For example, HTML 4.1 and earlier are domain-specific markup languages (for webpages), and are based on the syntax of SGML, which is a general-purpose markup language.

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Notable general-purpose markup languages include:

  • ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One)
  • EBML
  • LML – general-purpose markup language for expressing markdown, variables, and expressions for machine-readable and executable legal documentation
  • GML – the predecessor of SGML
  • SGML – a predecessor of XML
  • XML – a stripped-down form of SGML
  • YAML
  • GLML – General-purpose Legal Markup Language

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