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From: brucec@demiurge.WV.TEK.COM (Bruce Cohen;685-2439;61-028)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Want info on SGML
Keywords: SGML, document processing, markup
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Date: 5 Jul 89 19:35:17 GMT
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In article <8210005@hp-lsd.HP.COM> davek@hp-lsd.HP.COM (Dave Kumpf) writes:
>I'm looking for more information on SGML (Standard Generalized Markup
>Language).  Books, reports, example applications, information on parsers,
>etc. would all be welcome.  At the moment, all I have is "An Author's Guide
>to SGML" and small familiarity with HP's internal use.  Are there any
>newsgroups discussing SGML?

The official specification for SGML is ISO Standard 8879, which costs about
$100.  I ordered mine through the company standards office, which got it
from Global Engineering Documents, 2805 McGraw Ave, Irvine, CA 92714,
phone: (800) 854-7179.  ACM sponsered a conference on document processing
systems in 1988 at Sante Fe, NM; I have two sets of course notes from it:
"Introduction to SGML" and "Implementation of SGML Systems", which you may
be able to order from ACM publications; they've been very helpful in
untangling the standard for me.  You might also be interested in report
IR-159, "The Implementation of the Amsterdam SGML Parser" by Warmer and
Egmond, from Vrije Univeriteit Amsterdam.  I got my copy by contacting
Sylvia van Egmond at sylvia@cs.vu.nl .

If you have access to an implementation of Framemaker (tm), a word
processor from Frame in California, you can look at their ML format, which
was an attempt to implement SGML before the standard was final.  It's not
that far off.

I don't know know of any news groups discussing SGML; I hang around here
hoping for some discussion.  When I get to working on it seriously again
(Real Soon Now), maybe I'll have something to contribute myself.

Bruce Cohen
brucec@orca.wv.tek.com
Interactive Technologies Division, Tektronix, Inc.
M/S 61-028, P.O. Box 1000, Wilsonville, OR  97070