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In article <BZS.90Sep27170601@world.std.com>, Barry Shein writes:

   I suppose someone could cobble up their own definition but isn't that
   ducky, since any differences from the standard would be suspect, and
   if it were exactly like the standard it would violate copyright (!)

Would a BNF spec of SGML be considered as a "derived work", or a
sufficiently "original work" with respect to the reg-exp style spec in
the ISO docs?

I, too, have found the reg-exp style more than a little hard to read
and use.  Joan Smith's User Guide helps a lot, but still retains the
presentation style.

Once I get a little free time and can take a break, I will look into
the desirablity of representing the SGML in BNF, in more detail, and
try my hand at doing some experimental work.  Don't hold your breath.

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