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1.INTRODUCTION The report will explain the Emergence of Markup Languages. The aim of the report is to describe and evaluate different types of markup languages that exist at the present time. In addition, it will particularly focus on the following areas: * Background to Mark Languages * SGML * HTML * XML * WML * SMIL * Other Markup languages (i.e. MathML, CML, etc.). 2.PROCEDURE In order to produce this report, secondary research technique was used. This enabled us to gather information from the Internet, and this was the best medium to conduct our research effectively. This is because resources and up-to date information was available. 3. BACKGROUND TO MARKUP LANGUAGES Historically, the term markup was primarily used to describe annotations or other marks within a text intended to instruct a compositor or typist how a particular passage should be printed or laid out ( Lou Burnard, 1995). During the 1970s, computer scientist at IBM conceived of breaking away from display...

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