Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!nuug!ifi!enag From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml Subject: Re: FTP defn of SGML Message-ID: Date: 28 Sep 90 17:52:06 GMT References: <1990Sep24.174222.22487@terminator.cc.umich.edu> <1990Sep28.134332.24815@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Sender: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: hild.ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: jwh@boston.ifs.umich.edu's message of 28 Sep 90 13:43:32 GMT Originator: enag@hild In article <1990Sep28.134332.24815@terminator.cc.umich.edu> jwh@boston.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Howe) writes: Do you know if you can get a machine readable version of the standard from ISO? Yes, and the answer is unfortunately NO. I learned that they do not even have machine-readable versions in-house, and that drafts are most often type-set anew for each version. The same goes for CCITT, which is another paper-based standardizing body in the field of electronic information. Amazing. -- [Erik Naggum] Naggum Software; Gaustadalleen 21; 0371 OSLO; NORWAY I disclaim, , therefore I post. +47-295-8622, +47-256-7822, (fax) +47-260-4427