Home›Markup Language›Popularity Band›Top 50Browse ByTop 50FactsTop 50SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1969 CE 1Top 50Filter Results2 entriesFirst ReleasedAll1996 (1)1998 (1)2004 (1)Invented ByAllJohn Gruber (1)Tim Bray (1)LineageAllHTML (1)SGML (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2MarkdownTop 50XMLTop 50Sources1. Wikipedia: Markup languagetier 2WikipediaMarkup language, Scribe GML SGML sectionQuote, Markup language, Scribe GML SGML sectionGoldfarb developed the basic idea while working on a primitive document management system intended for law firms in 1969, and helped invent IBM's Generalized Markup Language (GML) later that same year.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.