file format, World-Wide Web (SPML, SHTML) A kind of
HTML file containing server-specific, non-standard commands which
are interpreted by the
HTTP server and replaced by standard
HTML or text before the data is returned to the client.
Different servers use different command syntax and support
different sets of commands. The most common example is a
contents of some given file and allows bits of HTML or text to
be shared between pages for ease of updating. Other commands
time they are served without requiring a
CGI script.
Some servers distinguish SPML from HTML with a different
(1996-09-29)