The following is a list of document markup languages. You may also find the List of markup languages of interest. Well-known document markup languages HyperText Markup Language (HTML) – the original markup language that was defined as a part of implementing World Wide Web, an ad hoc defined language inspired by the meta format SGML and which inspired many other markup languages. Keyhole Markup Language (KML/KMZ) - the XML-based markup language used for exchanging geographic information for use with Google Earth. Markdown - simple plaintext markup popular as language of blog/cms posts and comments, multiple implementations. Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) TeX, LaTeX – a format for describing complex type and page layout often used for mathematics, technical, and academic publications. Wiki markup – used in Wikipedia, MediaWiki and other Wiki installations. Extensible 3D (X3D) Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML): HTML reformulated in XML syntax. XHTML Basic – a subset of XHTML for simple (typically mobile, handheld) devices. It is meant to replace WML, and C-HTML. XHTML Mobile Profile (XHTML MP) – a standard designed for mobile phones and other resource-constrained devices. Metalanguages Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) – a standard pattern for markup languages to which HTML and DocBook adhere. Extensible Markup Language (XML) – a newer standard pattern for markup languages; a restricted form of SGML that is intended to be compatible with it. Lesser-known document markup languages (including some lightweight markup languages) ABC notation - markup language for music scores in pure text. Amigaguide – The Amiga hypertext documentation format, including multimedia support. AsciiDoc - plaintext markup language similar to Markdown AsciiDoctor - plaintext markup language (extending AsciiDoc) AsciiDoctor Chemical Markup Language (CML) Compact HyperText Markup Language (C-HTML) – used for some mobile phones. Computable Document Format - used for interactive technical documents. ConTeXt – a modular, structured formatting language based on TeX. Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) - modular open free format for technical and specialized documents. DocBook – format for technical (but not only) manuals and documentation. eLML – eLesson Markup Language: create eLearning content Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Enriched text – for formatting e-mail text. GML Generalized Markup Language (GML) Geography Markup Language (GML) Gesture Markup Language (GML) Graffiti Markup Language (GML) GNU TeXmacs format – used by the GNU TeXmacs document preparation system Guide Markup Language (GuideML) – used by the Hitchhiker's Guide site. Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) –