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I've just seen a flier for a CD-ROM offered by Exoterica Corp. called
"The Compleat SGML on CD-ROM."  I know I could call them with my
questions but usenet is much more fun and I don't have to pay the long
distance!

Question 1: What format is this CD and what platform is it intended
for?  It says it comes with a "Windows-based database extraction tool"
so that sounds DOS-ish.  Is the CD ISO-9660 formatted?

Question 2: What viewing (retrieval) software comes with this?  ie. what
tools are included to find what you need on this oh-so-dense media?

For those who haven't heard of this CD, here's the text from the flier:
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Serious users of SGML need thorough reference materials on SGML to help
unravel its mysteries -- detailed enough to implement solutions, yet
flexible enough to be used as a teaching tool.

In December Exoterica will release a CD-ROM containing the full text of
ISO8879 incorporating Amendment 1, with extensive hypertext
cross-references, annotations, and tied to an enormous library of
carefully constructed examples.

These examples double as the new Exoterica SGML Conformance Test Suite.
The test files have been developed in the strictest conformance to the
ANSI Standard for SGML testing.  Each test is an SGML document which
contains a precise and straightforward statement of objective and is
cross referenced to a particular sentence or phrase in the Standard.
While being an excellent teaching tool, the Test Suite also provides a
sound basis for product testing and comparison.

The CD-ROM features:
o 3,200 tests (2,500 conforming SGML documents and 700 non-conforming
  documents)
o The Reference Application for SGML Testing (RAST) output for 2,500
  conforming tests.
o A Windows-based database extraction tool for assembling subsets of
  tests based on categories.
o The normative text of ISO8879 in Hypertext form, combined with
  documentation of the Exoterica Test Suite, for a total of more than
  20,000 context-sensitive cross-references.
o A Large Complex Reference Bench Mark with 11 Mbytes of complex SGML
  markup including approximately 1,350 complex tables (ideal for product
  benchmarking).

Exoterica Corporation
383 Parkdale Avenue, Suite 406
Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1Y 4R4
Tel: 613-722-1700
Fax: 613-722-5706
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Standard Disclaimers: I don't work for Exoterica, nor do I receive any
compensation for them.  I don't even use their products, being new to
SGML and not yet chartered to buy any SGML software.
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Jann E VanOver
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VanOver@atc.boeing.com
       "Why don't y'all go home?"     Bette Davis in The Little Foxes
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