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In article <1993Jan10.215534.7994@bitrot.in-berlin.de>,
thomas@bitrot.in-berlin.de (Thomas Driemeyer) writes:
|> The format of the SGML documents should be published and accessible
|> though, so that everyone can add books without having to use external
|> service bureaus. If the format is closed, Insight might suffer the same
|> fate as the license server.

As Andrew also said in his followup, SGML is an international standard
If you would like the SGML standard it is ISO 8879 and can be ordered
from any member body of the ISO.  For a very good reference look at
"The SGML Handbook" by Charles Goldfarb.  Charles was the editor of the
SGML standard.

Now if you are refering to us publishing our DTD (Document Type Definition)
then give us a chance.  We just released the first version and are already
working on the second version.  We will release the DTD and other tools
at a later date.  For those not familiar with SGML, the DTD defines the
structure of a document, not the content of the document.  Our books are
instances of our DTD.

|> Wouldn't it be great if everything - third-party software manuals, TeX
|> manuals, Webster's (I can dream, can I?), even /usr/man, and of course
|> the jargon file :-) - would be available as InSight books? Let's hope
|> legal obstacles won't prevent that.

We hope to see alot of 3rd party manuals and man pages and other books
available within InSight over the next several years.  

|> BTW, is there a way to show the pictures directly in the document, the
|> way NeXT's digital librarian does it, rather than to hide them in an
|> icon? Optionally, maybe?

Yes, in version 2 of the product.

	Victor Riley
	InSight Engineer