| SGML | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| standard generalized mark-up language: an international standard used in publishing for defining the structure and formatting of documents | |
| SGML (ěs'jē-ěm-ěl') Pronunciation Key
Short for Standard Generalized Markup Language. A standardized markup language for describing the structure and formatting of a computer document. Sections of the document are set off by embedded tags. The tags and the relationships among the groups they represent are described in a DTD (Document Type Definition). The tags do not directly specify what the display of the document will look like, so different applications can display the information differently. |
An abbreviation for Standard Generalized Markup Language. This is language used to format text by using tags, which is particularly useful for projects involving cross-references.
| SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language |