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Article #26Re: Data Representation in SGML
From: Darrell Raymond
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:58
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:58
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In one article, Eliot Kimber says: >SGML was not designed to be an all-encompassing data >modeling language all by itself. In another, Erik Naggum says: >I may think that making SGML into a >language to describe semantics of data models is maybe not its force. I take it, then, that you would disavow the following statements by Travis? > The syntactic model of SGML, however, lends itself > very well to describing virtually any type of data, both > in content and in relationships. > > So, the next time someone asks you what SGML is, instead > of saying "it is a language used to markup text", say > "SGML is a powerful tool that can be used to describe, > model, and interchange data." -Darrell.
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Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!watserv1!watdragon.waterloo.edu!drraymon From: drraymon@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Darrell Raymond) Subject: Re: Data Representation in SGML Message-ID: <BrrMpI.4tF@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo References: <9207211343.AA07166@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:58:30 GMT Lines: 23