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Last modified: December 21, 2002
Introducing the Extensible Markup Language (XML)

SGML and XML as Meta- Markup Languages

SGML and XML are formal metalanguage facilities for defining markup languages. SGML has the full power to configure a set of features for markup languages, whereas XML has a fixed set of these SGML features. Since XML is a profile of SGML (rather like a proper subset of SGML features), most introductory presentations about SGML convey relevant information about XML as well.

A collection of references for SGML may be found in "SGML: Introductions and Overviews."

Introductions to XML

The following list of introductory and tutorial articles on XML is extracted from the complete chronological listing of articles collected for the XML Cover Pages, viz., from the Current XML Articles and the archived reference collections. Introductory books are referenced in "SGML/XML Books: Essential and Popular Titles." The documents cited below constitute representative overviews, and are throught to be relatively free of company-specific marketing rhetoric. Succinct and focused overviews of XML are provided in some of the XML FAQ documents. See especially "The XML FAQ" maintained by Peter Flynn. Readers who will benefit from a general introduction to SGML as background to XML may wish to consult some of the very readable documents of this genre.


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