Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!nuug!ifi!enag From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml Subject: Re: Burnard SGML reading list Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 01:02:59 GMT References: <29321.9009301330@manutius.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Sender: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: hild.ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: S.P.Q.Rahtz@ecs.soton.ac.uk's message of 30 Sep 90 13:30:21 GMT Originator: enag@hild In article <29321.9009301330@manutius.ecs.soton.ac.uk> S.P.Q.Rahtz@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) writes: question: why do SGMLers type their tags in upper case? is it in some way suggested by the standards? I may consider myself an "SGMLer", and I never type my tags in upper case. In Burnard's sample, start-tags were in upper-case, end-tags in lower case. I found this more confusing than helpful. Besides, the use of dots in the tag names did NOT make it very readable. At one point, the text violated its own DTD, something like The use of explicit end-tags where omittable was not consistent, and I found the entire thing totally useless. It seems it was not the product of the TEI, after all, now. I'm happy to see that. I frequently distribute text in SGML format when I think the reader will have any use of the structuring, otherwise, I run the text off and send an ASCII version or a nicely laid out paper. Basically, "have any use of" means being able to process the stuff, index with it, or gain a better understanding of the contents when read at a terminal. Sort of like when it's more important to send information than representation. PS: Are S.P.Q.R your real initials? Any links to the Empire? :-) -- [Erik Naggum] Naggum Software; Gaustadalleen 21; 0371 OSLO; NORWAY I disclaim, , therefore I post. +47-295-8622, +47-256-7822, (fax) +47-260-4427