What is the standard markup language of the World Wide Web?

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a meta markup language that is now widely used. XML was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium, in a committee created and chaired by Jon Bosak. The main purpose of XML was to simplify SGML by focusing on a particular problem—documents on the Internet. read more

HyperText Markup Language (HTML), one of the document formats of the World Wide Web, is an instance of SGML (though, strictly, it does not comply with all the rules of SGML), and follows many of the markup conventions used in the publishing industry in the communication of printed work between authors, editors, and printers. read more

Markup languages are the building blocks used to create web pages or all shapes and sizes. In reality, there are many different markup languages out there in the world. For web design and development, there are three specific markup languages that you will likely run across. read more