Article | REF: H3502 V2

XML and its ecosystem

Authors: Gérald Kembellec, Nicolas TRAVERS

Publication date: June 10, 2021

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2. Historical background and genealogy of XML

Following this brief introduction to the theories that prefigured the use of XML on the Web, here's a brief history of technical document management in industrial and scientific contexts.

2.1 GML

As early as 1967, the idea of a language separating content (information) from form (presentation instructions) emerged. It is generally credited to engineer William W. Tunnicliffe. Two years later, in 1969, Charles Goldfarb , R & D project manager at IBM, embarked on an Electronic Document Management project in a legal context, requiring the...

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