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In article <ROBIN.93Jan10111434@utafll.utafll.uta.edu> robin@utafll.uta.edu (Robin Cover) writes:
>The description of FrameBuilder's "SGML support" by Peter Cash is a
>major stunner, if it is accurate.  The Fall issue of <title>Frame
>Focus</> had a lead article "Frame Joins Forces with Datalogics" which
>said, among other things:
>
>     FrameBuilder provides full, native support for Standard
>     Generalized Markup Language (SGML), a widely adopted ISO
>     standard for document interchange.
>
>Nobody doubts that Datalogics does "real" SGML, I assume, but the
>truth about (current, projected) FrameBuilder deserves to be
>clarified immediately.

Well, I should mention (if I didn't in my original post) that my
impressions are derived from witnessing the FrameBuilder demo at the SGML
1992 conference (in November), and from discussions I had with Frame reps
there.  Since this was beta software, it's (just) conceivable that Frame
thoroughly transmogrified the product before releasing it. However, I would
think that the Frame reps would have mentioned something about any such
planned enhancements.

I think Frame definitely has the expertise to do this right--I just don't
think they've done it yet.

>I thought that "full, native support for SGML" would mean a true
>SGML editor that would read any SGML DTD + document instance and
>get right to work.

Yes, that's what those words mean to me, also.
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