Comparison of document markup languages

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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.

Contents 1 General information 2 Characteristics 3 Notes 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] General information

Basic general information about the markup languages: creator, version, etc.

Language	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Editor	Viewer
Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)	OASIS	2005	1.1	Text/XML editor	Output to HTML, PDF, CHM, javadoc, others.
DocBook	The Davenport Group, OASIS	1992	5.0	XML editor	Output to HTML, PDF, CHM, javadoc, others.
Encoded Archival Description (EAD)	Berkeley Project	1998	2002	Text editor	Web browser
Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML)	W3C	January 26, 2000	1.1	Text/XML editor, HTML editor	Web browser
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)	Tim Berners-Lee	1993	4.01	Text editor, HTML editor	Web browser
Maker Interchange Format (MIF)	Frame Technology acquired by Adobe Systems in 1995	1986	7.0	Text editor, FrameMaker	FrameMaker
Math Markup Language (MathML)	W3C	July 1999	2.0	Text/XML editor, TeX converter	Web browser, Word processor
Music Extensible Markup Language (MusicXML)	Recordare	2002	2.0	Scorewriter	Scorewriter
Office Open XML (OOXML)	Ecma International, ISO/IEC	2006	Ecma-376	Office suite	Office suite
OpenDocument Format (ODF)	OASIS, ISO/IEC	2005	1.1	Office suite	Office suite
Open Mathematical Documents (OMDoc)	Michael Kohlhase	2000	1.2	Text/XML editor[1]	Output to XHTML+MathML, TeX, others.
Rich Text Format (RTF)	Microsoft	1987	1.9	Text editor, Word processor	Word processor
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)	W3C	2004	1.1	Vector graphics editor	Web browser, etc
TeX	Donald Knuth	1978	3.141592	Text editor	DVI or Portable Document Format (PDF) converter
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)	Text Encoding Initiative Consortium	1990	P5	Text/XML editor	Web Browser (via transformation to XHTML), PDF, or Word Processor (via transformation to ODF)
troff (typesetter runoff), groff (GNU runoff)	Joe Ossanna	1973	groff 1.19	Text editor	groffer, or output to PostScript
Wireless Markup Language (WML)	WAP Forum	1999	2.0	Text/XML editor	Microbrowser
Language	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Editor	Viewer

[edit] Characteristics

Some characteristics of the markup languages.

Language	Major purpose	Based on	Markup type	Structural markup	Presentational markup[2]
Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)	Technical documents	XML	Tag	Yes	No
DocBook	Technical documents	SGML / XML	Tag	Yes	No
Encoded Archival Description (EAD)	Finding aids	XML	Tag	Yes	No
Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML)	Hypertext documents	XML	Tag	Yes	No[3]
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)	Hypertext documents	SGML	Tag	Yes	Yes[4]
Maker Interchange Format (MIF)	Technical documents		Tag	Yes	Yes
Math Markup Language (MathML)	Mathematical documents	XML	Tag	Yes	Yes[5]
Music Extensible Markup Language (MusicXML)	Music notation	XML	Tag	Yes	Yes
Office Open XML (OOXML)	Multi-purpose	XML / ZIP	Tag	Yes	Yes
OpenDocument Format (ODF)	Multi-purpose	XML / ZIP	Tag	Yes	Yes
Open Mathematical Document (OMDoc)	Mathematical documents	XML	Tag	Yes[6]	Yes[7]
Rich Text Format (RTF)	Formatted documents		Control code	Yes	Yes
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)	2D Vector graphics	XML	Tag	Yes	Yes
TeX	Academic documents		Control code	Yes	Yes
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)	Academic, Linguistic, Literary, Technical documents	XML	Tag	Yes	No
troff (typesetter runoff), groff (GNU runoff)	Technical documents	RUNOFF	Control code	Yes	Yes
Wireless Markup Language (WML)	Hypertext documents	XML	Tag	Yes	Yes
Language	Major purpose	Based on	Markup type	Structural markup	Presentational markup

[edit] Notes

1. ^ An Emacs mode and a Mozilla extension are available.
2. ^ Many markup languages have purposely avoided presentational markups. For markup languages based on SGML and XML, CSS is used as a presentation layer.
3. ^ Presentational markup is deprecated as of XHTML 1.0 and no longer allowed as of XHTML 1.1
4. ^ Presentational markup is deprecated as of HTML 4.0
5. ^ MathML comes in two mark-up syntaxes: a semantic and a presentational.
6. ^ uses Content MathML, OpenMath or other formats for formulae
7. ^ Exact presentation of symbols can be specified in OMDoc; these specifications are used when transforming OMDoc to a presentational format.

[edit] See also

• List of document markup languages

[edit] External links

• Comparison of XML schema for narrative documents (biased towards author's BNML schema and associated tools)
• Swordfish Translation Editor, a cross-platform CAT (Computer Assisted Translation) tool based on XLIFF 1.2 open standard published by OASIS that supports translation of Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), DocBook, HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Maker Interchange Format (MIF), OpenDocument Format (ODF), Office Open XML (MS OOXML), Rich Text Format (RTF) and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files.

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