Quoting dolphinling <lists@dolphinling.net>:
>> We markup a title with <title/> just because it is a "title". I 
>> think we should markup a document with <document/> just because it 
>> is a "document" in terms of the meanings of the content.
>
> It's not just a document, though. It could be part document, part 
> application, or in a few cases entirely application.

It is a document language, according to the current thinking of the 
HTML WG. All
the other things you mentioned are probably "tag abuse".


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