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Comparison of document markup languages
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<h2 id="general-information">General information</h2> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Lightweight_markup_language/2N0GJx5b">Lightweight markup language</a></p> <p>Basic general information about the markup languages: creator, version, etc. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Markup_language/WwhlNVIu">Language</a></th><th>First public release date</th><th>Creator</th><th>Editor</th><th><a href="/facts/File_viewer/H7CWQ3EH">Viewer</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/AsciiDoc/WUVfzXFW">AsciiDoc</a></th><td>2002</td><td>Stuart Rackham</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td>Output to <a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a>, <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/DocBook/8RpRVfCQ">DocBook</a> (which can convert to <a href="/facts/PDF/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/EPUB/5K41t91V">EPUB</a>, <a href="/facts/Device_independent_file_format/afmP6zeJ">DVI</a>, <a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a>, <a href="/facts/Roff_(computer_program)/oAkp6L5m">roff</a>, and <a href="/facts/PostScript/h2XwbcmC">PostScript</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Computable_Document_Format/6kn2B01B">Computable Document Format</a></th><td>2010</td><td><a href="/facts/Wolfram_Research/rDU0dXdE">Wolfram Research</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Wolfram_Language/MDxl50Yq">Wolfram Language</a> & <a href="/facts/Mathematica/dRwoGFG2">Mathematica</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CDF_Player/6kn2B01B">CDF Player</a>; CDF format can also be embedded in web pages viewable with conventional browsers.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Creole_(markup)/3kfX5jod">Creole</a></th><td>2007</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td>Output to <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Rich_Text_Format/hsVH9Jot">RTF</a>, <a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a>, others; renderers for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Foundation_Class_Library/J2N5pas5">MFC</a>, others.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Darwin_Information_Typing_Architecture/mTDd9vU3">Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)</a></th><td>2005</td><td>IBM, <a href="/facts/OASIS_(organization)/a2r8y7tX">OASIS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text</a>/<a href="/facts/XML_editor/v2dmuegs">XML editor</a></td><td>Output to <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help/IXu6orUI">CHM</a>, <a href="/facts/Javadoc/pm72Xvlf">javadoc</a>, others.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/DocBook/8RpRVfCQ">DocBook</a></th><td>1992</td><td>The Davenport Group, <a href="/facts/OASIS_(organization)/a2r8y7tX">OASIS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/XML_editor/v2dmuegs">XML editor</a></td><td>Output to <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help/IXu6orUI">CHM</a>, <a href="/facts/Javadoc/pm72Xvlf">javadoc</a>, others.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Encoded_Archival_Description/W2CRulU9">Encoded Archival Description (EAD)</a></th><td>1998</td><td>Berkeley Project</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">Web browser</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML)</a></th><td>2000 (January 26)</td><td><a href="/facts/W3C/lGWmhF6M">W3C</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text</a>/<a href="/facts/XML_editor/v2dmuegs">XML editor</a>, <a href="/facts/HTML_editor/Tf82QUku">HTML editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">Web browser</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/">Halibut</a></th><td>1999</td><td><a href="/facts/Simon_Tatham/bz9AkTCm">Simon Tatham</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td>Output to ASCII text, <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/PostScript/h2XwbcmC">PostScript</a>, <a href="/facts/Man_page/S2yYjy0J">Unix man pages</a>, <a href="/facts/Info_(Unix)/Urfcdvv9">GNU Info</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help/IXu6orUI">Windows Help (.CHM files)</a>, Windows WinHelp (old .HLP files)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HyperText Markup Language (HTML)</a></th><td>1993</td><td><a href="/facts/Tim_Berners-Lee/JRv21mt9">Tim Berners-Lee</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a>, <a href="/facts/HTML_editor/Tf82QUku">HTML editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">Web browser</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/GNU_LilyPond/AILGy6Ie">LilyPond</a></th><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/Han-Wen_Nienhuys/AILGy6Ie">Han-Wen Nienhuys</a>, <a href="/facts/Jan_Nieuwenhuizen/AILGy6Ie">Jan Nieuwenhuizen</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a>, <a href="/facts/Scorewriter/KVVCI1xX">Scorewriter</a></td><td>Output to <a href="/facts/DVI_file_format/afmP6zeJ">DVI</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/PostScript/h2XwbcmC">PostScript</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Network_Graphics/mwgK6xw5">PNG</a>, others.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Maker_Interchange_Format/ClIJXRcx">Maker Interchange Format (MIF)</a></th><td>1986</td><td><a href="/facts/Adobe_FrameMaker/ClIJXRcx">Frame Technology</a> acquired by <a href="/facts/Adobe_Systems/Bj1d5XvJ">Adobe Systems</a> in 1995</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a>, <a href="/facts/FrameMaker/ClIJXRcx">FrameMaker</a></td><td><a href="/facts/FrameMaker/ClIJXRcx">FrameMaker</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/MakeDoc/WubW1jnR">MakeDoc</a></th><td>2000</td><td><a href="/facts/Carl_Sassenrath/vzFLdCLk">Carl Sassenrath</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">Web browser</a> (<a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a> or <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> output)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Markdown/yAL6qk7M">Markdown</a></th><td>2004</td><td><a href="/facts/John_Gruber/sWHdogTd">John Gruber</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a>, <a href="/facts/E-mail_client/pQdW9HtC">E-mail client</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">Web browser</a> (<a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a> or <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> output), preview in gedit-markdown-plugin</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/MathML/uKRIc3Fy">Math Markup Language (MathML)</a></th><td>1999 (July)</td><td><a href="/facts/W3C/lGWmhF6M">W3C</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text</a>/<a href="/facts/XML_editor/v2dmuegs">XML editor</a>, <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a> converter</td><td><a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">Web browser</a>, <a href="/facts/Word_processor/qAR7lagF">Word processor</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Music_Encoding_Initiative/1WxAE4HY">The Music Encoding Initiative (MEI)</a></th><td>1999</td><td>The MEI Community</td><td><a href="/facts/XML_editor/v2dmuegs">XML editor</a></td><td>Verovio</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/MusicXML/Hq4nfR7x">Music Extensible Markup Language (MusicXML)</a></th><td>2002</td><td>Recordare</td><td><a href="/facts/Scorewriter/KVVCI1xX">Scorewriter</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Scorewriter/KVVCI1xX">Scorewriter</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://mystmd.org/">MyST Markdown</a></th><td>2019</td><td>ExecutableBooks team</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td>Output to <a href="/facts/Word_processor/qAR7lagF">Word processor</a>, <a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/Markdown/yAL6qk7M">Markdown</a>.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Office_Open_XML/294uNJrf">Office Open XML (OOXML)</a></th><td>2006</td><td><a href="/facts/Ecma_International/HCbnIU6n">Ecma International</a>, <a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">ISO</a>/<a href="/facts/International_Electrotechnical_Commission/hSK0kjwI">IEC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Office_suite/WcKtjN6j">Office suite</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Office_suite/WcKtjN6j">Office suite</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/OpenDocument/pMtcVuNr">OpenDocument Format (ODF)</a></th><td>2005</td><td><a href="/facts/OASIS_(organization)/a2r8y7tX">OASIS</a>, <a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">ISO</a>/<a href="/facts/International_Electrotechnical_Commission/hSK0kjwI">IEC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Office_suite/WcKtjN6j">Office suite</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Office_suite/WcKtjN6j">Office suite</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/OMDoc/bbweTqmU">Open Mathematical Documents (OMDoc)</a></th><td>2000</td><td><a href="/facts/Michael_Kohlhase/lbVaoY9X">Michael Kohlhase</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text</a>/<a href="/facts/XML_editor/v2dmuegs">XML editor</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td>Output to <a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a>+<a href="/facts/MathML/uKRIc3Fy">MathML</a>, <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a>, others.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Org-mode/j9jrKW5r">Org-mode</a></th><td>2003</td><td>Org-mode project</td><td><a href="/facts/Emacs/BvGxuAxQ">Emacs</a>, text editor</td><td><a href="/facts/Emacs/BvGxuAxQ">Emacs</a>. Output to <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/DocBook/8RpRVfCQ">DocBook</a>, <a href="/facts/FreeMind/JqfLAV2R">FreeMind</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenDocument/pMtcVuNr">OpenDocument Format (ODF)</a>, others.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ReStructuredText/Eh7XGmed">reStructuredText</a></th><td>2001<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td>David Goodger</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td>Output to <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/Man_page/S2yYjy0J">Unix man pages</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenDocument/pMtcVuNr">ODT</a>, <a href="/facts/S5_(file_format)/I5X96Btk">S5 (HTML Slide Shows)</a>, <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, others.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Scalable_Vector_Graphics/ARq5C3YV">Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)</a></th><td>2004</td><td><a href="/facts/W3C/lGWmhF6M">W3C</a></td><td><a href="/facts/List_of_vector_graphics_editors/8A37sskz">Vector graphics editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">Web browser</a>, etc.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/SCRIPT_(markup)/Fl6GQpvX">Script</a><a href="/facts/IBM_Generalized_Markup_Language/hPYWpzJm">GML</a></th><td>19681971</td><td><a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td>GDDM, <a href="/facts/IBM_Advanced_Function_Printing_(AFP)/m3A1l9dP">AFP</a> viewer</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a><a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a></th><td>19781984</td><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Knuth/GozNzDM6">Donald Knuth</a><a href="/facts/Leslie_Lamport/jGCarz9C">Leslie Lamport</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/DVI_file_format/afmP6zeJ">DVI</a> or <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">Portable Document Format (PDF)</a> converter</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Texinfo/kPbPabMy">Texinfo</a></th><td>1986</td><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Stallman/hhoPN0Mw">Richard Stallman</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td>output to <a href="/facts/DVI_file_format/afmP6zeJ">DVI</a>, <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">Portable Document Format (PDF)</a>, <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/DocBook/8RpRVfCQ">DocBook</a>, others.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/TeXmacs/IlxVnuww">TeXmacs format</a></th><td>1998</td><td><a href="/facts/Joris_van_der_Hoeven/UNhYHCwT">Joris van der Hoeven</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text</a> editor/<a href="/facts/GNU_TeXmacs/IlxVnuww">TeXmacs editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a> or <a href="/facts/PostScript/h2XwbcmC">PostScript</a> files. Converters exist for <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a>/<a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a> and <a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a>+<a href="/facts/Mathml/uKRIc3Fy">Mathml</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Textile_(markup_language)/yEb7wW89">Textile</a></th><td>2002<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td>Dean Allen</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">Web browser</a> (<a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a> or <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> output), reference and tester (uses latest PHP-Textile version 3.5.5)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Text_Encoding_Initiative/fWz7YYv9">Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)</a></th><td>1990</td><td>Text Encoding Initiative Consortium</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text</a>/<a href="/facts/XML_editor/v2dmuegs">XML editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_Browser/2pfyymLs">Web Browser</a> (using <a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a>), <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/Word_Processor/qAR7lagF">Word Processor</a> (using <a href="/facts/OpenDocument/pMtcVuNr">ODF</a>) or <a href="/facts/EPUB/5K41t91V">EPUB</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Troff/NtPk6T03">troff (typesetter runoff)</a>, <a href="/facts/Groff_(software)/XS6GD6px">groff (GNU runoff)</a></th><td>1973</td><td><a href="/facts/Joe_Ossanna/RNLjGcME">Joe Ossanna</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text editor</a></td><td>groffer, or output to <a href="/facts/PostScript/h2XwbcmC">PostScript</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Wireless_Markup_Language/2Ua3u1Cw">Wireless Markup Language (WML)</a></th><td>1999</td><td><a href="/facts/WAP_Forum/5sQQMsvo">WAP Forum</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">Text</a>/<a href="/facts/XML_editor/v2dmuegs">XML editor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mobile_browser/tKvf0bfJ">Mobile browser</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Markup_language/WwhlNVIu">Language</a></th><th>First public release date</th><th>Creator</th><th>Editor</th><th><a href="/facts/File_viewer/H7CWQ3EH">Viewer</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: While <a href="/facts/Rich_Text_Format/hsVH9Jot">Rich Text Format (RTF)</a> is human readable, it is not considered to be a markup language and is thus excluded from the table. </p> <h2 id="characteristics">Characteristics</h2> <p>Some characteristics of the markup languages. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Language</th><th>Major purpose</th><th>Based on</th><th>Markup type</th><th>Structural markup</th><th>Presentational markup<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></th><th><a href="/facts/Open_format/TKcCW6mA">Open format</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/AsciiDoc/WUVfzXFW">AsciiDoc</a></th><td>Multi-purpose</td><td></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Computable_Document_Format/6kn2B01B">Computable Document Format</a></th><td>Interactive technical documents, infographics, blogs<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Wolfram_Language/MDxl50Yq">Wolfram Language</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Darwin_Information_Typing_Architecture/mTDd9vU3">Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)</a></th><td>Technical documents</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/DocBook/8RpRVfCQ">DocBook</a></th><td>Technical documents</td><td><a href="/facts/Standard_Generalized_Markup_Language/euIKXwHV">SGML</a> / <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Encoded_Archival_Description/W2CRulU9">Encoded Archival Description (EAD)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Finding_aid/KDHQzmBL">Finding aids</a></td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Hypertext/qD8ozxSb">Hypertext</a> documents</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/FB2/h3h4xq9C">FictionBook</a></th><td>Multi-purpose</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/">Halibut</a></th><td>Technical documents</td><td></td><td>Control code</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HyperText Markup Language (HTML)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Hypertext/qD8ozxSb">Hypertext</a> documents</td><td><a href="/facts/Standard_Generalized_Markup_Language/euIKXwHV">SGML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Lilypond/AILGy6Ie">Lilypond</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Music_notation/eubaB0AK">Music notation</a></td><td></td><td>Control code</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Maker_Interchange_Format/ClIJXRcx">Maker Interchange Format (MIF)</a></th><td>Technical documents</td><td></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Markdown/yAL6qk7M">Markdown</a></th><td>Formatted Technical documents, <a href="/facts/Hypertext/qD8ozxSb">Hypertext</a> documents, <a href="/facts/E-mail/6pD9GLtI">E-mail</a></td><td>Text E-mail conventions</td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/MathML/uKRIc3Fy">Math Markup Language (MathML)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">Mathematical</a> documents</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Music_Encoding_Initiative/1WxAE4HY">The Music Encoding Initiative (MEI)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Music_notation/eubaB0AK">Music notation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/MusicXML/Hq4nfR7x">Music Extensible Markup Language (MusicXML)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Music_notation/eubaB0AK">Music notation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Office_Open_XML/294uNJrf">Office Open XML (OOXML)</a></th><td>Multi-purpose</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> / <a href="/facts/ZIP_(file_format)/qDrrYIB9">ZIP</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/OpenDocument/pMtcVuNr">OpenDocument Format (ODF)</a></th><td>Multi-purpose</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> / <a href="/facts/ZIP_(file_format)/qDrrYIB9">ZIP</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/OMDoc/bbweTqmU">Open Mathematical Document (OMDoc)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">Mathematical</a> documents</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Org-mode/j9jrKW5r">Org-mode</a></th><td>Multi-purpose (notes, project management, publishing, literate programming)</td><td>Text outliner</td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ReStructuredText/Eh7XGmed">reStructuredText</a></th><td>Technical and Multi-purpose documents<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td>Structured Text and Setext</td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Scalable_Vector_Graphics/ARq5C3YV">Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)</a></th><td>2D <a href="/facts/Vector_graphics/y8ok7M2P">Vector graphics</a></td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/SCRIPT_(markup)/Fl6GQpvX">Script</a><a href="/facts/IBM_Generalized_Markup_Language/hPYWpzJm">GML</a></th><td>Multi-purpose</td><td><a href="/facts/RUNOFF/vN8nQ5Uf">RUNOFF</a></td><td>Control code</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a><a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Academia/Q1cenQyr">Academic</a> documentsMulti-purpose<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td></td><td>Control code</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Texinfo/kPbPabMy">Texinfo</a></th><td>Technical documents</td><td><a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a>, <a href="/facts/Scribe_(markup_language)/eYFT8n6w">Scribe</a></td><td>Control code</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/TeXmacs/IlxVnuww">TeXmacs format</a></th><td>Academic documents</td><td><a href="/facts/Tree_(data_structure)/RcXz9noF">tree</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Textile_(markup_language)/yEb7wW89">Textile</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Hypertext/qD8ozxSb">Hypertext</a> documents</td><td>AsciiDoc (based on some similarities and dates of release)</td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Text_Encoding_Initiative/fWz7YYv9">Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Academia/Q1cenQyr">Academic</a>, <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguistic</a>, <a href="/facts/Literature/CmUDxokU">literary</a> and technical documents</td><td><a href="/facts/Standard_Generalized_Markup_Language/euIKXwHV">SGML</a> / <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Troff/NtPk6T03">troff (typesetter runoff)</a>, <a href="/facts/Groff_(software)/XS6GD6px">groff (GNU runoff)</a></th><td>Technical documents</td><td><a href="/facts/RUNOFF/vN8nQ5Uf">RUNOFF</a></td><td>Control code</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Wireless_Markup_Language/2Ua3u1Cw">Wireless Markup Language (WML)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Hypertext/qD8ozxSb">Hypertext</a> documents</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td><td>Tag</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><th>Major purpose</th><th>Based on</th><th>Markup type</th><th>Structural markup</th><th>Presentational markup</th><th><a href="/facts/Open_format/TKcCW6mA">Open format</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_document_markup_languages/8u1Ew6x2">List of document markup languages</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_Office_Open_XML_and_OpenDocument/T1YxEmE7">Comparison of Office Open XML and OpenDocument</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_e-book_formats/d89Ew38I">Comparison of e-book formats</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_data-serialization_formats/YGkeqybD">Comparison of data-serialization formats</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>An Emacs mode and a Mozilla extension are available. <a href="/wiki/Emacs" target="_blank">/wiki/Emacs</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"An Introduction to reStructuredText". docutils.sourceforge.net. 2 April 2022. <a href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/introduction.html#history" target="_blank">http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/introduction.html#history</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Textism › Tools › Textile". 26 December 2002. Archived from the original on 26 December 2002. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021226035527/http://textism.com/tools/textile/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20021226035527/http://textism.com/tools/textile/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Many markup languages have purposely avoided presentational markups. For markup languages based on SGML and XML, CSS is used as a presentation layer. <a href="/wiki/Markup_languages" target="_blank">/wiki/Markup_languages</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Uses and Examples of the Computable Document Format (CDF), Wolfram.com. <a href="http://www.wolfram.com/cdf/uses-examples/infographics.html" target="_blank">http://www.wolfram.com/cdf/uses-examples/infographics.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Includes basic presentational content and SVG and MathML markup, officially supported in version 1.3. In select XML editors and management systems, the images and content can be viewed as rendered, through CSS mostly. <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/dita-v1.3-part3-all-inclusive.html" target="_blank">http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/dita-v1.3-part3-all-inclusive.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Presentational content is supported through SVG and MathML markup. In select XML editors, the images can be viewed as rendered. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Presentational markup is deprecated as of XHTML 1.0 and no longer allowed as of XHTML 1.1 <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Presentational markup is deprecated as of HTML 4.0 <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>MathML comes in two mark-up syntaxes: a semantic and a presentational. <a href="/wiki/MathML" target="_blank">/wiki/MathML</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>uses Content MathML, OpenMath or other formats for formulae <a href="/wiki/MathML" target="_blank">/wiki/MathML</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Exact presentation of symbols can be specified in OMDoc; these specifications are used when transforming OMDoc to a presentational format. <a href="/wiki/OMDoc" target="_blank">/wiki/OMDoc</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"An Introduction to reStructuredText". docutils.sourceforge.net. 2 April 2022. <a href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/introduction.html#goals" target="_blank">http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/introduction.html#goals</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>uses CSS <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>While Donald Knuth wrote TeX for Academic publications and Leslie Lamport wrote LaTeX for similar purpose, packages are available from Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) for nonacademic purposes, e.g., writing scripts. <a href="/wiki/Donald_Knuth" target="_blank">/wiki/Donald_Knuth</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>