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Strategy Markup Language

Strategy Markup Language is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Strategy Markup Language rather than just read about it. In short: Strategy Markup Language (StratML) is an XML-based standard vocabulary and schema for the information commonly contained in strategic and performance plans and reports. StratML Part 1 specifies the elements of strategic plans, including mission, vision, values, goals, objectives, and stakeholders.

Key takeaways

Strategy Markup Language belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Strategy Markup Language to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Strategy Markup Language from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Strategy Markup Language (StratML) is an XML-based standard vocabulary and schema for the information commonly contained in strategic and performance plans and reports. StratML Part 1 specifies the elements of strategic plans, including mission, vision, values, goals, objectives, and stakeholders. Part 2 extends Part 1 to include the additional elements required for performance plans and reports, including stakeholder roles and performance indicators.

Overview Originally adopted as an American national standard (ANSI/AIIM 21:2009) Part 1, Strategic Plans, was published as an international standard (ISO 17469–1) on February 11, 2015, with minor changes from the ANSI version. On November 13, 2015, the ANSI version of Part 1 was replaced with the ISO version (ANSI/AIIM/ISO 17469-1). On January 9, 2017, the ISO changes and several additional enhancements were approved for incorporation into Part 2, Performance Plans and Reports (ANSI/AIIM 22:2017). Internationalization of Part 2 will depend upon sufficient support from other nations in the ISO process. The vision of the StratML standard is "A worldwide web of intentions, stakeholders, and results". Its more explicit purposes include enabling strategic alignment through literal linkages between performance objectives and the business records supporting them. Although the initial focus has been on the plans and reports that U.S. federal agencies are required to compile and maintain under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the standard has been specified generically so as to be applicable not only to all organizations, worldwide, but also to individuals who choose to lead mission/goal-directed lives. Section 10 of the GPRA Modernization Act (GPRAMA) requires U.S. federal agencies to publish their strategic and performance plans and reports in machine-readable format. StratML is such a format. In February 2022 the Data Foundation transmitted to the President's Management Council (PMC) a letter with the following conclusion: "Applying international standards as intended by Section 10 of GPRA modernization will not only comply with the statute, but will also enable the U.S. performance infrastructure to be a model for countries around the world looking for leadership on how to communicate performance information in the 21st Century." In 2025 ISO 17469-1 was renewed and thus remains current for another five years. In the August 2025 release of Circular A-11, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) encourages agencies to submit their budget requests as performance plans and, as required by section 10 of GPRAMA, directs them to begin publishing their annual performance plans and reports in machine-readable format.

See also Benefit corporation Collective action Collective impact Collective intelligence Complex contagion Goal Holacracy Machine-Readable Documents Mass collaboration Mission statement Objectives & Key Results (OKR) OMB Circular A-11 Performance indicator Performance management

Role Sociocracy Stakeholder analysis Stakeholder (corporate) Stakeholder management Stakeholder theory Strategic alignment Vision statement XML editor

References

External links StratML.us home page OMB Circular A-11 Tools and services supporting the StratML standard include Chris Fox's StratNavApp, Hesham Ashraf's AI-enabled authoring/editing form and the AboutThem.info query service

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Strategy Markup Language

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Strategy Markup Language claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Strategy Markup Language before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Strategy Markup Language ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Strategy Markup Language

In research: Strategy Markup Language appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Strategy Markup Language in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Strategy Markup Language is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Markup languages, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Strategy Markup Language outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Strategy Markup Language in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Strategy Markup Language means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Strategy Markup Language out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Strategy Markup Language in simple terms?

Why does Strategy Markup Language matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Strategy Markup Language?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Strategy Markup Language.