Welcome to Markup Languages: Theory & Practice

Abstract

When embarking on such an uncertain project as the creation of a new journal in what is not exactly a recognized academic field — a print journal, no less, for the discussion of systems for electronic text markup — it is difficult to avoid the temptation to explain the rationale and goals of the journal. We have neither avoided nor attempted to resist that temptation, and this essay is the result of our surrender to it.