CML (Chemical Markup Language) is a new approach to manage molecular information using tools such as XML and Java. It is based strictly on SGML, the most robust and widely used system for precise information management in many areas. It has been developed over several years and has been tested in many areas and on a variety of machines. In science, a molecule is the smallest particle of a pure chemical substance that still retains its chemical composition and properties. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages. ... The Java Platform is the name for a computing environment from Sun Microsystems which can run applications developed using the standard Java programming language and set of development tools. ... The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) is a metalanguage in which one can define markup languages for documents. ...

CML used to be stored in many different files types which inhibited reuse of the documents. CML uses XML's portability to help CML developers and chemists access CML files from the Jumbo or Jmol browsers (Java is needed to use these browsers). The Java Platform is the name for a computing environment from Sun Microsystems which can run applications developed using the standard Java programming language and set of development tools. ...

CML's root element is named "molecule". Some of the elements in a CML document are: atomArray (child element of molecule), stringArray, and floatArray (child elements of molecule).

See also

• List of document markup languages
• Comparison of document markup languages

The following is a list of document markup languages. ... The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of document markup languages. ...

External links

• Chemical Markup Language (CML)
• The original (old) site
• The Jmol Browser's site