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7. SGML: Father to HTML and Brother to XML

SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language, prescribes the rules for creating a specific markup language such as HTML. In other words, HTML is an application of SGML. HTML is a single set of tags, while SGML provides the capability for creating any desired set of tags. XML is similar to SGML in that it likewise provides the capability to create any tags.
The benefits of SGML should be well-known to the reader; this white paper does not describe the benefits of SGML in detail. However, the following list is provided as a reminder of SGMLs benefits:

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