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[Erik Naggum]
> [Bram van der Zwet]
> |
> |   Hi, can anybody tell me where I can get an SDIF packer/unpacker?
> |   I'd appreciate the help.
>
> I have never seen nor heard of one, and I doubt that one exists.  It
> requires an interface to the parser that I have also yet to see or hear
> about.  Even if SDIF itself is not used, the need to identify entities
> before transport, and to change system identifiers on receipt, is vastly
> important for integral interchange of SGML documents.
.
> reasons.  For transport with mail, SDIF would solve many of the problems
> that we have with character sets and entity boundaries today.
>
> HyTime engines will need an SDIF packer/unpacker as part of their
> interchange module, so maybe a HyTime engine developer might tell us if
> something is about to happen.  (Steven?)

Yeah, Erik has guessed right; we're THINKING ABOUT building one during
1993q3 (no promises), both separately as a complete application and as
an add-on to MarkMinder(tm)/HyMinder(tm), our libraries of C++ objects
for handling SGML and HyTime in the context of arbitrary complete
applications, which should be released by then.  Potential customers
should e-mail us to be put on a 'please notify' list and (mainly) to
indicate to us the breadth of the market for SDIF packer/unpacker
systems.  We'd also like to know the features you'd like to see, how
much you're willing to pay for it, and the licensing arrangements you
would like and/or think appropriate.

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