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From SGML to SML

- DocHeads vs. Simpletons, a process of simplification
SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language)

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XML

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MinML (Minimal XML, previously known as SML - Simple Markup Language)
Canonical XML


Occam's razor: "one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything"

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