A general-purpose markup language is a
markup language that is used for more than one purpose or situation. Other, more specialized
domain-specific
Domain specificity is a theoretical position in cognitive science (especially modern cognitive development) that argues that many aspects of cognition are supported by specialized, presumably evolutionarily specified, learning devices. The posit ...
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:
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ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) is a standard interface description language for defining data structures that can be serialized and deserialized in a cross-platform way. It is broadly used in telecommunications and computer networking, and ...
(Abstract Syntax Notation One)
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EBML
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LML - general-purpose markup language for expressing markdown, variables, and expressions for machine-readable and executable legal documentation
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GML - the predecessor of
SGML
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SGML - a predecessor of
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...
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XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...
- a stripped-down form of SGML
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YAML
YAML ( and ) (''see '') is a human-readable data-serialization language. It is commonly used for configuration files and in applications where data is being stored or transmitted. YAML targets many of the same communications applications as Ext ...
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GLML - General-purpose Legal Markup Language
See also
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Comparison of document markup languages The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of document markup languages. Please see the individual markup languages' articles for further information.
General information
Basic general information about the marku ...
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General-purpose language
A general-purpose language is a computer language that is broadly applicable across application domains, and lacks specialized features for a particular domain. This is in contrast to a domain-specific language (DSL), which is specialized to a par ...
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General-purpose modeling language
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General-purpose programming language
In computer software, a general-purpose programming language (GPL) is a programming language for building software in a wide variety of application domains. Conversely, a domain-specific programming language is used within a specific area. For exam ...
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S-expression
In computer programming, an S-expression (or symbolic expression, abbreviated as sexpr or sexp) is an expression in a like-named notation for nested list (tree-structured) data. S-expressions were invented for and popularized by the programming la ...
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Data serialization formats