markup language

Also known as document markup language, markup element

computer language for annotating documents

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A markup language is a computer language used to add annotations or labels to documents that tell computers how to display or process the text. It matters because it allows people to create structured documents that computers can reliably read, format, and share across different systems.

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Commons category: Markup languages
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10010512

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Example of RecipeML, a simple markup language based on XML for creating recipes. The markup can be converted programmatically for display into, for example, HTML, PDF or Rich Text Format. A markup language is a text-encoding system which specifies the structure and formatting of a document and potentially the relationships among its parts. Markup can control the display of a document or enrich its content to facilitate automated processing.

A markup language is a set of rules governing what markup information may be included in a document and how it is combined with the content of the document in a way to facilitate use by humans and computer programs. The idea and terminology evolved from the marking up of paper manuscripts (e.g., with revision instructions by editors), traditionally written with a red pen or blue pencil on authors' manuscripts.