Document standard
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Definition
Document standards can be defined in terms of:
- Document file formats, i.e. text or binary formats for storing documents an storage media.
- Content structure, usually an XML application
Document file formats
There are a lot of these, see Wikipedia's document file format article or the full List of file formats
See also: e-book formats
Markup languages that separate content from style
These are somewhat human readable
- Docbook (XML or SGML) was originally intented for authoring technical documents but can be used for almost any kind of document.
- DITA
- XHTML strict
- TEX and related languages like Latex
Messy markup languages
These markup content, style and other things together and are not really human readable.
- OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF): Open Office XML Project
- Microsoft XML Refence Schemas (including WordML, SpreadsheetML, etc.): Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas
- Microsoft RTF, an older standard that is being phased out
- Framemaker *.MIF
Binary file formats
Not human readable
- Microsoft *.doc
- Framemaker *.fm
Specialized markup formats
These are usually combined within other formats
- MathML
- Vector Graphics, such as SVG and WML
Hardware
- Paper
- All sorts of computers with a monitor
- Mobile devices
- Refeshable electronic paper
Links
- Wikipedia's Comparison of document markup languages
- http://www.answers.com/topic/document-file-format
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_document_markup_languages
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_office_document_formats_debate
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordprocessingML