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From: Allan Terry
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:59

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I have heard that there is an emerging "standard" called SGML (standard
graphic markup language) that can serve as a lingua franca between
editing/formatting programs and document viewing/printing programs.  The
idea seems to be to not format the text but to add declarations about what
various document elements are.  These hints can then drive how the text
looks in any given context.  This sounds like a Good Thing, but then it
sounds much like Scribe which I am very partisan for.  I think the US
Goverment picked SGML for the CALS standard.  Can anybody recommend a good
book describing it?  Out there in the real world, does anybody's system
support it?
				thanks, Allan

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From: aterry@Teknowledge.COM (Allan Terry)
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Subject: SGML
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Date: 28 Sep 92 15:59:06 GMT
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