W3C

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0

W3C Recommendation 10 February 1998

This version:
http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210
Editor:
Tim Bray (Textuality and Netscape) < tbray@textuality.com>

Abstract

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML.

Status of this document

This document has been reviewed by W3C Members.

Table of contents

1 Introduction
    1.1 Origin and Goals
    1.2 Terminology

Appendices

A References

1 Introduction

XML is an application profile or restricted form of SGML [ISO 8879].

1.1 Origin and Goals

The design goals for XML are:

  1. XML shall be usable over...

  2. XML shall support...

1.2 Terminology

The terminology used to describe XML...


A References

ISO 8879
ISO. ISO 8879:1986(E). Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). First edition 1986-10-15. [Geneva]: ISO, 1986.