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Expand Up @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ The first URI corresponds to a document named `rfc3986.html` that is stored on t

The second component of the `word wide web` is the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). HTML defines the format of the documents that are exchanged on the `web`. The `first version of HTML <http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/Tags.html>`_ was derived from the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) that was standardised in 1986 by :term:`ISO`. SGML_ was designed to allow large project documents in industries such as government, law or aerospace to be shared efficiently in a machine-readable manner. These industries require documents to remain readable and editable for tens of years and insisted on a standardised format supported by multiple vendors. Today, SGML_ is no longer widely used beyond specific applications, but its descendants including :term:`HTML` and :term:`XML` are now widespread.

A markup language is a structured way of adding annotations about the formatting of the document within the document itself. Example markup languages include troff_, which is used to write the Unix man pages or Latex_. HTML uses markers to annotate text and a document is composed of `HTML elements`. Each element is usually composed of three items: a start tag that potentially includes some specific attributes, some text (often including other elements), and an end tag. A HTML tag is a keyword enclosed in angle brackets. The generic form of a HTML element is ::
A markup language is a structured way of adding annotations about the formatting of the document within the document itself. Example markup languages include troff_, which is used to write the Unix man pages or LaTeX_. HTML uses markers to annotate text and a document is composed of `HTML elements`. Each element is usually composed of three items: a start tag that potentially includes some specific attributes, some text (often including other elements), and an end tag. A HTML tag is a keyword enclosed in angle brackets. The generic form of a HTML element is ::

<tag>Some text to be displayed</tag>

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