They didn't mean styling. HTML is a markup language that identifies the functional role of bits of text. In that sense, it is there to provide information abou

They didn't mean styling. HTML is a markup language that identifies the functional role of bits of text. In that sense, it is there to provide information about how to present the text, and is thus a presentation format. It is also a document description language, because almost all document description languages are also a presentation format.